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Vaihola, Davis lead San Jose State over New Mexico, 71-70

AP
Jan 15, 2025

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Robert Vaihola led San Jose State with 18 points and Latrell Davis hit the game-winning jump shot with 2.1 seconds remaining as the Spartans knocked off New Mexico 71-70 on Tuesday night.

Davis grabbed an offensive rebound and banked in the fade-away putback to cap the scoring.

Vaihola also had nine rebounds for the Spartans (9-10, 2-5 Mountain West Conference). Jermaine Washington scored 13 points while shooting 5 for 10, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc. Josh Uduje shot 5 for 13, including 1 for 3 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points, while adding eight rebounds.

Nelly Junior Joseph led the Lobos (14-4, 6-1) in scoring, finishing with 20 points and six rebounds. New Mexico also got 17 points and five assists from Donovan Dent. Mustapha Amzil also had nine points. The Lobos broke a seven-game win streak with the loss.

Davis scored eight points in the first half and San Jose State went into the break trailing 35-31. Vaihola scored 12 second-half points. San Jose State outscored New Mexico by five points over the final half.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
UNM
Lobos
35
SJSU
Spartans
31

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Lobos gains possession)
19:37	+2	Mustapha Amzil makes two point hook shot	2-0
19:17	+2	Josh Uduje makes two point dunk	2-2
18:58	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point jump shot (Mustapha Amzil assists)	4-2
18:41	+2	Josh Uduje makes two point layup	4-4
18:28		Mustapha Amzil misses two point layup
18:26		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
18:23	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup	6-4
18:04		Josh Uduje misses three point jump shot
18:02		Tru Washington defensive rebound
17:55		Tru Washington misses two point jump shot
17:53		Donavan Yap defensive rebound
17:48		Sadaidriene Hall misses two point layup
17:46		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
17:35		Mustapha Amzil misses two point layup
17:33		Donavan Yap defensive rebound
17:27		Will McClendon misses two point layup
17:25		Spartans offensive rebound
17:25		Tru Washington personal foul
17:16		Will McClendon misses two point jump shot
17:14		Robert Vaihola offensive rebound
17:14		Nelly Junior Joseph personal foul
17:02		Donavan Yap turnover (bad pass) (Filip Borovicanin steals)
16:26		Donovan Dent misses three point jump shot
16:26		Spartans defensive rebound
16:26		Robert Vaihola misses two point jump shot
16:24		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
16:14	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup	8-4
16:02		Sadaidriene Hall misses three point jump shot
16:00		Robert Vaihola offensive rebound
15:56		Josh Uduje misses two point layup
15:54		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
15:47	+2	Tru Washington makes two point layup	10-4
15:26		Sadaidriene Hall turnover (Tru Washington steals)
15:21	+2	Tru Washington makes two point layup	12-4
15:21		Donavan Yap shooting foul
15:21		TV timeout
15:21		Tru Washington misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:21		Mustapha Amzil offensive rebound
15:03	+2	Mustapha Amzil makes two point jump shot	14-4
14:33	+2	Latrell Davis makes two point layup	14-6
14:27		Tru Washington misses three point jump shot
14:25		Latrell Davis defensive rebound
14:08		Robert Vaihola turnover (Tru Washington steals)
14:03		Mustapha Amzil turnover (Latrell Davis steals)
13:58		Atiki Ally Atiki shooting foul
13:58	+1	Latrell Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-7
13:58		Latrell Davis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:58		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
13:44		CJ Noland misses two point jump shot
13:42		Sadaidriene Hall defensive rebound
13:31		Chol Marial misses two point jump shot
13:29		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
13:24		Filip Borovicanin turnover (back court violation)
13:07		CJ Noland blocks Latrell Davis's two point layup
13:05		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
12:53		Donovan Dent misses two point jump shot
12:51		Atiki Ally Atiki offensive rebound
12:44	+3	Jovan Milicevic makes three point jump shot (Donovan Dent assists)	17-7
12:32		Jermaine Washington misses two point jump shot
12:30		Lobos defensive rebound
12:17		Chol Marial shooting foul
