The Spartan’s third game of 2018 was their second consecutive blowout of the new year with a 85-49 loss to the Aztecs in San Diego. But it was still worthwhile for a few reasons:
- The Spartans were competitive for about 3⁄4 of the first half and kept it close by following the intended game plan of neutralizing the Aztec guards and limiting outside shots, before...the bottom gave out.
- Ryan Welage became the fifth Spartan to score 1000 points in school history with a tough-earned 8 points
- The entertaining part: the Aztecs ran roughshod in the last few minutes of the first half and continued their track meet in the second half with slashing, explosive play that simply overpowered the Spartans.