Provo • San Diego State entered the Marriott Center with two things: the best offensive rebounding basketball team in the nation (albeit after one game) and a proverbial shovel. The Aztecs used both to bury BYU and their longstanding string of hard luck in Provo with a 76-71 nonconference victory Saturday afternoon.
The game marked the anniversary of one of the most momentous game ever played at the Marriott Center. When these two teams met here In 2011, Jimmer Fredette scored 43 points — more than half of BYU’s final tally — to help the then No.