On Saturday afternoon, the Colorado State Rams (14-8, 6-3) defeated the San Diego State Aztecs (11-9, 3-5 MW) at home 78-77 in a thriller. Coming into this matchup, the Aztecs were plagued by more injuries as forward Zylan Cheatham sat out and was in a walking boot during shootaround.
In the first half, the two teams looked evenly matched as they traded baskets in the opening minutes of the game. The momentum shifted when highly touted Malik Pope took the ball full court for a slam dunk that forced the Rams to call a timeout and put the Aztecs crowd on their feet with 12:01.