SAN JOSE — The San José State men’s basketball team plays its opening round game of the Mountain West Tournament today at 4 p.m. inside the Thomas & Mack Center. The game will be broadcast live on Facebook and fans can find the streaming link below or head over to the men’s basketball schedule page for access. Fans can also tune in to Justin Allegri and Jess Knaster’s call of the game on KLIV 1590 AM.
Ahead of the game, the Mountain West announced conference honors and a familiar face to Greensburg was part of those honored.
The Mountain West head coaches tabbed Spartans forward Ryan Welage All-MW honorable mention. Welage receives the honor after leading SJSU in scoring 18 times during the regular season. He had 13 games of 20 or more points and two 30-point games, including his career-high 37 points against Wyoming on Jan. 27. The Greensburg, Ind., native is the league’s most accurate free throw shooter at 87.5 percent (98-112), while making 45.7 percent of his shots from the field. It is the first all-conference honor of any kind for Welage.
Ryan Welage hit two major career milestones this season by reaching the 1,000-point plateau and becoming the program’s all-time leader in made 3-pointers. Welage scored his 1,000th point on Jan. 9 at San Diego State, making him the 15th player in the 108-season history of the program. He has since risen up the ranks to seventh on the all-time scoring list with 1,233 points, and will take over sixth with just four points on Wednesday. In SJSU’s win over Utah State Welage buried the 154th 3-pointer of his career making him the all-time leader at SJSU.
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