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SAN DIEGO -- With San Diego State leading Savannah State 99-65 with a minute left, the Aztecs student section started chanting One more point!They got it when Valentine Izundu made the front end of a one-and-one with 46 seconds left to finish off a 100-67 victory.We did what we were supposed to do and we did it in nice fashion, San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said.Zylan Cheatham scored 18 points and Matt Shrigley had 15, all on 3-pointers in the first half, to lead the Aztecs on their romp.Max Hoetzel added 15, Jeremy Hemsley 14 and Montaque Gill-Caesar 12 for the Aztecs (4-1), who were playing for the first time in a week following a 77-65 victory against California at Sacramento.Dexter McClanahan scored 13 for Savannah State (2-6).It was nice to see, Fisher said. This is a team that plays at a pace we dont see very often.Savannah State came in averaging 94 points while giving up 104. The Tigers were averaging 17 3-pointers, on 42 attempts, but made only 10 of 38.The Aztecs took 40 3-pointers, making 14.SDSU had 22 assists. Hemsley had nine, with no turnovers.Weve got a group of really good young people who are very unselfish, Fisher said. We were taking too many hard shots. We took a few tonight, but we did a better job of moving the ball and making one more pass to go from a good shot to a better shot and it wins for you.Shrigley made his five 3-pointers in a span of less than seven minutes in the first half, helping the Aztecs take a 43-24 lead. After Shrigley made his fifth shot from behind the arc, Cheatham dribbled the length of the court for a tomahawk dunk.We do that all the time in practice. Take your shot and make your shot, as coach preaches, Shrigley said. Thats what we did the first half.Hitting 100 just means we scored the ball well, Shrigley said. We made our shots.SDSU used a 22-8 run during the final 7:23 to take a 60-32 halftime lead. The Tigers went nearly six minutes without making a field goal, until Robert Kelly hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left.BIG PICTURESavannah State: The Tigers dropped to 0-6 away from Savannah, including losses in two neutral-court games. After Thursday nights home game against Georgia Southern, the Tigers will play at No. 23 Oregon on Saturday, at Oregon State on Dec. 11 and at William & Mary on Dec. 19.San Diego State: The Aztecs are as healthy as theyve been all season. They had their second straight home blowout, sandwiched around their victory against Cal.UP NEXTSavannah State hosts Georgia Southern on Thursday.San Diego State plays at Loyola on Sunday. Ian Happ Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. 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Lance Franklins controversial move to Sydney rather than the Giants killed what little faith the AFL hierarchy still had in COLA.But speaking on the cost of living allowance before the leagues historic first all-Sydney final on Saturday, AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick said the main thing was that Franklin had gone to the city.Fitzpatrick admitted being disappointed when the bombshell was dropped in late 2013 that Franklin would join the Swans in a record deal.The widespread assumption had been that if the star forward left Hawthorn, it would be to join GWS.Sydneys coup shone a harsh light on COLA, which was supposed to help teams in non-traditional AFL states retain players.I was quite disappointed - I reckon at the time, I was the last defender of COLA in the executive and the commission, Fitzpatrick told ABC radio.I felt expansion in the north was really important.That announcement convinced me Id been wrong for a long time.If COLA worked the way I thought it worked, then Sydney were probably out of the equation.But Fitzpatrick is rapt with the effect that Franklin has had on the games profile in Sydney, saying the Swan is one of those rare players who transcends the sport.The best thing that happened, either way, was that he went to Sydney, Fitzpatrick said.Having someone of that talent in the Sydney market, its just been terrific for us and its a bit like having had Tony Lockett in that market.Fitzpatrick is bullish about the Giants, saying they can becomme much bigger than just a niche team.ddddddddddddHe said they already had a bigger supporter base than some established rugby league teams.My personal view is that the Giants can become a very big football side, he said.They can become a very big team and a very big club.The Giants joined the AFL in 2012, a year after Gold Coast.While the Suns are yet to make a finals series, Fitzpatrick is also confident about how they are developing.He said the Suns were putting down solid roots in the notoriously-difficult southeast Queensland market.We had a long discussion at the commission with the Suns when we were up in Brisbane a few weeks ago, he said.Id say that the new leadership there ... were very comfortable with where they sit.Im actually very bullish on Gold Coast ... we believe the roots have taken.Fitzpatrick said it would be much harder to start expansion clubs in NSW and Queensland now, noting that rival football codes had become stronger in the last few years.If we wanted to be Australias game, we had to really be Australias game - we couldnt be concentrated in the southern states, he said.We just werent represented in Queensland and NSW in the way that we felt the great Australian game of Australian Rules should be.The long view - and its a 20- to 30-year view - is that we need to become the dominant sport in those states. 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