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The Fresno State Bulldogs, strangers at the Save Mart Center this season, reintroduced themselves Tuesday to a crowd of 2,210 with the kind of performance that's won them two straight trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Fresno State men's hoops team leads virtually all game but can't hold on at end.

The Fresno State Bulldogs finish a three-game holiday homestand tonight at 7 p.m. in the Save Mart Center.

Most of the time, it's a good thing when the other team shoots an air ball. Monday night at the Save Mart Center before an announced 8,041, the opposite was true.

Mychal Ladd scored 18 points and Greg Smith added 17 as Fresno State improved to 5-5 on the season.

Freshman guard Reggie Moore had an impressive resume to play basketball for WSU.

Identical 318-yard outings the past two games mean the Bulldogs' run game is grinding along just fine heading into the second half of the season.

Never was the difference between NCAA and NAIA men's basketball more apparent than Wednesday night at the Save Mart Center.

Fresno State will wrap up their road portion of the 2009 West Coast Classic at Santa Clara University, the host school of the non-conference exempt tournament played at campus sites.

Freshman Greg Smith continued his low post dominance and recorded his second-straight and third double-double in just his fourth game as a Bulldog, yet in a hotly contested battle, San Diego State edged Fresno State 62-58 in West Coast Classic action on Monday night in the Save Mart Center.

San Diego State's Billy White nailed the go-ahead free throws with 19.5 seconds remaining, and Tyrone Shelley iced the game with two free throws with 2.9 seconds left.

FRESNO STATE AT SEATTLE Today: 7:10 p.m. at KeyArena in Seattle Records: Bulldogs 2-0, Redhawks 0-2 Radio/TV: KMJ / KAIL The skinny: Bulldogs will be part of history as Seattle dedicates "Elgin Baylor Court" in honor of the NBA Hall of Famer who starred for Redhawks in the late 1950s.

The defensive emphasis by head coach Steve Cleveland paved the way for Fresno State to secure a key road opening win against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, 65-59, on Tuesday night in a soldout J.C. Rolle Activity Center.

Fresno State's swimming and diving team made history Friday - albeit against an NAIA opponent - with its first victory since the program was reinstated in 2008.

Junior guard Jaleesa Ross scored a career-high 25 points and Fresno State beat host UC Santa Barbara 84-56 tonight in a season opener for both teams at the Thunderdome.

Sophomore Mychal Ladd erupted for 22 points, with 17 in the first six minutes of the game, to propel the Fresno State men's basketball team to a 78-67 victory over Fresno Pacific University on Wednesday night in the Save Mart Center.

3 NAIA team in the nation -- have suffered injury after illness. Improving defense key for 'Dogs hoops Improving defense key for 'Dogs hoops When Steve Cleveland reviews game tapes from last season, he always watches until the bitter end.

It took two Western Athletic Conference championships for the Fresno State women's basketball team to convince people it's for real.

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