A big question coming into San Diego State’s 2017-18 men’s basketball season was how good senior forward Malik Pope would be.
After Pope led his Aztecs to a season opening 91-52 beatdown of San Diego Christian College, scoring a game-high 20 points with six rebounds, the answer is clear: As good as he wants.
Pope came out on fire, scoring the first two points of the season, and putting up eight points before three minutes had passed.
His alley-oop slam off a lob pass from true freshman forward Matt Mitchell gave SDSU a 14-0 first period lead, and sent Viejas Arena into hysteria.