12:17	+1	Atiki Ally Atiki makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-7
12:17		Atiki Ally Atiki misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:17		Robert Vaihola defensive rebound
12:05		Braden Appelhans shooting foul
12:05	+1	Latrell Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-8
12:05	+1	Latrell Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-9
11:51		Braden Appelhans misses three point jump shot
11:49		Robert Vaihola defensive rebound
11:37		Sadraque NgaNga misses two point layup
11:35		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
11:27		Braden Appelhans misses two point jump shot
11:25		Spartans defensive rebound
11:25		Nelly Junior Joseph personal foul
11:25		TV timeout
11:17		Donavan Yap turnover (traveling)
11:01		Mustapha Amzil misses two point jump shot
10:59		Robert Vaihola defensive rebound
10:45		Josh Uduje misses two point jump shot
10:43		Atiki Ally Atiki defensive rebound
10:21	+2	Braden Appelhans makes two point layup	20-9
9:58		Donavan Yap misses three point jump shot
9:56		CJ Noland defensive rebound
9:50	+2	Atiki Ally Atiki makes two point layup (CJ Noland assists)	22-9
9:31	+2	Josh Uduje makes two point layup	22-11
9:23		Braden Appelhans misses three point jump shot
9:21		Latrell Davis defensive rebound
9:07		Sadraque NgaNga misses two point layup
9:05		Will McClendon offensive rebound
8:55		Sadraque NgaNga misses two point jump shot
8:53		Lobos defensive rebound
8:40		Atiki Ally Atiki misses two point dunk
8:38		Spartans defensive rebound
8:29		Donavan Yap turnover (Tru Washington steals)
8:29		Donavan Yap personal foul
8:06		Mustapha Amzil misses two point layup
8:04		Sadraque NgaNga defensive rebound
7:42		Josh Uduje misses three point jump shot
7:40		Atiki Ally Atiki personal foul
7:40		TV timeout
7:33	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point layup (Will McClendon assists)	22-13
7:16		Mustapha Amzil turnover (traveling)
6:58	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point layup (Will McClendon assists)	22-15
6:45		Tru Washington misses two point jump shot
6:43		Jovan Milicevic offensive rebound
6:38		Tru Washington misses three point jump shot
6:36		Robert Vaihola defensive rebound
6:25	+3	Will McClendon makes three point jump shot (Robert Vaihola assists)	22-18
6:16		Jermaine Washington personal foul
6:06		Filip Borovicanin misses two point layup
6:04		Robert Vaihola defensive rebound
5:46	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point layup (Jermaine Washington assists)	22-20
5:46		Lobos 30 second timeout
5:39		Jermaine Washington personal foul
5:33	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point jump shot (Donovan Dent assists)	24-20
5:02		Josh Uduje misses two point layup
5:00		Josh Uduje offensive rebound
4:58		Josh Uduje turnover (3-second violation)
4:49	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup	26-20
4:26		Will McClendon misses three point jump shot
4:24		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
4:12	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point jump shot	28-20
3:49		Donavan Yap turnover (Donovan Dent steals)
3:43	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup	30-20
3:43		Spartans 30 second timeout
3:43		TV timeout
3:16		Will McClendon misses three point jump shot
3:14		Spartans offensive rebound
3:14		Spartans turnover (shot clock violation)
3:01		Filip Borovicanin misses three point jump shot
2:59		Sadaidriene Hall defensive rebound
2:33	+2	Sadaidriene Hall makes two point jump shot	30-22
2:13		CJ Noland misses two point jump shot
2:11		CJ Noland offensive rebound
2:11		Will McClendon shooting foul
2:11		CJ Noland misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:11	+1	CJ Noland makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-22
1:49	+3	Sadraque NgaNga makes three point jump shot (Jermaine Washington assists)	31-25
1:32		CJ Noland misses two point jump shot
1:30		Josh Uduje defensive rebound
1:08	+3	Jermaine Washington makes three point jump shot (Sadraque NgaNga assists)	31-28
0:55	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point jump shot	33-28
0:26		Sadraque NgaNga misses three point jump shot
0:24		Lobos defensive rebound
0:04		Sadaidriene Hall shooting foul
0:04	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-28
0:04	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-28
0:01	+3	Latrell Davis makes three point jump shot	35-31
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UNM
Lobos
35
SJSU
Spartans
40

