SDSU vs. New Mexico

When: 5 p.m. Saturday

Where: Viejas Arena

On the air: CBS Sports Network; 760-AM

Records: SDSU is 12-4, 6-0; New Mexico is 14-3, 5-1

Series history: New Mexico leads 52-46 and has won four of the last seven games. The teams split last season: a 62-48 Lobos win in Albuquerque and a 73-65 Aztecs win at Viejas Arena.

Lobos update: Former UC San Diego coach Eric Olen has done a remarkable job with an entirely new roster and staff, rising to No. 48 in Kenpom and 42 in the NET. The best win is 81-78 at VCU (47 in Kenpom), but perhaps more impressive is their current four-game win streak by an average of 23.8 points, including Tuesday’s 87-64 rout of a hot Grand Canyon team. SDSU represents the Lobos’ highest-rated Kenpom opponent. The Lobos are 12-0 above 4,000 feet of elevation and 2-3 below it. Three of the top four scorers are freshmen: Carlsbad High School alum Jake Hall at 14.6 points (40.3% shooting on 3s), 23-year-old Croatian forward Tomislav Buljan at 11.3 (and 9.5 rebounds) and 5-11 guard Uriah Tenette at 10.8. Utah State transfer Deyton Albury averages 11.6 points and 3.7 assists. The roster also includes Point Loma Nazarene transfer (and Saint Augustine alum) Luke Haupt and UCSD transfer (and Torrey Pines High School alum) Chris Howell, although Howell has been out for a month with a leg injury. The return game at The Pit, Feb. 28 on CBS, will be their 100th all-time meeting.

Aztecs update: They are playing their best basketball of the season, coming off a 74-57 win at Wyoming. They have won six straight and nine of 10 (and the loss was to No. 1-ranked Arizona), moving up to 45 in the Kenpom metric and from 64 to 50 in the NET. They are averaging 81.9 points, their best scoring team in the 27-year history of the Mountain West. The previous high was 77.1 in coach Brian Dutcher’s first season in 2017-18. In the six-game win streak, they are shooting 51.5% while holding opponents to 34.7%. Six players are averaging between eight and 12 points: Pharaoh Compton (8.1), Elzie Harrington (8.2), Magoon Gwath (9.7), Miles Byrd (10.0), Reese Dixon-Waters (11.2) and BJ Davis (11.8). No SDSU player ranks in the top 20 in the Mountain West in scoring, or in the top 10 in rebounds or assists. Sean Newman Jr. (ankle) and Byrd (thump) were banged at Wyoming, but both practiced Friday. This is SDSU’s annual game benefitting ALS research and patient care. Kenpom projects a 75-71 Aztecs win.

Next up: Wednesday at Grand Canyon (8 p.m., FS1)

–MARK ZEIGLER