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Showdown features top guards in Fredette, Gay

The Columbian
Published: January 25, 2011, 12:00am

PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU’s Jimmer Fredette is the small-town East Coast guard groomed by an older brother with help from inmates allowed to compete on prison recreational teams.

San Diego State’s D.J. Gay is the ultimate California kid, raised just outside Los Angeles and taught the game by a father who started taking him to his own city rec games when he was 3.

Though their paths wouldn’t cross until college, the ninth meeting Wednesday between two of the nation’s best point guards will be key in the biggest regular-season game of their careers.

No. 4 San Diego State is 20-0. No. 9 BYU is 19-1. Both are 5-0 in the Mountain West Conference. Bragging rights in the Mountain West are at stake along with perhaps seeds in the NCAA tournament.

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