Alvaro Cardenas

Position: Guard

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Hometown: Granada, Spain

High School: Get Better Academy

Schools: San Jose State (Men) and Boise State (Men)

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SUMMARY

2024-25

Career

G

12

109

PTS

10.8

10.0

TRB

2.9

2.9

AST

6.4

4.1

FG%

43.7

41.5

FG3%

31.4

34.7

FT%

77.8

77.0

eFG%

49.0

49.1

PER

16.0

12.7

WS

1.6

7.0

Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Team		Opp	Result	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2024-12-21	Boise State		Air Force	W 77-59	*	39	6	13	.462	5	8	.625	1	5	.200	2	2	1.000	0	0	0	12	2	0	3	2	15
2024-12-17	Boise State		Texas Southern	W 82-51	*	29	5	8	.625	4	5	.800	1	3	.333	0	0		0	5	5	7	2	0	3	0	11
2024-12-14	Boise State	N	Saint Mary's (CA)	W 67-65 (OT)	*	41	5	8	.625	4	7	.571	1	1	1.000	3	3	1.000	0	4	4	4	1	0	1	3	14
2024-12-07	Boise State	N	Washington State	L 69-74	*	36	4	12	.333	3	9	.333	1	3	.333	1	3	.333	3	3	6	5	2	0	2	5	10
2024-12-03	Boise State		Utah Tech	W 87-64	*	29	3	5	.600	2	2	1.000	1	3	.333	2	2	1.000	0	4	4	10	2	0	1	0	9

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Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	G	31	22	26.7	2.4	5.5	.424	1.1	2.9	.378	1.3	2.6	.476	.523	0.7	1.0	.677	0.3	2.1	2.4	2.6	0.9	0.0	1.9	3.0	6.5
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	G	35	35	33.7	3.5	9.8	.362	1.6	5.0	.313	2.0	4.8	.413	.442	1.3	1.7	.770	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.4	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.2	10.0
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	G	31	31	35.5	5.0	10.9	.457	1.5	3.8	.385	3.5	7.2	.495	.524	1.8	2.2	.809	0.5	2.7	3.3	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	13.2
2024-25	Boise State	MWC	SR	G	12	12	33.3	3.8	8.6	.437	0.9	2.9	.314	2.8	5.7	.500	.490	2.3	3.0	.778	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	1.7	10.8
Career					109	100	32.2	3.6	8.8	.415	1.3	3.8	.347	2.3	4.9	.468	.491	1.4	1.8	.770	0.4	2.4	2.9	4.1	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.3	10.0

Boise State (1 Yr)					12	12	33.3	3.8	8.6	.437	0.9	2.9	.314	2.8	5.7	.500	.490	2.3	3.0	.778	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	1.7	10.8
San Jose State (3 Yrs)					97	88	32.0	3.6	8.8	.412	1.4	3.9	.350	2.2	4.9	.463	.491	1.3	1.6	.769	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.4	9.9

Per Game Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	G	18	15	26.4	2.1	5.4	.381	0.8	2.8	.280	1.3	2.6	.489	.454	0.8	1.1	.700	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.7	3.2	5.7
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	G	18	18	34.4	3.5	9.8	.358	1.7	5.3	.326	1.8	4.5	.395	.446	1.2	1.7	.710	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.4	1.2	0.1	2.2	2.3	9.9
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	G	17	17	35.5	4.8	10.4	.460	1.6	3.9	.403	3.2	6.4	.495	.537	1.7	2.0	.853	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.9	12.8
2024-25	Boise State	MWC		G	1	1	39.0	6.0	13.0	.462	1.0	5.0	.200	5.0	8.0	.625	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	15.0
Career					54	51	32.2	3.5	8.6	.405	1.4	4.0	.336	2.1	4.5	.465	.484	1.2	1.6	.770	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.4	9.5