Time		Play	Score
19:43		Nelly Junior Joseph misses two point layup
19:41		Sadaidriene Hall defensive rebound
19:23	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point jump shot	35-33
19:13		Filip Borovicanin misses two point layup
19:11		Josh Uduje defensive rebound
19:02	+3	Josh Uduje makes three point jump shot	35-36
19:02		Tru Washington shooting foul
19:02	+1	Josh Uduje makes regular free throw 1 of 1	35-37
18:34		Robert Vaihola shooting foul
18:34	+1	Donovan Dent makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-37
18:34	+1	Donovan Dent makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-37
18:15	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point jump shot	37-39
18:01		Sadaidriene Hall shooting foul
18:01	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-39
18:01	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-39
17:40		Robert Vaihola turnover (Tru Washington steals)
17:34		Tru Washington misses two point layup
17:32		Robert Vaihola defensive rebound
17:28	+2	Jermaine Washington makes two point dunk (Will McClendon assists)	39-41
17:20		Kayde Dotson turnover (lost ball)
17:17		Jermaine Washington turnover
17:17	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point layup	41-41
16:53		Josh Uduje misses two point layup
16:51		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
16:46		Robert Vaihola blocks Filip Borovicanin's two point jump shot
16:44		Sadaidriene Hall defensive rebound
16:37	+2	Jermaine Washington makes two point layup	41-43
16:10		Robert Vaihola shooting foul
16:10		Nelly Junior Joseph misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:10		Nelly Junior Joseph misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:05		Josh Uduje defensive rebound
16:05		Nelly Junior Joseph blocks Latrell Davis's two point jump shot
16:03		Donovan Dent defensive rebound
15:47		Donovan Dent turnover (Sadraque NgaNga steals)
15:46		Donovan Dent personal foul
15:46		TV timeout
15:46		Latrell Davis technical foul
15:46		Latrell Davis turnover
15:46		Donovan Dent misses technical free throw 1 of 2
15:46	+1	Donovan Dent makes technical free throw 2 of 2	42-43
15:36		CJ Noland misses three point jump shot
15:34		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
15:32	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup	44-43
15:14	+3	Will McClendon makes three point jump shot (Latrell Davis assists)	44-46
14:56	+2	CJ Noland makes two point jump shot	46-46
14:31		Jermaine Washington misses three point jump shot
14:29		CJ Noland defensive rebound
14:07	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup (Donovan Dent assists)	48-46
13:54		Nelly Junior Joseph personal foul
13:43	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point jump shot	48-48
13:31		Jovan Milicevic misses two point layup
13:29		Latrell Davis defensive rebound
13:23		CJ Noland shooting foul
13:23		Latrell Davis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:23	+1	Latrell Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-49
12:53		Donovan Dent misses three point jump shot
12:51		Jovan Milicevic offensive rebound
12:42		CJ Noland misses three point jump shot
12:40		Tru Washington offensive rebound
12:37	+3	Jovan Milicevic makes three point jump shot (Tru Washington assists)	51-49
12:13		Will McClendon turnover (traveling)
11:57		Donovan Dent misses two point jump shot
11:55		Josh Uduje defensive rebound
11:50		Josh Uduje turnover (traveling)
11:50		TV timeout
11:40	+2	Atiki Ally Atiki makes two point dunk	53-49
11:12	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point layup	53-51
11:02	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup	55-51
10:51		Atiki Ally Atiki personal foul
10:41		Robert Vaihola misses two point jump shot
10:39		Robert Vaihola offensive rebound
10:34		Jermaine Washington misses three point jump shot
10:32		Spartans offensive rebound
10:32		Tru Washington personal foul
10:26	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point layup (Will McClendon assists)	55-53
