ARCATA — Hitting the road for its final regular season roadtrip is the Humboldt State women's basketball team. The Jacks travel south to face Cal State San Bernardino on Friday and will take on Cal Poly Pomona on Saturday for California Collegiate Athletic Association competition. Both games have a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.

On-Air: All Lumberjack basketball games are broadcast live locally on KATA, 1340 AM, the North Coast's ESPN radio affiliate. Webcasts are also available for out-of-area listeners, accessed through the Humboldt State Athletics site at hsujacks.com. …Bicoastal Media Sports Director J.B. Mathers is back for another year of bring home the action from courtside for all home contests. He'll be joined by Humboldt State Athletics Hall-of-Famer Burt Nordstrom. On the road, Assistant Athletic Director Dan Pambianco provides play-by-play. All broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to game time with the pregame show.

Live Stats: Follow all home games live action by going to http://livestats.internetconsult.com/humboldt/wbball/. This week's game at Cal State San Bernardino can be followed at http://www.sidearmstats.com/csusb/wbball/xlive.htm and the Saturday's action against Cal Poly Pomona is located at http://www.csupomona.edu/~athletic/Teams/livestats/XLIVE.HTM.

Lumberjacks Notes: The Jacks have won eight of their nine last games, including their last four straight. The lone loss suffered in this streak was an 86-84 overtime decision to UC San Diego on Jan. 31. …For this past weekend's 77-43 win over Cal State Stanislaus and 74-43 victory over Chico State, the Lumberjacks averaged a +32.5 scoring margin over their opponents, compared to last weekend's +13.5. On the weekend, Brittney Taylor and Andrea Bobic averaged the team's only double-figures with 23 points per game and 10.5 per game, respectively. Taylor registered a career-high with 27 points in the Jacks' defeat of Chico State, while Jennifer Enos shot 75 percent from the three-point range, hitting three of her four shots to contribute nine points. “I felt Brittney stepped up when we needed her to,” Humboldt State head women's basketball coach Joddie Gleason said. “In both games Katie (Franci) was doubled-teamed and Brittney found the open shot and fed the team the ball for more scoring.” …Bobic finished the weekend with five threes, including three in the team's win over CSU Stanislaus. “It's tough for junior college transfers to come in and have an impact right away,” Gleason said. “They try not to step on anyone's toes, while learning the new system. But she's earned respect and gained the confidence from the team and is playing well.” …Despite her first weekend not recording double-figures, averaging only seven points per game, Katie Franci led the team with 18 rebounds, nine per game, and 12 assists. Taylor was named the CCAA Player of the Week after her accomplishments this weekend. …When looking at improvement made during the last nine games compared to the season's first 14, one name in particular stands out from the rest - Andrea Bobic. During the past nine, she's averaged 11.9 points per game, a 4.9-point improvement, and has led the team with 22 three-pointers made and 10 steals. Continuing to improve their stats are Taylor and Franci. Taylor's 16.7 points per game has improved by 2.6 ppg, and Franci's 37.5 (6-16) shooting percent from the perimeter has improved to a 52.4 percent, almost doubling her first half of the season's mark with 11 in the last nine games. …In HSU's record books, Franci is 11 boards away with 219 from making her second appearance in the team's single season rebounding category. Last year's finish with 253 landed her third. At this point in the season, Franci is 34 boards shy of joining the school's career rebounding list with her current 472, and with a 9.5 average and four regular season games remaining the goal is attainable. Paige Peterson and Franci are only eight and nine assists, respectively, from making an appearance in the team's single season assists category. Enos' 29 threes this season has moved her up one notch to second in the school's career list with 157. She's only 21 away from creating a new record, surpassing Molly Skoniecany's 177,  set in 1995. Taylor Kilgore and Bobic are only three and five threes, respectively, away from making their first appearances in the school's record book for single season. Also in reach is Taylor, who is only 53 points away from etching her name in the career points category and only 26 field goals from landing a spot in the single season field goals top 10 list.
 
