How to watch Colorado State vs. Fresno State basketball game
Who’s Playing
Fresno State Bulldogs @ Colo. State Rams
Current Records: Fresno State 4-11, Colo. State 8-6
How To Watch
- When: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET
- Where: Moby Arena — Fort Collins, Colorado
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
What to Know
Colo. State is 10-0 against Fresno State since January of 2020, and they’ll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. Both will face off in a Mountain West battle at 9:00 p.m. ET at Moby Arena. The Rams will be strutting in after a victory while the Bulldogs will be stumbling in from a loss.
Last Tuesday, everything went Colo. State’s way against San Jose State as Colo. State made off with a 72-50 win.
Colo. State can attribute much of their success to Nique Clifford, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds. Clifford continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he’s played. The team also got some help courtesy of Rashaan Mbemba, who went 6 for 7 en route to 12 points plus eight rebounds.
Colo. State was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as San Jose State only posted five.
Meanwhile, Fresno State’s recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their fourth straight defeat. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 89-83 loss to Utah State. The Bulldogs got off to an early lead (up 17 with 10:03 left in the first quarter), but sadly they weren’t able to maintain that momentum.
The losing side was boosted by Alex Crawford, who went 10 for 13 en route to 26 points plus two blocks. Jalen Weaver was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds.
Colo. State has been performing well recently as they’ve won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Fresno State, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Colo. State has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 36.3 rebounds per game. However, it’s not like Fresno State struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 36.4. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we’ll see if one team can grab an edge.
Colo. State beat Fresno State 73-61 in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Will Colo. State repeat their success, or does Fresno State have a better game plan this time around? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
Colo. State has won all of the games they’ve played against Fresno State in the last 5 years.
- Feb 03, 2024 – Colo. State 73 vs. Fresno State 61
- Mar 08, 2023 – Colo. State 67 vs. Fresno State 65
- Feb 18, 2023 – Colo. State 60 vs. Fresno State 57
- Jan 07, 2023 – Colo. State 79 vs. Fresno State 57
- Feb 11, 2022 – Colo. State 65 vs. Fresno State 50
- Mar 11, 2021 – Colo. State 72 vs. Fresno State 62
- Dec 30, 2020 – Colo. State 81 vs. Fresno State 59
- Dec 28, 2020 – Colo. State 75 vs. Fresno State 53
- Feb 04, 2020 – Colo. State 80 vs. Fresno State 70
- Jan 22, 2020 – Colo. State 86 vs. Fresno State 68
