ARCATA – The Humboldt State women's basketball team (12-4, 10-2 CCAA) this week embarks on its second time through the conference this week with two California Collegiate Athletic Association road games.
 
On Friday, Jan. 29, the Jacks will be in Carson to face the Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros in a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.  The next night, Jan. 30, HSU completes the weekend road trip at Cal State Los Angeles.  Tip off against the Golden Eagles 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
The Toros hold a 7-6 lead in the all-time series.  In the last meeting, on Dec. 5, the Jacks cruised to a 65-46 win in Lumberjack Arena.  Brittney Taylor led all scorers with 20 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. The first meeting between these teams was in the 1981-82 season.  The Toros won that game and three of the first four.  In the Coach Gleason era, the Jacks have a 5-4 lead in the series. …With a 68-52 win on Dec. 3, the Lumberjacks have a 6-5 lead in the all-time series with the Golden Eagles. As members of the CCAA the Jacks have taken five of the seven meetings including the last three. HSU first faced Cal State Los Angeles in the 1989-90-season opener and lost 72-60.

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 12-4 overall and 10-2 in conference action, HSU is in second place in the CCAA.  Last Thursday the Jacks defeated the previously unbeaten and No. 7-ranked UCSD 84-80. HSU was paced by Brittney Taylor and Andrea Bobic, who scored 28 and 25 points respectively.  On Saturday the Jacks pounded CCAA newcomer Cal State East Bay 82-43.  Bobic and Taylor were again the Lumberjacks leading scorers – Bobic had 18 and Taylor added 17. ... Senior guard Andrea Bobic earned the Wilson/CCAA women's basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 18-24. … The Jacks have the second-leading offense in the CCAA, averaging 70.5 points per game.  They are second in field goal percentage (.416) and lead in 3-point shooting at .356.  HSU is outscoring opponents by 9.1 points per game and outshooting them .416 to .361 percent. ... Brittney Taylor is leading the Lumberjacks in scoring at 17.4 ppg (second in the CCAA), is shooting .522 from the field (second in the CCAA) and has grabbed 7.1 rebounds per outing.  Bree Halsey is the squad's top rebounder, fourth in the conference, at 9.3 rpg and is averaging 9.6 points per contest.  Andrea Bobic is at 11.5 points per game (13th in the CCAA) Paige Peterson is averaging 9.5 points and 4.3 assists (first in the CCAA). ... The Jacks rank in the top-five of 14 statistical categories including No. 1 in assists (16.6 pg), defensive rebounds (27.6 pg), 3-point field goal percentage (.356) and total 3-pointers made (110).

Cal State Dominguez Hills Notes
The Toros (5-11, 4-7 CCAA) have dropped four of their last five conference games and are in ninth place in the CCAA.  Last week they split a pair of road games.  On Friday they escaped Turlock with a 71-68 victory over Cal State Stanislaus, but on Saturday suffered their worst loss in more than 30 years.  They were beaten by Chico State 85-34. The CSUDH offense is led the conference's 14th-leading scorer junior guard Brandie McCann (10.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.1 apg) and junior guard/forward Neka Mixon (15.1 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 2.0 spg), who became eligible eight games ago. As a team Cal State Dominguez Hills is averaging 58.6 ppg while allowing 64.0.  They are shooting .374 from the field. … Van Girard is in his 22nd season as the head coach at CSUDH.  His record, coming into the season stood at 284-284.

Cal State Los Angeles Notes
The Golden Eagles (4-12, 2-9 CCAA) have lost five of their last six match-ups and occupy 11th place in the conference.  On Friday, Jan. 22, they traveled to and defeated Chico State 58-54.  On Saturday they were in Turlock where they lost 62-59 to Cal State Stanislaus. CSULA is averaging 52.8 points per game while allowing 62.4 and is shooting .396 from the field.  The Golden Eagles are led by the CCAA's ninth-leading scorer junior guard Jazzi Johnson (12.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.0 spg) and junior forward/center Jordan Kuzma (8.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg).... Tuonisia Turner-Lewis is in her third season as the head coach at CSULA.  She has compiled a 18-51 record in her time at Cal State Los Angeles.

Assistant Coach Skip Gleason's Comments
“The difference in facing these teams now is that they are really a different team than the one we saw in December.  Rosters are different for both our opponents and ourselves.  The big difference for (Cal State) Dominguez (Hills) is the addition of Neka Mixon.  She was the conference newcomer of the year last season and offensively she makes them go.  She can score from behind the 3-point line, she can penetrate to set herself up and other players as well.  The first time we saw them they didn't have that weapon and were struggling to score points.  She changes them a lot.  We have to stop their penetration and keep them off the foul line.” … “For (Cal State) Los Angeles, Jazzi Johnson is scoring off the bench and is as athletic as they come in our conference.  She really does a good job of getting to the basket, so it is kind of the same story as Dominguez.  They don't shoot the 3-point shot as much as Dominguez, so we expect them to penetrate and will have to do a good job of controlling it and keeping them off the line.  We have to make them earn baskets with out fouling or putting them on the line.” … “Andrea (Bobic) is a real scorer, not just a shooter and she stepped up last weekend.  We needed her to do that with the injuries we have suffered at the guard position.  Teams can't just focus on our post play, they have to respect the outside game and that makes us much more of a tough matchup.  On defense we have changed a few things that we were doing.  We are getting a little more aggressive on the perimeter and have gone to more fronting and ¾ fronting of the post.  We are trying to dictate a little more what our opponents can do.  If you look at the assist totals of the teams we are playing, they are down and that is a direct result of our defense.  With the win against UCSD, we are once again in control of our own destiny.  We are within a half game of first place and don't need to rely on anyone else having to doing something to help us.  We are happy with our team and where we are.  The energy is great.  Now that everyone has had a chance to see everyone else, you can kind of size teams up and know where you stand.  We like where we are.”