ARCATA - Following the California Collegiate Athletic Association opening home series,
Humboldt State begins a unique pair of contests to wrap up its December schedule.
The Lumberjacks split its home pair of CCAA opening matchups last weekend, but will see the same foe - Cal Poly Pomona Broncos - lining up across from them in back-to-back games over an eight-day period.
The first of the two affairs will be this Saturday in Pomona.
Catch the Action
Audio: KATA 1340 AM -- http://socialstreamingplayer.crystalmedianetworks.com/radio/kataam
Video: Live from Cal Poly Pomona's Kellogg Gym -- broncoathletics.com/news/2013/11/7/WBB_1107134050.aspx
Live Stats: Follow the HSU game stats -- http://www.sidearmstats.com/csupomona/wbball/
Jacks vs. Broncos
• Back-to-back games stem from the two CCAA members being 'travel partners' - the other league team a member school is linked with of the 12 teams to play the same opponents each conference week but on opposite nights.
• Travel partners can set up their pair of games when it best fits and this season the HSU and Cal Poly Pomona found consecutive Saturdays were their best option for this season
Season series sweeps prevail
• Saturday starts the eighth-year of the CCAA series between the two foes
• Over the first seven season series, there has been five sweeps with HSU claiming five.
• HSU snapped a four-game losing streak to Cal Poly Pomona last season by taking both ends of the season series - winning 48-45 in Arcata (11/24/12) before taking the contest in Pomona (12/8/12), 68-61.
• Cal Poly Pomona prevailed in both ends of the 2011-12 and 2010-11 series
• The CCAA clubs split the 2009-10 (home team winning each game) and 2008-09 series (visiting team winning each game)
• The Jacks captured both the 2006-07 and 2007-08 meetings
• HSU has the longest winning streak in the 14 games by taking the first five contests
Last meeting in Pomona (12/8/12)
• HSU held an advantage of as many as 14 points, 32-18, on a Jain Tuey three-pointer with 3:33 in the first half. The visiting Jacks would lead 32-23 at intermission
• The Broncos tied the game at 38, before the Jacks netted the next eight points and went on for the 68-61 victory.
• Lisa Petty led HSU with 20 points and 15 rebounds with Kelly Kime having 14 points on six of nine shooting.
• J.J. Judge led CPP with 20 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.
Jacks look to change CCAA road opening results
• The road is never an easy place to have success and life at CCAA venues is no different. HSU opens its eighth league road season on Saturday where it will look to make it two-straight opening contest road wins.
• Last November 30, the Jacks prevailed over the Warriors of Cal State Stanislaus, 72-56, to take their CCAA road opener for the first time in three years.
• Overall, HSU heads into the weekend 2-6 in opening conference road games.
HSU First CCAA week highlights
• In a split of two home contests against UC San Diego (L, 63-71) and CSU San Bernardino (W, 73-61), point guard Kersey Wilcox paced the HSU effort with 42 points and nine assists.
• Against UCSD, Wilcox banked in her season-high 24 points to go with five rebounds and four assists. Megan Shields claimed her second double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Kelly Kime had her season-best 16-point night to go with nine caroms.
• Jae Shin and Dani Gaumer joined Wilcox, Shields and Kime in double figures as HSU defeated CSU San Bernardino. Wilcox made six of 12 tries for 18 points. She added six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
Shields pumped in her best as a Jacks player with 17 points on seven of nine tries to go with eight boards and three blocks. Shin hit four triples for 12 points, while Gaumer and Kime had 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Jacks pacing league in making three-pointers and free throw efficiency
• Over the opening month of the 2013-14 women's basketball season, HSU rates in the top three of the CCAA ranks in six statistical categories.
• The Jacks sit at the top of the ranks with 7.8 three-pointers made per game (47 of 131) and free throw efficiency (78.0%).