Boise State (1 Yr)					1	1	39.0	6.0	13.0	.462	1.0	5.0	.200	5.0	8.0	.625	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	15.0
San Jose State (3 Yrs)					53	50	32.1	3.4	8.5	.403	1.4	4.0	.340	2.1	4.5	.460	.483	1.2	1.6	.765	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.7	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.5	9.4

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	G	31	22	829	73	172	.424	34	90	.378	39	82	.476	.523	21	31	.677	9	66	75	81	29	0	59	92	201
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	G	35	35	1178	124	343	.362	55	176	.313	69	167	.413	.442	47	61	.770	15	84	99	120	25	4	69	77	350
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	G	31	31	1101	155	339	.457	45	117	.385	110	222	.495	.524	55	68	.809	17	85	102	171	28	4	64	63	410
2024-25	Boise State	MWC	SR	G	12	12	400	45	103	.437	11	35	.314	34	68	.500	.490	28	36	.778	8	27	35	77	19	1	27	20	129
Career					109	100	3508	397	957	.415	145	418	.347	252	539	.468	.491	151	196	.770	49	262	311	449	101	9	219	252	1090

Boise State (1 Yr)					12	12	400	45	103	.437	11	35	.314	34	68	.500	.490	28	36	.778	8	27	35	77	19	1	27	20	129
San Jose State (3 Yrs)					97	88	3108	352	854	.412	134	383	.350	218	471	.463	.491	123	160	.769	41	235	276	372	82	8	192	232	961

Totals Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	G	18	15	476	37	97	.381	14	50	.280	23	47	.489	.454	14	20	.700	3	35	38	41	17	0	31	57	102
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	G	18	18	620	63	176	.358	31	95	.326	32	81	.395	.446	22	31	.710	12	42	54	62	21	2	40	41	179
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	G	17	17	604	81	176	.460	27	67	.403	54	109	.495	.537	29	34	.853	9	42	51	91	15	2	35	32	218
2024-25	Boise State	MWC		G	1	1	39	6	13	.462	1	5	.200	5	8	.625	.500	2	2	1.000	0	0	0	12	2	0	3	2	15
Career					54	51	1739	187	462	.405	73	217	.336	114	245	.465	.484	67	87	.770	24	119	143	206	55	4	109	132	514

Boise State (1 Yr)					1	1	39	6	13	.462	1	5	.200	5	8	.625	.500	2	2	1.000	0	0	0	12	2	0	3	2	15
San Jose State (3 Yrs)					53	50	1700	181	449	.403	72	212	.340	109	237	.460	.483	65	85	.765	24	119	143	194	53	4	106	130	499

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Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	31	22	829	3.5	8.3	.424	1.9	4.0	.476	1.6	4.3	.378	1.0	1.5	.677	3.6	3.9	1.4	0.0	2.8	4.4	9.7
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	35	35	1178	4.2	11.6	.362	2.3	5.7	.413	1.9	6.0	.313	1.6	2.1	.770	3.4	4.1	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.6	11.9
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	31	31	1101	5.6	12.3	.457	4.0	8.1	.495	1.6	4.3	.385	2.0	2.5	.809	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.3	14.9
2024-25	Boise State	MWC	SR	12	12	400	4.5	10.3	.437	3.4	6.8	.500	1.1	3.5	.314	2.8	3.6	.778	3.5	7.7	1.9	0.1	2.7	2.0	12.9
Career	Overall			109	100	3508	4.5	10.9	.415	2.9	6.1	.468	1.7	4.8	.347	1.7	2.2	.770	3.5	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.5	2.9	12.4
	San Jose State			97	88	3108	4.5	11.0	.412	2.8	6.1	.463	1.7	4.9	.350	1.6	2.1	.769	3.6	4.8	1.1	0.1	2.5	3.0	12.4
	Boise State			12	12	400	4.5	10.3	.437	3.4	6.8	.500	1.1	3.5	.314	2.8	3.6	.778	3.5	7.7	1.9	0.1	2.7	2.0	12.9

