OPENING TIP: Winners of six straight and all alone in first place, the UC Davis women's basketball team continues Big West Conference play with a pair in Orange County this week, taking on Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine on the road. The Aggies and Titans open on Thursday (Feb. 6) at 7 p.m., at Titan Gym, before heading south to take on the Anteaters on Saturday (Feb. 8) at 2 p.m., at the Bren Events Center.
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GAME 21: UC Davis (11-9, 6-1) at Cal State Fullerton (11-8, 3-3)
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif.
RADIO: KDVS 90.3 FM (PxP: Greg Wong)
STREAMING VIDEO: Big West TV
LIVE STATS: FullertonTitans.com
GAME 22: UC Davis (11-9, 6-1) at UC Irvine (6-15, 2-5)
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif.
RADIO: KDVS 90.3 FM (PxP: Greg Wong)
STREAMING VIDEO: Big West TV
LIVE STATS: UCIrvineSports.com
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IN THE POLLS: Neither UC Davis, Cal State Fullerton, nor UC Irvine, are ranked in this week's national polls.
ABOUT CAL STATE FULLERTON: The Titans enter with the week with an 11-8 overall record and a 3-3 mark in league play, snapping a three-game skid with a one-point win over Cal Poly in their only game of last week... Fullerton is 6-3 at home, having won five of its last six... Junior Raina Perez leads a trio of Titans in double figures, averaging a league-best 20.9 ppg and shooting .508 from the field... Sophomore Amiee Book (13.2 ppg) and junior Taylor Turney (13.0 ppg) are also in double figures... Fullerton averages 69.9 ppg and allows 69.4 ppg, shooting .443 from the field.
SERIES NOTES: UC Davis leads the all-time series with Cal State Fullerton, 20-10, dating back to 2005, having won the last 10 straight meetings between the two programs dating back to 2015... Fullerton's last win came at The Pavilion in a 65-62 triumph on Feb. 13, 2014... The Aggies are 12-3 on the road against the Titans, including winning their last nine trips to Titan Gym dating back to 2011... Fullerton's last home win against UC Davis came on Jan. 2, 2010 -- a 68-57 decision.
ABOUT UC IRVINE: The Anteaters enter the week with a 6-15 overall record and a 2-5 mark in league play, splitting games at Hawai'i (L, 94-70) and at UC Riverside (W, 77-53) last week... Irvine is 3-4 at home this season, losing its last three contests -- all in Big West play... Lauren Saiki leads the way for the Anteaters, averaging 11.4 ppg and dishing out a league-high 141 assists (6.71 apg)... UCI averages 66.8 ppg to 70.8 ppg for its opponents, while shooting .388 overall from the floor.
SERIES NOTES: UC Davis leads the all-time series with UC Irvine by a 30-8 count since 1974, having won the last 10 straight in the series... The Aggies swept through three meetings with the Anteaters last year, including an 82-50 triumph in the semifinals of the Big West Tournament... UC Davis is 13-3 on the road against UC Irvine, winning its last five trips to the Bren Events Center... The Anteaters' last win in the series came at home, 71-62, on March 7, 2015 -- part of a run that saw them win seven of nine meetings with the Aggies.
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