• HSU also is second in three-point percentage (35.9%) and assists per game (15.8)
HSU players among the CCAA leaders
•Kersey Wilcox -- 1st in scoring (18.8 ppg), 1st Free Throw% (93.2% -- 41 of 44), 2nd in assists (6.5 apg with 39) & 10th in 3FG% (35.3%)
•Jae Shin -- 2nd in 3FG% (50.0% -- 22 of 44) & 12th in scoring (13.5 ppg)
•Megan Shields -- 1st in blocks (2.5 bpg -- 15), 5th in rebounding (8.8 rpg) & 10th FG% (50.0%)
•Kelly Kime -- 1st FG% (55.9%), 7th 3FG% (40.0) & 9th FT% (84.2%)
•Elle Anderson -- 12th rebounding (6.8 rpg)
HSU coach Joddie Gleason on Cal Poly Pomona:
"We head down to Southern CA for the first meeting with a very good Cal Poly Pomona team. They have a balanced attack with some solid post play coupled with shooters than can consistently score from the perimeter. Having said that, I feel that we match up very well with this CPP team and that it is going to be a game determined by who executes, takes care of the ball and does the little things well. Things to improve on after last weekend's games: REBOUNDING! We must do a better job of finishing defensive possessions with the rebound. We are giving teams too many second chance opportunities and easy buckets inside.
Cal Poly Pomona:
• Broncos look to reverse last year's results against the Jacks starting Saturday. ... CPP dropped both ends of the series vs. HSU after winning the previous four meetings to almost even the series history - HSU leads 8-6 and 4-3 at both locations.
• CPP goes into this week one of three undefeated teams in the CCAA with taking home contests against CSU San Bernardino (69-41 on Nov. 26) and UC San Diego (78-67 last Saturday).
• Broncos have claimed victories in five of their six games thus far with the lone defeat (73-64) coming in the second of back-to-back nights to open the year against preseason 18th-ranked Simon Fraser.
• CPP will play its sixth home contest in Kellogg Gym of seven games with only a road trip to Azusa Pacific in the third game.
• Coached by fourth-year head coach Danelle Bishop. ... she has compiled a 66-28 mark in her stint at the Broncos helm. ...beginning her 11th-year overall as a head coach including four 20-win and NAIA playoff campaigns at Azusa Pacific. ...took the team to the West Region and CCAA title three years ago where Broncos finished with a 28-5 record overall and 19-3 mark in the league.
• CPP received four first-place votes in the CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll, second most of any team. ...overall, voted second of the 12 teams with 101 points.
• Completed a 14-13 record and 12-10 CCAA 2012-13 season.
• CPP enters the week winners of its last four contests.
• Broncos rode a 20-point, 46-26, first half lead to a 78-67 win over the Tritons of UC San Diego last Saturday night in their lone game of last week. ...four starters hit 26 of 41 attempts (.634) to account for 66 of the 78 points. ...Ariel Marsh led the effort with 24 points, while Jada Blackwell and J.J. Judge added 16 and 15 points apiece.
• Broncos are among the CCAA's top three teams in seven categories.
- league-best 28.5 field goals made per contests for the second-best field goal percentage of 44.6%
- CCAA's best in taking care of the basketball by committing only 13.8 turnovers per night.
• CPP is third-best in scoring (74.8 ppg) in CCAA and second in free throw percentage (73.6% - behind only HSU)
• Also third in both rebounding margin (+4.7) and assists per game (15.0 apg)
Broncos Players:
• C - Jada Blackwell - 4th in CCAA scoring at 16.8 ppg. ...7th in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and 9th in field goal percentage (50.7% on 35 of 69 attempts)
• G - Ariel Marsh - second in team and 10th in league scoring (14.7 ppg). ...5th in assists per game (3.7 apg) and 7th in free throw percentage (86.7%). team-best nine three-pointers made and 31.0%.
• G - J.J. Judge - hitting for 11.5 ppg and grabbing 5.2 rpg.
• G - Cydnie Jones - averaging nearly a double-double per game at 9.2 ppg and 9.2 rpg (3rd-best in CCAA) ...rates 8th in steals (2.2 spg) and 9th in assists (3.0 apg) in CCAA. ...blocked 13 shots.
• G - Lauren Goecke - downed five of seven three-pointers and blocked 11 shots.
• G - Tyler Woods - ranks 6th in CCAA at foul line with 88.2% (15 of 17)
• Seven players averaging at least 5.8 points per game.
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