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Aztecs bow out of NCAA Tournament in heartbreaking fashion, fall to Creighton 72-69

At the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, there were four Mountain West teams.

After just one round, all four of them have been eliminated from the tournament.

For a good portion of their match, it seemed like San Diego State (23-10) was going to be the lone Mountain West team to advance to the second round over the Creighton Bluejays (24-11).

At one point, SDSU even held a 14-point lead in the first half after a wild shooting spree from sophomore Chad-Baker Mazara and a layup from senior Tahirou Diabate put the Aztecs up 35-21.

The defense, led by senior Nathan Mensah, was doing its part in limiting Creighton’s inside scoring while tying up Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner.