Dec. 18, 2010
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GAME 10
No. 8* UC Davis (7-2) at Sacramento State (3-9)
Dec. 19 • 2 p.m. • Hornets Nest (1,500) • KDVS (90.3 FM) • www.ucdavisaggies.com
GAME 11
No. 8* UC Davis at San Jose State (0-9)
Dec. 21 • 7 p.m. • The Event Center (5,000) • KDVS (90.3 FM) • www.ucdavisaggies.com
* - CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25
OPENING TIPS: The Aggies continue their season-long four-game roadtrip with the second half of the stretch returning to California for matchups at Sacramento State and San Jose State... Sunday's matchup against the Hornets will award the winner 10 points toward the all-sports Causeway Cup competition between the schools... UC Davis currently leads 37.5-15.0 with 100 points at stake overall... UC Davis is off to a 7-2 start for the first time since the 2003-04 season... A victory over Sacramento State would make the Aggies 8-2 for the first time since the 2001-02 campaign... UC Davis entered the week ranked 13th in steals per game (13.6), 32nd for three-pointers per game (7.3) and 41st in three-point defense (.263)... W VICKI DEELY moved to No. 2 in three-point percentage (.525) although she has dipped to 48.8 percent since the rankings came out... W Heidi Heintz needs 72 points to reach 1,000 for her career which includes two years at San Francisco... The Aggies have won three of five road games so far, only dropping games at No. 9 UCLA and at Kansas State which is just outside the top 25... UC Davis has trailed by double-digits in three of its past four games, coming back to win two of them.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. SACRAMENTO STATE & SAN JOSE STATE: Sunday's game is the 50th all-time matchup between UC Davis and Sacramento State with the Hornets owning a 27-22 advantage... The teams began playing in the 1971-72 season and met consistently until taking a 10-year break in 1994... Since resuming their series in 2004-05, the Aggies have won five of seven games but the Hornets have won the last two at home... Included was a 53-43 win in 2008... Last year, W Kasey Riecks, W Cortney French and W Samantha Meggison each scored 11 points in the Aggies' 72-64 win on Hamilton Court... Sacramento State was 14 for 27 (.378) from three-point including four from G CHARDAY HUNT... UC Davis and San Jose State have met just 11 times with the Spartans holding a 6-5 advantage... They first met in 1974-75, took a 17-year break after 1984 and have played twice since 2000, most recently in 2004-05 when the Spartans won at home, 70-58... In fact, they've won the last four games in the series, the last three coming in San Jose.
A QUICK LOOK AT SACRAMENTO STATE: The Hornets, whose 78.3 ppg average ranks 24th nationally, feature KYLIE KUHNS who entered the week tied for the Div. I lead in rebounding at 13.0 pg... Sacramento State has lost its last three games, including a 100-74 game at Big West member Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 9... The Hornets are coming off a 92-82 home loss to Seattle on Friday night, getting 20 points from Kuhn and 14 points and a team-high 11 rebounds from G JASMINE CANNADY... While Sacramento State is among the nation's leaders in scoring, its 90.9 ppg allowed ranks last among 333 teams.. Kuhn's 17.4 ppg average leads the team while her current 12.5 rpg is also tops... G SAMI FIELD-POLISSO (27) and TIKA KOSHIYAMA-DIAZ (25) have both been prolific from beyond the arc... All three of the Hornets' wins have come against West Coast Conference opponents (LMU, San Francisco, Santa Clara).
A QUICK LOOK AT SAN JOSE STATE: The Spartans, who hosted Cal Poly on Saturday night, entered that game averaging just 44.6 ppg, ranking 332nd in Div. I... San Jose State has twice been held to just 27 points and one other time to 35... Conversely, though, the Spartans are allowing just 64.9 ppg... No players are averaging in double figures with Brittany Johnson (9.7) and Britney Bradley (8.7) leading the way... San Jose State, which is outrebounded by five per game (36.9-31.9) are led on the board by Johnson (5.1)... The Spartans are shooting just 21.6 percent from three-point - AJ Newton has half of the team's 24 total - and 33.8 percent from the field overall.
HOME WINNING STREAK AMONG BEST IN DIV. I: UC Davis owns a 14-game home winning streak - its best since winning 18 straight over the part of two seasons from 1998-99 - which is the 15th-longest active streak in Div. I... The school record is 20 straight over two seasons from 1996-97... Connecticut has won 67 straight at home while Stanford is at 49 to rank as the two best active streaks in Div. I.
MINTUN REACHES MILESTONE WITH MORE IN SIGHT: P Paige Mintun became the 14th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points when she canned a three-pointer during the Aggies' win against Saint Mary's... Mintun, who has 1,022 points, is the first player to reach the four-digit barrier since W Jessica Campbell (1,413, 2nd) and P Ellen Porshneva (1,251, 5th) both did it during the 2007-08 season... Mintun also needs just 35 rebounds for 500 and with 107 blocks needs just 13 to become the program leader... W KENDALL GREENE had 119 career swats between 1992-96 to set the standard.