10:26		Nelly Junior Joseph shooting foul
10:26		Robert Vaihola misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:26		Atiki Ally Atiki defensive rebound
10:12		Donovan Dent misses two point layup
10:10		Latrell Davis defensive rebound
10:00		Latrell Davis misses two point layup
9:58		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
9:51		Filip Borovicanin misses two point jump shot
9:49		Josh Uduje defensive rebound
9:21		Josh Uduje misses two point jump shot
9:19		CJ Noland defensive rebound
9:13	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup (CJ Noland assists)	57-53
8:56	+3	Jermaine Washington makes three point jump shot (Latrell Davis assists)	57-56
8:42		Donovan Dent misses two point layup
8:40		Will McClendon defensive rebound
8:37	+3	Jermaine Washington makes three point jump shot (Will McClendon assists)	57-59
8:34		Spartans 30 second timeout
8:11		TV timeout
8:11	+2	Mustapha Amzil makes two point jump shot (Donovan Dent assists)	59-59
7:42		Robert Vaihola misses two point layup
7:40		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
7:34		CJ Noland misses two point layup
7:32		Lobos offensive rebound
7:32		TV timeout
7:28		Filip Borovicanin offensive foul
7:28		Filip Borovicanin turnover (offensive foul)
7:09		Atiki Ally Atiki blocks Sadaidriene Hall's two point layup
7:08		Donovan Dent defensive rebound
6:54		CJ Noland misses two point layup
6:52		Spartans defensive rebound
6:26		Robert Vaihola misses two point jump shot
6:24		Latrell Davis offensive rebound
6:06		Jermaine Washington misses three point jump shot
6:04		Atiki Ally Atiki defensive rebound
5:41		Sadaidriene Hall blocks CJ Noland's two point layup
5:39		Sadaidriene Hall defensive rebound
5:21		Will McClendon misses three point jump shot
5:19		CJ Noland defensive rebound
5:07		CJ Noland turnover (Latrell Davis steals)
4:44	+2	Josh Uduje makes two point jump shot (Sadaidriene Hall assists)	59-61
4:31		Mustapha Amzil misses three point jump shot
4:29		Josh Uduje defensive rebound
4:22	+2	Robert Vaihola makes two point layup (Josh Uduje assists)	59-63
4:21		Lobos 60 second timeout
4:21		TV timeout
4:14		Filip Borovicanin turnover (Sadaidriene Hall steals)
3:49		Jermaine Washington turnover (Tru Washington steals)
3:49		Josh Uduje personal foul
3:42		Filip Borovicanin misses three point jump shot
3:40		Spartans defensive rebound
3:28		Robert Vaihola misses two point jump shot
3:26		Lobos defensive rebound
3:26		Sadaidriene Hall personal foul
3:07		Nelly Junior Joseph misses two point layup
3:05		Tru Washington offensive rebound
3:05		Josh Uduje shooting foul
3:05	+1	Tru Washington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-63
3:05	+1	Tru Washington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-63
2:45		Jermaine Washington misses three point jump shot
2:43		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
2:34		Donovan Dent misses two point jump shot
2:32		Mustapha Amzil offensive rebound
2:25		Sadaidriene Hall shooting foul
2:25	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-63
2:25	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-63
2:02		Robert Vaihola misses two point layup
2:00		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
1:52	+3	Mustapha Amzil makes three point jump shot (Donovan Dent assists)	66-63
1:41		Spartans 60 second timeout
1:25	+3	Will McClendon makes three point jump shot	66-66
1:08	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup (Tru Washington assists)	68-66
0:40	+3	Will McClendon makes three point jump shot	68-69
0:33	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup	70-69
0:17		Robert Vaihola misses two point jump shot
0:15		Josh Uduje offensive rebound
0:04		Josh Uduje misses two point jump shot
0:02		Latrell Davis offensive rebound
0:02	+2	Latrell Davis makes two point jump shot	70-71
0:02		Lobos 30 second timeout
0:02		Spartans 30 second timeout
0:00		Nelly Junior Joseph misses three point jump shot
0:00		Spartans defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Spartans defensive rebound