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	18	15	476	3.1	8.2	.381	1.9	3.9	.489	1.2	4.2	.280	1.2	1.7	.700	3.2	3.4	1.4	0.0	2.6	4.8	8.6
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	18	18	620	4.1	11.4	.358	2.1	5.2	.395	2.0	6.1	.326	1.4	2.0	.710	3.5	4.0	1.4	0.1	2.6	2.6	11.5
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	17	17	604	5.4	11.7	.460	3.6	7.2	.495	1.8	4.4	.403	1.9	2.3	.853	3.4	6.0	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.1	14.4
2024-25	Boise State	MWC		1	1	39	6.2	13.3	.462	5.1	8.2	.625	1.0	5.1	.200	2.1	2.1	1.000	0.0	12.3	2.1	0.0	3.1	2.1	15.4
Career	Overall			54	51	1739	4.3	10.6	.405	2.6	5.6	.465	1.7	5.0	.336	1.5	2.0	.770	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.1	2.5	3.0	11.8
	San Jose State			53	50	1700	4.3	10.6	.403	2.6	5.6	.460	1.7	5.0	.340	1.5	2.0	.765	3.4	4.6	1.2	0.1	2.5	3.1	11.7
	Boise State			1	1	39	6.2	13.3	.462	5.1	8.2	.625	1.0	5.1	.200	2.1	2.1	1.000	0.0	12.3	2.1	0.0	3.1	2.1	15.4

Per 100 Poss

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	31	22	829	5.3	12.5	.424	2.8	6.0	.476	2.5	6.5	.378	1.5	2.3	.677	5.5	5.9	2.1	0.0	4.3	6.7	14.6		95.3	111.2
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	35	35	1178	6.7	18.4	.362	3.7	9.0	.413	3.0	9.5	.313	2.5	3.3	.770	5.3	6.4	1.3	0.2	3.7	4.1	18.8		101.1	109.1
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	31	31	1101	8.5	18.5	.457	6.0	12.1	.495	2.5	6.4	.385	3.0	3.7	.809	5.6	9.3	1.5	0.2	3.5	3.4	22.4		112.8	116.1
2024-25	Boise State	MWC	SR	12	12	400	6.6	15.1	.437	5.0	10.0	.500	1.6	5.1	.314	4.1	5.3	.778	5.1	11.3	2.8	0.1	4.0	2.9	18.9		115.2	98.3
Career	Overall			109	100	3508	6.9	16.6	.415	4.4	9.4	.468	2.5	7.3	.347	2.6	3.4	.770	5.4	7.8	1.8	0.2	3.8	4.4	19.0		105.8	110.6
	San Jose State			97	88	3108	6.9	16.9	.412	4.3	9.3	.463	2.6	7.6	.350	2.4	3.2	.769	5.4	7.3	1.6	0.2	3.8	4.6	19.0		104.5	112.2
	Boise State			12	12	400	6.6	15.1	.437	5.0	10.0	.500	1.6	5.1	.314	4.1	5.3	.778	5.1	11.3	2.8	0.1	4.0	2.9	18.9		115.2	98.3