SPEAKING OF 1,000 POINTS: W Heidi Heintz is also nearing the 1,000-point milestone for her career which has spanned both the University of San Francisco and UC Davis... Heintz scored 505 points during her two seasons with the Dons, added 344 last year for the Aggies and has 79 this season... She currently has 928 points and needs 72 to reach the mark.
DOUBLE-DIGIT DEFICITS NOT A GOOD TREND: UC Davis has trailed by at least 10 points in three of its past four games but battled back to win two of them... The Aggies trailed by 16 to South Carolina before rallying for a 61-52 win and were down 11-0 out of the gates to Saint Mary's before fighting back to win 71-62... Kansas State put UC Davis in holes of 13-0 and 20-3 in the opening minutes last Sunday but the Aggies were never able to get closer than 10... The only other matchup they've had a similar deficit was at nationally ranked UCLA.
DEELY RANKED SECOND IN NCAA FOR THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE: W VICKI DEELEY entered the weeks play shooting 52.5 percent from three-point, jumping her three spots to No. 2 among Div. I sharpshooters... She has since dipped to 48.8 percent but should still rank high when new stat rankings are released on Monday... Deeley, whose 21 treys lead the team, has made at least two in eight of the Aggies' eight games including five at UCLA on Nov. 21... Her 2.6 treys per game averaged ranked her 49th in that category.
LAST GAME - UC DAVIS 78, WICHITA STATE: UC Davis scored 25 unanswered points over a 10-minute span of the first half on Tuesday, took a 20-point halftime lead, and went on to post a nonconference women's basketball win over Wichita State at Charles Koch Arena.... P Paige Mintun paced UC Davis with 19 points, leading three Aggies in double figures. W Kasey Riecks canned four three-pointers and finished with 15 points while W Heidi Heintz tallied 13... Trailing 5-0 in the opening minute, the Aggies turned the tables, getting four straight points from Mintun to kick-start a 25-0 run which featured six different Aggies scoring and a swarming defense that helped pick up 11 turnovers before Wichiita State would score again... UC Davis led 42-22 at halftime... A 9-4 run to start the second half built the lead to 51-26 with 16:26 to go and the lead stayed at least 17 points until the final five minutes when Wichita State made a final push to bring the game to its final 12-point margin.
AGGIES REMAIN IN TOP 10 OF MID-MAJOR POLL: UC Davis cracked the top 10 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 on Dec. 7 week for the first time, jumping seven spots to No. 8... Despite a loss at Kansas State, the Aggies remained in the top 10 at No. 8... The Aggies debuted in the rankings at No. 24 after a 2-0 start that included a win over the Pac-10's Washington State, moved to No. 16 following a split at Pepperdine and current No. 10 UCLA, and then were at No. 15 last week after two home wins over Yale and South Carolina... A Dec. 1 victory over Saint Mary's, which was 18th in the mid-major poll at the time, helped propel them to their current ranking... The No. 19 Gaels are the only UC Davis opponent in this week's poll while conference foes UC Riverside and UC Irvine are each receiving votes.
SIMPSON ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT: HEAD COACH Sandy Simpson announced in October that the upcoming 2010-11 season will be his last in order to spend more time with his family... Simpson, in his 14th season, has a 233-144 overall record and is the program's all-time leader for wins... He has been coaching for 33 seasons overall including a tenure as an assistant at UC Davis prior to becoming head coach... Simpson led the Aggies to a program-best 29-3 record as interim coach in 1997 as UC Davis finished third at the NCAA Division II Elite Eight Championships... Associate head coach Jennifer Gross, who played on the 1997 squad, has been named as Simpson's replacement on a permanent basis beginning next season.
AGGIES PICKED TO WIN THE BIG WEST: For the first time, UC Davis is the media's selection to capture the Big West Championship, receiving 16 of 25 first-place votes and 210 points overall to finish ahead of Cal Poly (183 pts), UC Riverside (182) and UC Santa Barbara (164) in the top four... UC Davis was selected second last year... For the second straight year, P Paige Mintun was voted to the preseason All-Big West team.
UC DAVIS ALREADY ENJOYING DIV. I SUCCESS: The Aggies have only been a member of the NCAA Division I for three seasons but have already built one of the leading programs in the Big West... They have earned two trips to the Big West Tournament Championship (2008, 2010), two berths to the WNIT (2008, 2010), have placed one player on the All-BWC first team each season - including P Paige Mintun each of the last two years - and have claimed a regular-season title (2010)... Additionally, HEAD COACH Sandy Simpson is a two-time Big West Coach of the Year.
