Following an 18-turnover effort and a one-point loss at Fresno State last Wednesday, the Aztecs needed to mix something up, they needed something different.
San Diego State had won three of its last four games by the skin of its teeth, narrowly escaping defeat thanks to a controversial call on an inbound play, and a freshman dribbling the ball off his leg.
On a night when starting freshman point guard, and the team’s leading scorer, Jeremy Hemsley, sat out of the entire game due to a right foot bone bruise, the Aztecs needed redshirt-junior forward Matt Shrigley to reassert himself as a preeminent offensive threat.