ARCATA –The Humboldt State women's basketball team and Otters of Cal State Monterey Bay ended the California Collegiate Athletic Association regular season tied with 14-8 records.  HSU won the tiebreaker by virtue of a better record against schools that made the eight-team tournament field.  HSU had a 7-5 record while CSUMB was 5-7 against the same competition.

The Lumberjacks will host the Otters on Tuesday, March 2 in Lumberjack Arena at 5:30 p.m.  The winner will advance to the CCAA Tournament semi-final on Friday in Arcata.

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 Lumberjacks lead the all-time series 8-2 versus Cal State Monterey Bay.  Humboldt State has won six of the eight meetings since they joined the CCAA in the 2006-07 season. … This year the teams split the regular-season series.  On Jan. 2, in Seaside, HSU came away with a 65-57 victory.  Then in Lumberjack Arena, on Feb. 6, the Otters got the best of the Jacks in a 73-59 win. In the two games, CSUMB was led by Veronica Williams (16 ppg, 3.5 rpg) and Julie Heurung (7.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg).  For the Jacks, Paige Peterson (12.0 ppg) and Brittney Taylor (11.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg) led the way. … The two sides first faced off in the 2001-02 season, a 72-43 Jacks win.  In its eight wins, HSU is averaging 79 points per game while giving up just 55 for an average margin of victory of 24 points.  The loss on Feb. 6 was the only time CSUMB has won in Arcata. … Since the last meeting, the Otters record is 6-3, while HSU is just 2-6.

Projected Starters
F - #00 Bree Halsey, 5-11, So., Fresno, Calif.
F - #10 Lisa Petty, 5-11, Fr., Castro Valley, 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 16-10 overall and 14-8 in conference action, HSU earns the fourth seed in the CCAA Tournament by way of a tiebreaker with CSUMB.   The Jacks two losses last week coupled with CSUMB's 1-1 record left the teams with identical conference records (14-8).  HSU earned the higher seed by virtue of its 7-5 record against teams that made the tournament versus the Otters 5-7 record against the same opponents … The Jacks have the second-leading offense in the CCAA, averaging 69.2 points per game.  They are second in field goal percentage (.409) and lead in 3-point shooting at .343.  HSU is outscoring opponents by 5.0 points per game and outshooting them .409 to .374. ... Brittney Taylor is leading the Lumberjacks and the CCAA in scoring at 18.0 ppg. and is ranked in the top-10 of nearly every statistical category in the conference.  She is shooting .524 from the field (second in the CCAA) and has grabbed 7.3 rebounds per outing (eighth in the CCAA).  Bree Halsey is the squad's top rebounder, fourth in the conference, at 8.4 rpg and is averaging 8.2 points per contest.  Andrea Bobic is at 12.5 points per game (ninth in the CCAA), Paige Peterson is averaging 9.7 points and 3.5 assists (tied third in the CCAA). ... The Jacks rank in the top-five of 12 statistical categories including No. 1 in assists (15.2 pg), 3-point field goal percentage (.343) and total 3-pointers made (171).

Record Watch
With 15 points at UCSD on Friday, Brittney Taylor has scored 1,148 in her Lumberjack career and passed Sheryl Fairchild (1986-90) for fourth place on the schools all-time list. Her 270 free throws tie her for fourth, 457 field goals are good for fifth and 561 rebounds slot in at eighth place on the programs career lists.  This year her 469 points are good for fourth, 114 free throws rank sixth and 175 field goals are tied for sixth on the single season list.

Andrea Bobic, with 120 career 3-pointers ranks fourth on the all-time list and her 63 trey's this year ranks third highest for a single season.

Paige Peterson, with 245 assists is fifth on the career list for Lumberjack women's hoops. 


Cal State Monterey Bay Notes
The Otters (18-8, 14-8 CCAA) are 7-3 in their last 10 games.  On Thursday, Feb. 25, they traveled to and lost at Cal Poly Pomona 58-49.  On Friday they were in San Bernardino where they defeated the Coyotes 72-60. CSUMB is averaging 62.2 points per game while allowing 57.4 and is shooting .376 from the field.  The Otters are led by senior forward Veronica Williams (12.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.2 apg) and senior guard Helen Suarez (9.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.9 apg).  Junior forward Julie Heurung is the team's top rebounder at 7.9 per game and shot blocker 1.4 per game.... Renee Jimenez is in her second season as the head coach at Cal State Monterey Bay.  Her overall record is 29-23.  The 18 wins this season are the most for CSUMB in the last 10 years and just the fourth time, in that time frame, that they have reached double digit wins.

Head Coach Joddie Gleason's Comments
“We are looking at (the CCAA Tournament) as the third part of our season (preseason, regular season and post season).  Everyone is at 0-0 and everyone is trying to advance.  We need to crank up the intensity now that it is playoff time and that is what we intend to do.” … “(Cal State) Monterey Bay is very balanced in their scoring.  They do a very good job of recognizing the defense and playing off what the defense is giving.  Whoever is left open is whom they find.  (Michelle) Santizo is their point guard.  She does a really nice job of finding the open player.  We tried to mix things up last game and she countered it every time.  She did a nice job of reading our defense.  We have to know what we are going to do and then execute it.  That is what we didn't do last time we played.” … “Teams have recognized our weaknesses and they are exploiting them.  Teams are really trying to be physical with Brittney (Taylor) and are glued to (Andrea) Bobic, so we need other people to step up and make plays.  When teams double Brittney we need the weak side to be available and hit the open jumper or get to the basket.”

CCAA Tournament First Round Matchups
8 Cal State Dominguez Hills at 1 UC San Diego                 7 p.m.
7 Cal State San Bernardino at 2 Cal Poly Pomona         5:30 p.m.
6 San Francisco State at 3 Chico State                               7 p.m.
5 Cal State Monterey Bay at 4 Humboldt State               5:30 p.m.