ARCATA – After failing to secure a first-round home game in the CCAA Tournament with a win last weekend, the Humboldt State women's basketball team (16-8, 14-6 CCAA) embark on their final regular season road trip, with games in central and southern California. With a win the Jacks assure themselves a first-round contest in Lumberjack Arena.
 
On Wednesday the Jacks will be in Hayward to face Cal State East Bay in a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.  On Friday the trip wraps up in San Diego against UC San Diego with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off scheduled.

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
Cal State East Bay leads the Jacks 27-23 in the all-time series, and the meeting earlier in the year was the teams first in the regular season since 1997-98.  HSU won the game this year 82-43.  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).  … Friday's game will be the 11th meeting between HSU and UC San Diego.  The Tritons hold a 6-4 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.  The last meeting, on Jan. 21, was an 84-80 home win for HSU.  Prior to the game, UCSD was undefeated and No. 7 ranked in the nation.  The Jacks have dropped four the seven meeting between the schools as members of the CCAA.  The previous three season series have been sweeps (UCSD in 2006-07 and 2008-09 and HSU in 2007-08).

Projected Starters
F - #10 Lisa Petty, 5-11, Fr., Castro Valley, 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 16-8 overall and 14-6 in conference action, HSU is in a fourth place tie with Chico State.   Will losses at CSU Stanislaus and Chico State, the Jacks failed to clinch a first-round home game in the CCAA Tournament.  A win in either game this weekend will secure that spot. … The Jacks have the second-leading offense in the CCAA, averaging 69.8 points per game.  They are second in field goal percentage (.409) and lead in 3-point shooting at .350.  HSU is outscoring opponents by 7.0 points per game and outshooting them .409 to .366. ... Brittney Taylor has scored 1,121 points in her Lumberjack career and is currently in fifth place on the schools all-time list.  She is 23 points shy of tying Sheryl Fairchild (1986-90) for fouth place.   She is leading the Lumberjacks and the CCAA in scoring at 18.4 ppg , is shooting .524 from the field (second in the CCAA) and has grabbed 7.4 rebounds per outing.  Bree Halsey is the squad's top rebounder, fourth in the conference, at 8.9 rpg and is averaging 8.1 points per contest.  Andrea Bobic is at 12.8 points per game (ninth in the CCAA), Paige Peterson is averaging 9.6 points and 3.5 assists (second in the CCAA). ... The Jacks rank in the top-five of 15 statistical categories including No. 1 in assists (15.2 pg), 3-point field goal percentage (.350) and total 3-pointers made (160).

UC San Diego Notes
The Tritons (22-3, 17-3 CCAA) occupy first place in the CCAA standings.  Last week they split a pair of road games.  On Friday they were in San Francisco to take on the Gators and came away with a 58-50 win.  Then on Saturday, they were in Seaside and fell to Cal State Monterey Bay 68-57. The UCSD offense is led by a trio of players.  Sophomore guard Chelsea Carlisle (18.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.0 apg) - the CCAA's second leading scorer, junior forward Tiffany Hunter (11.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.7 spg), and senior guard Annette Ilg (11.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.4 apg). In the meeting earlier this season the three combined for 55 of the teams 80 total points.  As a team the Tritons have the top scoring team in the CCAA, averaging 72.8 ppg and the best scoring margin (+12.4).  They also lead in field goal percentage (.434) and turnover margin (+4.56) … Charity Elliot is in her third season as the head coach at UC San Diego.  Her overall record at UCSD is 72-18.

Cal State East Bay Notes
The Pioneers (1-24, 1-19 CCAA) are currently in last place in the CCAA.  Last week they were on the road and dropped games at  Cal State Monterey Bay 53-43 on Friday.  On Saturday they fell at San Francisco 66-58. East Bay is led by the junior guard Claudia Nelson (14.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.1 apg).  Freshman center Lauren Lucchesi is the Pioneers leader in rebounding at 7.4 per game. CSUMB has scored an average of 57.9 points per game while allowing 75.3 and are shooting .327 from the field. … Toni West is in her second season as head coach at Cal State East Bay.   Her overall record at CSUEB is 10-42.

Head Coach Joddie Gleason's Comments
“At this point we have backed ourselves into a corner and we know that we have to take care of our business on Wednesday.  It's a huge game for us in order to get the first-round (CCAA Tournament) game at home.  We'll prepare and get focused for (CSUEB) and to even talk about UCSD until Thursday.  While we would love to get (UCSD) down there, the (Cal State) East Bay game in huge.” … “The (UC) San Diego game is really important as well.  We need to win games against regionally ranked opponents in order to make the NCAA Tournament, so even if we win in Hayward and get the first round game, a win against UCSD would go a long way for us in the region.” … “Everything is so close in our region, so head to head wins will be very important in the next two weeks.  If we get another shot at UCSD, Chico (State), (Cal Poly) Pomona or (Cal State) Monterey Bay in the (CCAA) Tournament we have to beat them or our hopes of making the NCAA Tournament will be lost.” … “I few play like we did at Chico, we can beat anyone.  But if we play the way we did at Cal State Stanislaus or against San Francisco State we can be beaten by anyone.  We know it , now we have to perform.”