DAVIS, Calif. — A quick look around UC Davis athletics for the week of Nov. 22-28. Information is subject to change and links to follow along with the various events will be linked here as well as the sports' respective schedule pages at UCDavisAggies.com when available.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NOV. 23: UC DAVIS VS. SACRAMENTO STATE (GOLDEN 1 CENTER -- SACRAMENTO, CALIF.), 5 p.m.
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NOV. 26: WEBER STATE AT UC DAVIS (UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CENTER), 12:30 p.m.
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UC Davis Home Basketball Gameday Guide: https://ucdavisaggies.com/feature/basketballgameday
NEWS & NOTABLES: For the first time in the history of the series, the Causeway rivalry between UC Davis and Sacramento State will take the stage at the Golden 1 Center in Downtown Sacramento, tipping off in their annual rivalry contest at 5 p.m. on Tuesday in the first half of a doubleheader featuring both school's men's teams. The Aggies then return to the friendly confines of the University Credit Union Center – where they have won 15 of their last 17 home contests – on the Friday after Thanksgiving, welcoming Weber State for a 12:30 tip-off. UC Davis is looking to snap a two-game slide early in the season after falling at San Francisco in their only game last week. Second-year sophomore Evanne Turner, who has been on fire from beyond the arc to start 2021-22, leads the team in scoring after three games at 11.3 ppg, while fifth-year senior Cierra Hall is nearly averaging a double-double at 10.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg. Senior Sage Stobbart is also one of the top rebounders in the league in the early going, averaging 9.7 rebounds per contest.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
NOV. 23: UC DAVIS VS. SACRAMENTO STATE (GOLDEN 1 CENTER -- SACRAMENTO, CALIF.), 7:30 p.m.
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NOV. 28: ACADEMY OF ART AT UC DAVIS (UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CENTER), 2 p.m.
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UC Davis Home Basketball Gameday Guide: https://ucdavisaggies.com/feature/basketballgameday
NEWS & NOTABLES: Causeway rivals UC Davis and Sacramento State head to Downtown Sacramento to renew their rivalry at the Golden 1 Center as part of a doubleheader with the women's team on Tuesday, then return home to host Academy of Art on Sunday at the University Credit Union Center to close out the week. The Aggies are coming off their first defeat of the season at Pepperdine (72-67) that saw them battle back from a 13-point halftime deficit thanks to a 19-5 run to start the second half, only to have the Waves answer with a 10-0 run of their own to take a lead they would not relinquish. The trio of Elijah Pepper, Christian Anigwe, and Ezra Manjon, have finished in double figures in all three games to start the season, with Anigwe leading the way at 17.0 ppg to go with 8.7 rpg. Pepper stands second among the trio at 16.3 ppg, while Manjon is averaging 13.0 ppg to go with a team-high 10 assists.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
NOV. 24: LONG BEACH STATE AT UC DAVIS (UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CENTER), 2 p.m.
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NOV. 27: CAL STATE FULLERTON AT UC DAVIS (UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CENTER), Noon
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NEWS & NOTABLES: Home, Sweet Home, for the Aggies to close out the 2021 regular season this week as UC Davis welcomes Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton around the Thanksgiving holiday for a pair of matinees on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively. Freshmen
Amara Aimufua (31) and
Olivia Utterback (25) combined for 56 kills against UC Santa Barbara and CSUN last week, hitting .328 and .429, respectively, while averaging better than 3.50 kills per set. Defensively, sophomore
Shira Lahav averaged 3.14 digs per set, while sophomore
Lana Radakovic finished with six blocks to lead the Aggies at the net.
FOOTBALL
NOV. 27: UC DAVIS AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (DANA J. DYKHOUSE STADIUM – BROOKINGS, S.D.), Noon PT
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NEWS & NOTABLES: One of a record five Big Sky Conference schools to have their names called on "Selection Sunday," the UC Davis football team is in the FCS Playoffs for the second time in the history of the program – both under Head Coach
Dan Hawkins – slated to travel to Brookings, S.D., to take on South Dakota State on Saturday at Noon. The contest will be streamed live on ESPN+ or you can listen in locally on Sports 1140 KHTK. The Aggies are in the postseason for the first time since 2018, when they defeated Northern Iowa, 23-16, at home before falling at conference rival Eastern Washington. Overall, it is the 21st all-time appearance in the postseason for the program across all-divisions. Both teams enter the contest at 8-3 overall, with the winner scheduled to face No. 4 national seed Sacramento State in the second round on Dec. 4 in Sacramento. The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series with the Aggies, 5-2, but the two teams haven't met since the 2012 season, a 12-8 victory for SDSU on its home field. South Dakota State has won the last four meetings – all decided by seven points or fewer -- with UC Davis' last win in the series coming in 2004 by the score of 52-0. The Jackrabbits have won three of the four meetings in Brookings, with the Aggies' only victory coming in 1998 by the score of 30-13.
ABOUT UC DAVIS
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