Cal Poly Visits Stanford Friday on Pac-12 Bay Area, Hosts Mount St. Mary’s Sunday

Friday, November 18

Stanford, CA

8 p.m.

Stanford

Photo by: Eyasu Betwos

Cal Poly Visits Stanford Friday on Pac-12 Bay Area, Hosts Mount St. Mary’s Sunday

11/17/2022 12:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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SAN LUIS OBISPO – Resuming action from an eight-day break, the Cal Poly men's basketball program visits Stanford for just the second time in nine years, meeting the Cardinal inside Maples Pavilion on Friday, Nov. 18. Tip time is 8 p.m. with action broadcasted live on Pac-12 Networks. The Mustangs then host the inaugural California Thanksgiving Jam inside Mott Athletics Center, welcoming first-time opponent Mount St. Mary's (Sunday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m.) and Idaho (Wednesday, Nov. 23, 4 p.m.). Cal Poly opened the year with a 94-59 home victory against NCCAA-affiliated Bethesda University (Nov. 7) before falling at 2022 NCAA Tournament participant San Francisco, 60-48 (Nov. 10). Stanford (1-2) looks to snap a two-game slide following setbacks at Wisconsin (Nov. 11) and versus No. 17 San Diego State (Nov. 15). In Mount St. Mary's (1-2) – which visits USC on Friday – Cal Poly faces a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponent for just the fourth time in program history. Idaho (1-3) has also dropped two straight, falling most recently at home to Big West Conference foe CSU Bakersfield, 52-43 (Nov. 16). The Vandals host Utah Tech Saturday before visiting Cal Poly.

FOLLOW CAL POLY: Kevin Danna (play-by-play) and Mike Montgomery (color) will have the telvision call for Pac-12 Bay Area and streaming HERE ... Zachary Anderson-Yoxsimer handles play-by-play for ESPN 1280 (San Luis Obispo County) and GoPoly.com for upcoming games at Stanford (Friday, Nov. 18) and against Mount St. Mary's (Sunday, Nov. 20) and Idaho (Wednesday, Nov. 23) HERE … Daniel Gillman provides home play-by-play coverage for ESPN+ for games versus Mount St. Mary's and Idaho … live stats for all three games will also be available via GoPoly.com HERE.

CAL POLY VERSUS STANFORD: Welcoming Cal Poly for the first time since a 78-62 victory on Nov. 10, 2017, Stanford has captured the last seven matchups versus the Mustangs. Cal Poly's lone win against Stanford was a 79-61 road triumph on Nov. 27, 2976. Dating to the first matchup between the two sides on Nov. 30, 1951, Stanford leads the all-time series, 8-1.

CAL POLY VERSUS MOUNT ST. MARY'S, THE METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND: The Mustangs and The Mount have never previously met. Cal Poly has played just three total all-time games versus MAAC opposition with Cal Poly falling at Siena (Dec. 29, 2018) before winning the return home matchup (Dec. 1, 2019) while also dropping a Dec. 14, 1973 matchup at St. Peter's. Cal Poly's last meeting with any program from Maryland occurred on Nov. 22, 2015, with the Mustangs topping UMBC, 78-65.

CAL POLY VERSUS IDAHO: Big West opponents between the 1996-97 and 2004-05 seasons, Cal Poly snapped a four-game slide to Idaho with a 67-63 victory in the third place game of last year's SoCal Challenge (Nov. 24). Previously, Idaho topped Cal Poly in the 2017 Great Alaska Shootout third place game, 75-66. Visiting Cal Poly for the first time since Feb. 5, 2005, Idaho leads the all-time series, 12-8.

KOROMA REMAINS CAL POLY'S OFFENSIVE CATALYST: One of Cal Poly's top two scorers for a third successive season, forward Alimamy Koroma opened his senior year with successive 15-point games against Bethesda (Nov. 7) and at San Francisco (Nov. 10) and remains the Big West Conference's early shooting leader with a 75.0 (12-for-16) percent field goal mark. With 38 career double-digit scoring games, Koroma is averaging 10.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 50.8 (312-for-614) percent through 78 collegiate outings and 49 starts. He requires 167 more points to become just the 25th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. Koroma also ranks eighth in program history with 62 career blocks.

THE SMITHS: With the addition of Jamal Smith – son of fourth-year head coach John Smith – as director of operations, Cal Poly is one of only two Division I programs with that familial distinction. Louisiana Monroe, featuring head coach Keith Richard and director of operations Luke, remains the other.

LOOKING AHEAD (MONDAY, NOV. 28): Cal Poly returns from Thanksgiving break at another former Big West foe – Pacific – on Monday, Nov. 28. Tip time from the Spanos Center is 7 p.m. for Cal Poly, which faces Pacific for only the second time since the Tigers departed the Big West for the West Coast Conference following the 2012-13 season.

ETC.: Cal Poly is in its 79th season as a four-year program and 29th at the Division I level … since transitioning to the Division I level prior to the 1994-95 season, Cal Poly improved to 45-1 against non-Division I programs with a 94-59 home win against NCCAA Bethesda University (Nov. 7).