Opponent's Notes: After breaking its nine-game losing streak with a 54-51 win over travel partner Cal Poly Pomona and upsetting UC San Diego, 64-59, Cal State San Bernardino improved its CCAA mark to 7-9 and posts a 9-13 overall record. CSUSB is tied for sixth in league with Cal State Stanislaus. …The Coyotes' Saturday night win handed the Tritons, the CCAA leaders, their first league loss. In the game, Lisa Takata led the team with 16 points, while Emily Vore and Ana Onaindia added 13 and 12 points. Jaclyn Rainville posted the team's lone double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds. Onaindia collected all her points on four shots from the perimeter.  Despite leading CSUSB's scoring, Krystal Urzua was held to only two points from the line, and was 0-3 from the field and 0-1 from the arc. “San Bernardino is playing well right now and I'm glad they won last weekend,” Gleason said. “We had a close game against them and it came down to free throws. I think it'll be a great match-up down there for us.” … Urzua and Rainville are the Coyotes' top scorers, averaging 14.4 and 10 points per game, respectively. Urzua leads the team with 49 shots from the perimeter and 38 steals. …In team statistics, CSUSB posts a -3.2 scoring margin and -5.6 rebounding margin, while averaging 7.1 steals per game. The Coyotes average 6.3 shots from the three-point range while holding their opponents to four per game. …Cal Poly Pomona dropped to 10-6 in league after falling to Chico State, Cal State San Bernardino and UCSD in its last three meetings, and is now 14-11 overall. CPP fell one spot in league standings to tie Cal State Dominguez Hills. The Broncos' earlier defeat over HSU began a stretch of six wins in seven games prior the Toros' recent losing skid. …In statistics, the team has a +1.7 scoring margin and +5.5 rebounding margin, averaging 41.4 boards per game. CPP averages 2.8 threes per game and 7.4 steals per game. …Reyana Colson leads the team with 48 steals and a 16.6 points per game scoring average, while Stephisha Walton's 9.1 points per game is second. Walton tops the team with an 8.4 rebounding average and 11 blocks, while Paulina Kotula adds nine.. …During the Broncos' last meeting with the Jacks, Colson posted a double-double with 19 points and 11 assists, also contributing four steals. Ally Smith scored 14 points and Rosslyn Beard added 10 points, to round off the team's double-figure scoring. CPP forced HSU into 22 turnovers, while giving the ball away 16 times.

Head-to-Head: Cal State San Bernardino leads Humboldt State 3-2 in the all-time series. The Jacks defeated the Coyotes, 66-56 on Jan. 17 and seek a sweep over the Coyotes in the season series. …Following an 80-78 defeat earlier this season, HSU holds a 4-1 all-time series mark with Cal Poly Pomona.

Rankings: Staying steady at the sixth spot was Humboldt State in the NCAA Division II West Region's third poll, released Wednesday, Feb. 11.  The polls continue weekly until Mar. 4, just before the field of eight selected to the postseason tournament is announced. The third poll's entire top 10 is as follows: 1) Alaska Anchorage; 2) UCSD; 3) Seattle Pacific; 4) Western Washington; 5) Cal Poly Pomona; 6) Humboldt State; 7) Cal State Dominguez Hills; 8) Grand Canyon; 9) Chico State; 10) Northwest Nazarene. To access the weekly poll go to: http://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/DIIWBKRegionalRankings.

Gleason's Comments: On last weekend's games - “I think we came out and played with urgency on defense, which stopped (Cal State Stanislaus and Chico State) from scoring and made it easier to score and rebound,” Gleason said. “We had our mind set to play our style and never let up.” … “Cal Poly Pomona is a good team,” Gleason said. “We need to defend on Colson, force her to take tough shots and contain her. She's a great point guard who can score and distribute the ball for her teammates to score. It's a tough combination and match-up.” … “We're playing our best ball right now,” Gleason said. “We're playing with a lot confidence and this is the time you want to see that. We're at the right place for us. It's strange  how fast this season has gone by. I think the fact that we have a good and fun group has made the time go by fast. The team has good chemistry and works hard. It's been fun and a pleasure to coach them.”