Weber State University Athletics
Weber State University
Sacramento State
'Cats continue road trip at Sacramento State Saturday afternoon
1/24/2025 10:06:00 AM | Men's Basketball
1:00 p.m. Pacific (2 MT) tipoff Saturday in Sacramento. Game on ESPN+.
• Weber State continues its road trip as the Wildcats head to Sacramento for an afternoon matchup against Sacramento State.
• The Wildcats and Hornets will tipoff at 1 p.m. Pacific time (2 p.m. MT) on Saturday afternoon from the Nest in Sacramento. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
The Weber State radio broadcast will be on 103.1 FM "The Wave" with Carl Arky on the call.
Live stats are available at WeberStateSports.com and the Weber State Wildcats app.
• Weber State is 7-13 overall and 1-5 in conference play. The Wildcats are coming off a 74-56 loss at Portland State on Thursday night.
• Sacramento State is 6-13 overall and 2-4 in Big Sky play. The Hornets are coming off a 75-71 home win over Idaho State on Thursday night.
• After missing last week's two home games due to illness, Weber State senior Blaise Threatt returned in a big way in Thursday's game. Threatt led all scorers with 22 points and was WSU's top rebounder with seven rebounds. He was 8 of 16 from the field, including two 3-pointers, and also dished out four assists.
Threatt has scored in double figures in all of his 18 games this season and has now reached 20 or more points five times. He now ranks second in the Big Sky Conference in scoring at 17.2 points per game. He is also second in the league in steals, third in minutes played, fourth in assist to turnover ratio, fifth in assists, and eighth in minutes played.
• Weber State is 7-3 this season when leading in field goal percentage but 0-10 when trailing in field goal percentage. The 'Cats are also 5-2 when leading in rebounding but 2-10 when trailing. The 43 rebounds by Portland State in Thursday's game was the most allowed by the Wildcats in a game this season.
• The Wildcats are 6-6 when scoring 70 or more points in a game this season but just 1-7 when scoring less than 70 points. On defense, WSU is 5-2 when holding opponents under 70 points but just 2-11 when allowing opponents to reach 70 or more points.
• Sacramento State enters Saturday afternoon's game with a 6-13 overall record and a 2-4 mark in conference play. The Hornets started the year with a 2-9 record, but have since gone 4-4. They started conference play with a home win over Portland State and are coming off a 75-71 home win over Idaho State on Thursday night.
• The Hornets rank last in the Big Sky in scoring offense and field goal percentage, but on defense, Sacramento State is first in the league in scoring defense and first in field goal defense. They are holding opponents to 66.4 points per game and 41.1 percent shooting.
Sacramento State is also second in the league in 3-point field goal defense and third in 3-pointers per game.
Jacob Holt ranks fifth in the Big Sky in scoring at 16.6 points per game, is fourth in the league in rebounding at 6.8, and is third in the conference in blocked shots.
• SAC was 10-24 last season and finished last in the Big Sky at 4-14. The Hornets are coached by Michael Czepil who is in his first year as interim head coach and this third season with the program.
• This will be the 62nd all-time meetings between Weber State and Sacramento State with Weber State holding a 50-11 series lead. The two teams split the series last year but Weber State has won eight of the last nine and nine of the last 11 games against the Hornets.
In games in Sacramento, Weber State is 22-8 all-time. WSU has won four of the last five games at the Nest but the Hornets beat the 'Cats 71-69 last season.
• The Wildcats are coached by Eric Duft who returns for his third season as head coach and his 19th season overall at Weber State. He spent 16 seasons as an assistant coach under Randy Rahe before becoming the 10th head coach in WSU history in May 2022. Weber State won 20 games last season that included Big Sky MVP Dillon Jones who led the conference in points, rebounds, and assists. Jones was the 26th pick in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jones joins Damian Lillard as the only two Wildcats ever drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft.
• Weber State has nine players coming from six different countries on this year's roster. The 'Cats have three players from Canada, two from Serbia, and one each from England, Finland, Montenegro, and Japan.
• Saturday's game will be the seventh Big Sky game for Weber State with five of those seven games on the road, the most road games of any team in the league.
After Saturday's game, Weber State will have the next four and seven of the final 11 conference games at home.
WSU will host Idaho on Thursday at the Dee Events Center in the first of four straight home games.
