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2007-08 UCSD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Game Notes • March 4-8, 2008 • CCAA Tournament UCSD Sports Information • 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0531 • La Jolla, CA 92093 BASKETBALL Phone: 858-534-8437 • Fax: 858-534-8475 • E-Mail: [email protected] UC San Diego is the No. 3 seed in the CCAA Tournament 2007-08 Schedule/Results DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT No. 6 San Francisco State (14-13, 11-9 CCAA) Oct. 27 at Biola Univ. (Exhibition) W, 60-54 vs. Nov. 2 vs. Colorado Christian^ W, 69-58 Nov. 3 vs. #22 Augustana (S.D.)^ W, 69-51 No. 3 UC San Diego (22-8, 14-6 CCAA) Nov. 4 vs. Western Washington^ W, 55-45 Nov. 23 vs. Western New Mexico% W, 61-42 Tritons lead the all-time series 14-9, including two victories during the conference season this year. Nov. 24 vs. Fort Lewis% W, 76-64 Nov. 30 Cal State Stanislaus* W, 77-58 Dec. 1 #8 Chico State* W, 60-46 CCAA Tournament Match-ups Dec. 16 Grand Canyon W, 74-48 (fi rst round at home sites, semifi nals and fi nals at CSUSB) Dec. 18 vs. Central Washington! L, 57-65 Dec. 19 vs. Western Washington! W, 83-64 No. 8 Cal State Dominguez Hills at No. 1 Chico State Dec. 28 #15 Seattle Pacifi c# L, 65-75 No. 5 Humboldt State at No. 4 Sonoma State Dec. 29 Western Washington# W, 79-76 (2ot) No. 6 San Francisco State at No. 3 UC San Diego Jan. 4 at Sonoma State* L, 41-58 No. 7 Cal Poly Pomona at No. 2 Cal State San Bernardino Jan. 5 at Humboldt State* L, 52-70 Jan. 11 at Cal State Dominguez Hills* W, 65-52 UCSD looks to Capture CCAA Tournament Title, Improve Regional Ranking Jan. 12 at Cal State L.A.* W, 60-59 Jan. 18 Cal Poly Pomona* L, 61-66 LA JOLLA, Calif. - The UC San Diego women’s basketball team enters the postseason this Jan. 19 Cal State San Bernardino* W, 68-60 week, beginning with the CCAA Tournament. The Tritons have won six of their last seven Jan. 25 San Francisco State* W, 64-58 games, earning the No. 3 seed in the CCAA Tournament. UCSD hosts San Francisco State on Jan. 26 Cal State Monterey Bay* W, 68-51 Tuesday, March 4, a team that the Tritons have defeated twice this year. Feb. 1 at #18 Chico State* L, 51-60 Feb. 2 at Cal State Stanislaus W, 67-57 Feb. 8 Humboldt State* L, 65-76 Head coach Charity Elliott’s squad enters the week with a 22-8 overall record and a 14-6 Feb. 9 Sonoma State* W, 72-59 mark in California Collegiate Athletic Association play. The Tritons fi nished third in the CCAA Feb. 15 Cal State L.A.* W, 67-30 standings behind No. 1 Chico State (17-3 CCAA) and No. 2 Cal State San Bernardino (15-5). Feb. 16 Cal State Dominguez Hills* W, 75-64 Feb. 22 at No. 24 Cal State San Bernardino W, 66-56 UCSD is also looking to improve on its No. 5 NCAA West Region Ranking (as of 2/27/08). In Feb. 23 at Cal Poly Pomona* L, 55-72 the latest Regional Poll, Seattle Pacifi c is No.1, followed by No. 2 Chico State, No. 3 Cal State Feb. 28 at Cal State Monterey Bay* W, 74-50 Feb. 29 at San Francisco State* W, 63-47 San Bernardino, No. 4 Alaska Anchorage and the Tritons rounding out the top fi ve. The top Mar. 4 San Francsico State (CCAA Tournament) 7pm eight teams in the region earn NCAA Postseason spots. Mar. 7-8 CCAA Semifi nals and Championship TBD Mar. 14-18 NCAA D-II West Regional TBD Last week the Tritons swept their fi nal road trip of the conference season, defeating Cal State Mar. 26-29 NCAA D-II Elite Eight TBD Monterey Bay 74-50 and San Francisco State 63-47. Michelle Osier recorded double-doubles * California Collegiate Athletic Association Game in both games, giving her 15 double-doubles for the year and four in the last fi ve games. Alexis ^Disney West Coast Tip Off Classic (Anaheim, Calif.) Gaskin recorded her third double-double of the season in the win against Cal State Monterey %Grand Canyon University Classic (Phoenix, Ariz.) !WWU Great Western Shootout (Las Vegas, Nev.) Bay. Gaskin shot 7-for-11 from the fi eld with 16 points and 12 rebounds. #CCAA/GNAC Classic (La Jolla, Calif.) Tuesday night’s opponent, San Francisco State, is led by Krystle Mays with 12.3 points per WBCA Top-25 Coaches’ Poll (2/26/08) game and 7.4 rebounds per game. Brio Rode adds 11.2 points per game and has a team-high # Team Record Pts 51 three-pointers made this year. In the two previous meetings against UCSD this year, SFSU 1. Delta State University (Miss.) 24-0 672 has shot .323 from the fi eld (42-of-130) and .205 from behind the arc (8-of-39). 