ARCATA – Coming off arguably its worst performance of the season, a 66-50 loss at Cal Poly Pomona, the Humboldt State women's basketball team (9-3, 7-1 CCAA) hope home cooking will get them back to their winning ways as they host two California Collegiate Athletic Association games this week.
 
The Jacks welcome two old foes as the Wildcats of Chico State and the Cal State Stanislaus Warriors make their way north to Lumberjack Arena.  On Jan. 14 Chico State is in town for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.  Two nights later CSUS will be in Arcata to face the Lumberjacks, again the tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

Live Stats
All Lumberjack basketball home games can be tracked online by using the Live Stats feature on hsujacks.com. Real time statistics, momentum tracker and other information are featured on the game viewer. The feature can be found at http://www.sidearmstats.com/humboldt/wbball/.

On-the-Air
Every Lumberjack basketball game is broadcast live over the local airways on KATA, 1340 AM, beginning with the pregame show 15 minutes prior to game time.  Bicoastal Media Sports Director J.B. Mathers describes the action from Lumberjack Arena and HSU Assistant Athletic Director Dan Pambianco goes on the road with the Jacks. … Audio is also streamed live over the Internet through the hsujacks.com web site. The new UStream format allows an interactive chat between listeners during the webcast.  The specific URL for access is located at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/humboldt-state-athletics.

Head-To-Head
Thursday's game will be the 70th meeting between HSU and Chico State.  The Wildcats hold a commanding 53-16 lead in the all-time series. The two teams first met in the 1973-74 season.  It was the inaugural year of Lumberjack women's basketball and Chico State was the first opponent in the program's history.  The Wildcats took that game 50-16.  More recently, as members of the CCAA, CSUC continues to baffle Humboldt State holding a 4-2 advantage.  Last season the two split a pair of games.  Chico State won on its home court (76-72) and HSU on its (74-43). … Cal State Stanislaus leads the Jacks 27-25 in the all-time series.  HSU won the first meeting, in the 1976-77 season, 67-37.  The programs have been conference foes in four leagues; the Northern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Golden State Conference, Northern California Athletic Conference and the CCAA.  As CCAA foes the Lumberjacks have enjoyed a 6-0 mark against the Warriors, including an 82-61 win in their last meeting of 2008-09.

Projected Starters
F - #00 Bree Halsey, 6-0, So., Fresno, Calif.
G - #5 Kayla Williams, 5-8, So., Seattle, Wash.
G - #21 Paige Peterson, 5-10, Sr., Moorpark, Calif.
G - #32 Andrea Bobic, 5-8, Sr., Lancaster, Calif.
C - #34 Brittney Taylor, 6-0, Sr., Playa del Rey, Calif.

Lumberjack Links
Following are links to more information on the Lumberjacks basketball program

Complete Roster
Schedule
2009-10 Statistics

Lumberjack Notes 
At 9-3 overall and 7-1 in conference, HSU has equaled its best 12-game start in head coach Joddie Gleason's tenure.  This year's team has tied the 2006-07 squad for the second-best start in program history.  The best start belongs to the 1996-97 team.  They opened the season 12-2.  After its loss at Cal Poly Pomona on Jan. 9., the Jacks still have the best conference start in program's history. ...HSU, in second place in the CCAA, is averaging 68.3 points per game, also second in the CCAA, while outscoring opponents by 6.7 points per game and outshooting them .405 to .363 percent. ... Brittney Taylor is leading the Jacks in scoring at 15.7 ppg and is shooting .513 from the field.  Bree Halsey is the squad's top rebounder at 9.4 rpg. She is the team's second leading scorer at 10.2 ppg.  Paige Peterson is averaging 10.0 points. ... The Jacks are the No. 2 scoring offense (68.3) in the CCAA and rank third in scoring margin (+6.7) and field goal percentage (.405). Defensively HSU is third in the conference in field goal percentage (.363).  In addition the team ranks the top half of the CCAA in 11 additional statistical categories including first in total 3-pointers made (72).

Chico State Notes
The Wildcats (7-4, 4-2 CCAA) split a pair conference road games last week.  On Friday they were in San Diego where they fell 75-62 to the No. 9 ranked Tritons.  Then on Saturday they faced Cal State East Bay and came away with a 78-60 win in Hayward.  CSUC is led by the conference's 11th-leading scorer, senior guard Melissa Richardson (10.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.9 apg) and sophomore forward Pauline Ferrall (10.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg).  Junior guard Natasha Smith is the Wildcats leader in assists with 45. CSUC has scored an average of 68.2 points per game are shooting .414 from the field. … Brian Fogel is in his second season as the head coach at Chico State.  Last season his Wildcats had a 16-13 record.

Cal State Stanislaus Notes
The Warriors (2-8, 1-5 CCAA) split its games over this past weekend.  On Friday they rolled past Cal State East Bay 93-64 in Hayward, but on Saturday were pounded 72-38 at UC San Diego.  CSUS is averaging 57.9 points per game while allowing 65.1 and is shooting .360 from the field.  The Warriors are led by the CCAA's fourth-leading scorer junior forward Katie Busi (15.8 ppg, 12.1 rpg, 1.6 bpg) and senior guard Alishea Kelly (17.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg) who has played in four games and started the Warriors last two contests. Christin Gowan, a junior guard, leads the team with 25 assists. ... Sharon Turner is in her eighth season as head coach at Cal State Stanislaus.   Her overall record is 66-137.

Gleason's Comments
“Chico State is a really athletic team and balanced in their scoring.  They have a good combination of an inside and outside presence, so it is always difficult to defend everyone.  It is one of those tough match-ups that we are really going to have to prepare for.” … “(Alishea) Kelly is a transfer who wasn't eligible in the fall, so we haven't seen her yet.  In talking to coaches who have played against (Cal State Stanislaus), they say she is legit and someone to focus on.   (Katie) Busi is such a powerhouse inside.  She rebounds, scores and uses her body well.  If they have another player that they can rely on offensively they are that much tougher to match-up against.” … “Hopefully we can use (Saturday's 66-50 loss at Cal Poly Pomona) to help us move forward.  We watched the film and pinpointed all the details that we need to improve upon.  Things that we have done against lesser teams, and gotten away with, we can't do against good teams.  We have to eliminate those mistakes and make some adjustments.  We have to rebound better and execute in our offense better against good defensive teams.  We are not withstanding the pressure and executing our offense.”