ARCATA – By virtue of its 77-56 victory on Tuesday over the No. 5 seed Cal State Monterey Bay, the Humboldt State women's basketball team will play the UC San Diego Tritons in the semi-final round of the California Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament on Friday.  Tipoff for the game is scheduled for 3 p.m. in Lumberjack Arena.

UCSD (25-3) reached the semi-final round after defeating the No. 8 seed Cal State Dominguez Hills 73-48 on Tuesday in La Jolla.

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
Friday's game will be the 12th meeting between HSU and UC San Diego.  The Tritons hold a 7-4 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.  This season the squads split the regular-season series, with each team winning on its home court.  On Jan. 21, the Jacks beat the Tritons 84-80 in Lumberjack Arena, and then just last week, in each teams season finale, UCSD hammered HSU 86-51 in La Jolla.  … The Jacks have dropped five the eight 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).  This will be the first time these teams have met in the CCAA Tournament.

Projected Starters
F - #00 Bree Halsey, 5-11, 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 17-10 overall HSU is the No. 4 seed in the CCAA Tournament and advanced to the semi-final round with a 77-56 win over No. 5 Cal State Monterey Bay. … At the end of the regular season the Jacks had the second-leading offense in the confernece, averaging 69.2 points per game.  They were second in field goal percentage (.409) and led in 3-point shooting at .343.  HSU was outscoring opponents by 5.0 points per game and outshooting them .409 to .374. ... The Lumberjacks are led by two-time first-team All-CCAA performer Brittney Taylor.  She is leading the Lumberjacks and the CCAA in scoring at 18.0 ppg , is shooting .524 from the field (second in the CCAA) and has grabbed 7.3 rebounds per outing.  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, a 2009-10 first-team All-CCAA honoree is at 12.5 points per game (ninth in the CCAA) and second-team All-CCAA performer Paige Peterson is averaging 9.7 points and 3.5 assists (fourth in the CCAA).

UC San Diego Notes
The Tritons (25-3) are the No.1 seed in the CCAA Tournament.  On Tuesday, in the first round of the CCAA Tournament, they easily dispatched Cal State Dominguez Hills 73-48.  UCSD is led by 2009-10 CCAA MVP Chelsea Carlisle (17.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.6 apg) and all-conference second-team selections Tiffany Hunter (11.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.3 spg), and Annette Ilg (11.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.3 apg). As a team the Tritons finished the regular season as the top scoring team in the CCAA, averaging 73.1 ppg and the best scoring margin (+13.3).  They also lead in field goal percentage (.435) and turnover margin (+4.52) … Charity Elliot is in her third season as the head coach at UC San Diego and was named the CCAA Coach of the Year for the second year running.

Head Coach Joddie Gleason's Comments
“The main keys for us against UCSD are taking care of the ball, handling their defensive pressure and not letting them dictate what we do in our offense.  We also have to get good looks at the basket.  It's really difficult because they defend so well.  The other area where we must play better is on the boards.  They had 22 offensive rebounds against us last week.” … “When we played them up here we handled the pressure a lot better.  We had fewer turnovers and were able to get better looks.  Down there we just didn't handle their pressure that well and they dictated what we could get on offense.” … “Last night was a huge game not only to advance in the tournament, but just for our mental well-being.  We haven't been playing to our potential for the last two weeks.  That win kind of got the monkey off our backs and gives us confidence as we move forward in the tournament.  It's 'survive and advance' time.”