2. Seattle Pacifi c (Wash.) 24-0 648 3. University of South Dakota 24-1 619 4. Holy Family University (Pa.) 26-0 569 The Tritons defeated the Gators 64-58 earlier this season on January 25 in RIMAC Arena. The 5. Drury University (Mo.) 23-2 567 Gators were within 50-45 with 8:53 remaining, and later cut the defi cit down to 59-56 with 6. University of North Dakota 24-2 544 :38 remaining. Late free-throws by the Tritons closed out the win. Alexis Gaskin recorded 7. University of West Georgia 23-2 494 a double-double with 12 points and 11 boards, while Noud (14 points), Osier (11 points) and 8. Concordia University, St. Paul (Minn.) 25-2 463 Mezzetta (10 points) all reached double-fi gures. The Gators were led by Desiree Butler with 9. University of Alaska Anchorage 23-3 457 14 points and seven rebounds, while Rode (11 points) and Mays chipped in with 11 points and 10. Arkansas Tech University 22-3 413 11. Stonehill College (Mass.) 22-4 376 nine rebounds. 12. Fort Lewis College (Colo.) 25-2 361 13. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 23-3 337 If the Tritons can defeat the Gators on Tuesday, UCSD would advance to the semifi nals, being 14. Anderson University (S.C.) 24-2 330 played at Coussoulis Arena on the Cal State San Bernardino campus on Friday, March 7. As 15. Valdosta State University (Ga.) 22-4 309 the No. 3 seed, the Tritons would face the winner of the No. 7 Cal Poly Pomona vs. No. 2 Cal 16. West Texas A&M University 21-4 278 State San Bernardino match-up. UCSD is 2-0 this season against the No. 2 seed Coyotes and 17. Washburn University (Kan.) 21-4 269 0-2 vs. the No. 7 seed Broncos. 18. Hillsdale College (Mich.) 23-3 223 19. Franklin Pierce University (N.H.) 22-4 189 20. Chico State 22-5 148 21. Tusculum College (Tenn.) 23-3 134 22. Emporia State University (Kan.) 19-6 94 23. Francis Marion University (S.C.) 20-5 86 24. California University of Pennsylvania 20-5 43 25. West Liberty State College (W.V.) 24-4 33 UCSD Women’s Basketball Game Notes • March 4-8, 2008 UCSD vs. SAN FRANCISCO STATE 17 rebounds against Western Washington UCSD QUICK FACTS The Tritons and Gators have met 23 previous and a career-high with 26 points against Fort QUICK FACTS times, with UCSD winning 14 of those match- Lewis. Location ........................................La Jolla, Calif. ups. Additionally, UCSD has won the last 10 Founded.........................................................1960 meetings, with the last SFSU win coming CCAA TOURNAMENT during the 2002-03 campaign. The squads For the fi rst time since the 2004-05 season, Enrollment ..................................................26,247 should be very familiar with each other, as the CCAA will have a postseason tournament. Colors ............................................ Blue and Gold the teams met on Friday, February 29 in The top four seeds will host the bottom four Nickname .................................................. Tritons San Franciso, a 63-47 UCSD victory. The seeds on Tuesday, March 4th. The winners Affi liation ................................NCAA Division II Tritons had three players in double-fi gures, will then advance on to the CCAA Semifi nals Conference ........Calif. Collegiate Athletic Assoc. including Michelle Osier with 21 points and on Friday, March 7th at Cal State San Home Court ......................RIMAC Arena (5,000) 15 rebounds, Meaghan Noud with 15 points Bernardino. The winners of the two semifi nal Chancellor ............................Dr. Marye Anne Fox and Erin Noonan with 12 points. SFSU had matchups will meet for the conference crown Athletics Director .......................Earl W. Edwards three players in double fi gures as well, led by and an automatic berth into the NCAA UCSD Athletics Phone ...................858-534-4211 Jessica Hout-Freeman with 12 points. Tournament on Saturday, March 8th on the UCSD Athletics Fax .......................858-534-8172 CSUSB campus. GRAND THEFT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY Junior forward Michelle Osier is already POSSIBLE UPCOMING OPPONENTS the UCSD all-time career leader in steals. If the Tritons can defeat the Gators on Tuesday, First Year of Women’s Basketball ...........1971-72 Entering the week, Osier has 228 steals, the Tritons would face the winner of the Cal All-Time Record ...........................536-376 (.586) well ahead of the 216 by former Triton Poly Pomona vs. Cal State San Bernardino NCAA Appearances ..........................8 (3 in D-II) Leora Juster from 2003-07. With 840 career match-up.