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	18	15	476	4.8	12.5	.381	3.0	6.1	.489	1.8	6.5	.280	1.8	2.6	.700	4.9	5.3	2.2	0.0	4.0	7.4	13.2		86.9	118.6
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	18	18	620	6.4	17.8	.358	3.2	8.2	.395	3.1	9.6	.326	2.2	3.1	.710	5.5	6.3	2.1	0.2	4.0	4.1	18.1		98.7	109.6
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	17	17	604	8.1	17.6	.460	5.4	10.9	.495	2.7	6.7	.403	2.9	3.4	.853	5.1	9.1	1.5	0.2	3.5	3.2	21.8		112.7	123.4
2024-25	Boise State	MWC		1	1	39	9.5	20.6	.462	7.9	12.7	.625	1.6	7.9	.200	3.2	3.2	1.000	0.0	19.1	3.2	0.0	4.8	3.2	23.8		120.3	93.9
Career	Overall			54	51	1739	6.6	16.4	.405	4.0	8.7	.465	2.6	7.7	.336	2.4	3.1	.770	5.1	7.3	1.9	0.1	3.9	4.7	18.2		102.1	116.6
	San Jose State			53	50	1700	6.6	16.3	.403	3.9	8.6	.460	2.6	7.7	.340	2.4	3.1	.765	5.2	7.0	1.9	0.1	3.8	4.7	18.1		101.5	117.1
	Boise State			1	1	39	9.5	20.6	.462	7.9	12.7	.625	1.6	7.9	.200	3.2	3.2	1.000	0.0	19.1	3.2	0.0	4.8	3.2	23.8		120.3	93.9

Advanced

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	31	22	829	9.0	.538	.523	.523	.180	216	1.3	9.6	5.4	19.5	2.1	0.0	24.0	16.0		0.3	0.4	0.7	.034		-3.5	-1.0	-4.5
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	35	35	1178	10.4	.470	.442	.513	.178	366	1.5	8.4	5.0	20.0	1.3	0.4	15.6	19.9		1.1	0.9	2.0	.068		-0.9	0.0	-0.9
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	31	31	1101	16.7	.552	.524	.345	.201	455	1.8	9.6	5.6	30.8	1.5	0.4	14.7	21.3		2.3	0.3	2.6	.095		2.1	-1.4	0.8
2024-25	Boise State	MWC	SR	12	12	400	16.0	.537	.490	.340	.350	155	2.5	7.6	5.2	34.3	2.8	0.3	18.4	18.6		0.8	0.9	1.6	.164		2.8	2.1	4.9
Career	Overall			109	100	3508	12.7	.519	.491	.437	.205	1192	1.7	9.0	5.3	24.9	1.7	0.3	17.3	19.3		4.5	2.5	7.0	.079		-0.1	-0.4	-0.6
	San Jose State			97	88	3108	12.3	.517	.491	.448	.187	1037	1.6	9.1	5.3	23.7	1.6	0.3	17.1	19.4		3.7	1.6	5.3	.068		-0.5	-0.8	-1.3
	Boise State			12	12	400	16.0	.537	.490	.340	.350	155	2.5	7.6	5.2	34.3	2.8	0.3	18.4	18.6		0.8	0.9	1.6	.164		2.8	2.1	4.9

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2021-22	San Jose State	MWC	FR	18	15	476	7.4	.479	.454	.515	.206	110	0.8	10.8	5.4	18.9	2.2	0.0	22.5	16.2		0.1	-0.5	-0.4	-.032
2022-23	San Jose State	MWC	SO	18	18	620	11.7	.469	.446	.540	.176	191	2.4	9.3	5.6	20.1	2.1	0.4	17.3	19.8		0.8	0.0	0.8	.054
2023-24	San Jose State	MWC	JR	17	17	604	18.6	.567	.537	.381	.193	242	1.9	9.9	5.7	31.2	1.5	0.4	15.4	20.8		1.7	-0.7	1.0	.067
2024-25	Boise State	MWC		1	1	39	23.8	.538	.500	.385	.154	21										0.2	0.1	0.2	.255
Career	Overall			54	51	1739	13.2	.511	.484	.470	.188	564	1.8	9.9	5.6	23.7	1.9	0.3	17.8	19.2		2.9	-1.1	1.7	.040
	San Jose State			53	50	1700	12.9	.510	.483	.472	.189	544	1.8	9.9	5.6	23.7	1.9	0.3	17.8	19.2		2.7	-1.2	1.5	.035
	Boise State			1	1	39	23.8	.538	.500	.385	.154	21							17.7			0.2	0.1	0.2	.255

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