ARCATA – The Humboldt State women's basketball team (10-4, 8-2 CCAA) looks to avenge a heart breaking overtime loss to UCSD in Lumberjack Arena last season and keep Cal State East Bay winless as they host two California Collegiate Athletic Association games this week.
 
On Thursday, Jan. 21, the undefeated and No. 7 ranked UC San Diego Tritons are in town for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.  Two nights later CSUEB will be in Arcata, 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 10th meeting between HSU and UC San Diego.  The Tritons hold a 6-3 lead in the all-time series. The two teams first met in the 2002-03 season with the Jacks taking a 69-59 win in La Jolla.  HSU's last win against the Tritons was a 75-65 win in Rimac Arena on the UCSD campus.  The Jacks have dropped four the six meeting between the schools as members of the CCAA.  The season series has been a sweep each year (UCSD in 2006-07 and 2008-09 and HSU in 2007-08)  … Cal State East Bay leads the Jacks 27-22 in the all-time series, but the two teams have not met in the regular season since 1997-98.  HSU won that game 83-82.  The first meeting was a 55-49 win for the Pioneers in HSU's inaugural season of 1973-74.  Known as Cal State Hayward, the Pioneers took the first five games before HSU broke through in 1977-78 season with a 46-44 win. Now members of the CCAA, the schools have been in four conferences together starting with the NCIAC(1976-77), the GSC (1977-78 to 1981-82) and the NCAC (1982-83 to 1997-98)

Projected Starters
F - #00 Bree Halsey, 6-0, So., Fresno, Calif.
G - #13 Luiza Osborne, 5-5, Sr., Woodland Hills, Calif..
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 10-4 overall and 8-2 in conference action, HSU is in third place in the CCAA.  After their heart breaking 73-72 loss to Chico State on Jan. 14, the Jacks came back two day later and pounded Cal State Stanislaus 70-46. ... HSU has the second-leading offense in the CCAA, averaging 68.7 points per game.  They are second in field goal percentage (.411) and lead in 3-point shooting at .343.  HSU is outscoring opponents by 7.4 points per game and outshooting them .411 to .359 from the field. ... Brittney Taylor is leading the Lumberjacks in scoring at 16.7 ppg (fourth in the CCAA), is shooting .511 from the field (third in the CCAA) and has grabbed 7.1 rebounds per outing.  Bree Halsey is the squad's top rebounder and ranks fourth in the conference, at 9.0 rpg.  She is averaging 10.0 points per contest.. Paige Peterson is averaging 10.3 points and 3.8 assists and Andrea Bobic is at 10.1 points per game. ... The Jacks rank in the top-five of 14 CCAA statistical categories including No. 1 in assists (15.7 pg) and second in 3-pointers made (6.2 pg) and defensive rebounds (27.4 pg).

UC San Diego Notes
The Tritons (14-0, 9-0 CCAA) are the No. 7 ranked team in the nation and are in first place in the CCAA.  Last week they swept a pair of games at home.  On Thursday they escaped with a 68-63 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay ahead of a 71-64 win over San Francisco State on Saturday. UCSD is led by the conference's leading scorer, sophomore guard Chelsea Carlisle (18.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.1 apg) and senior guard Annette Ilg (12.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.6 spg), who is the ninth-ranked scorer in the CCAA.  Tiffany Hunter is the leading rebounder for the Tritons at 7.3 per game. As a team UCSD is the top offense in the conference averaging 73.1 ppg.  Their 13.4 point scoring margin is tops in the conference as is their .425 field goal percentage. … Charity Elliot is in her third season as the head coach at UC San Diego.  Her overall record at UCSD is 66-15.


Cal State East Bay Notes
The Pioneers (0-14, 0-9 CCAA) dropped both their games last week.  On Thursday they hosted San Francisco State and lost 70-62 and on Saturday CSU Monterey Bay beat them 82-62.  CSUEB is averaging 58.8 points per game while allowing 78.3 and is shooting just .321 from the field.  The Pioneers are led by the CCAA's sixth-leading scorer junior guard Claudia Nelson (13.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.1 spg) and junior guard Andrea Rodriguez (9.4 ppg, 2.3 apg).  Lauren Lucchesi, a freshman center, leads the team with 8.1 rebounds per game. ... Toni West is in her second season as head coach at Cal State East Bay.   Her overall record at CSUEB is 9-32.

Gleason's Comments
“This is a huge game for us (vs. UC San Diego), not only in the conference, but for regional standings as well.  They haven't lost yet and to give them that first one would be huge.  In the regional aspect, because we haven't beaten a top-level team yet, it is also a big game for us.  UCSD is a different team this season than they were last year.  They were very post oriented as well as having Chelsea Carlisle, who was the Freshman of the Year in the CCAA.  The front line players are gone and now they are more balanced and guard oriented with Carlisle, the leading scorer in the league, and (Annette) Ilg.  They don't pound it inside as much as before, which makes them tougher because they use more weapons on offense.  On defense they are very aggressive and active.  They jump into the passing lanes, force a lot of turnovers and try to wear you down by using a lot of people.” … “Cal State East Bay is a team that is itching and hungry to get a win.  I'm sure they'd like nothing better than to come up here and knock us off.  We need to prepare for them like everyone else we face and come out ready to play despite what their record is.  Their roster has turned over since we played them in an exhibition last year.  We do know Claudia Nelson, who played for us her freshman season.  Typically they want to get out and run.  Even though they are new to this level (Division II) they are young, scrappy and they get after it every time they go out.” … “We are happy with the way the team is playing.  Obviously we didn't finish the game against Chico State very well or with much confidence, but overall we are playing well.  We just can't keep people healthy.  Three of our top five guards are injured and that just makes it really difficult to get some continuity out there.  I was pleased that when we had the chance to put away (Cal State) Stanislaus we did.  At the media timeout before the end of the first half, I challenged the team to pick up the pace and they responded, especially Andrea Bobic.  We pushed the lead out (from five points to 16) in the last five minutes and never let them get any closer in the second half.”