DAVIS, Calif. — Coming off the team's scheduled bye week, the Big West Conference-leading UC Davis women's basketball team returns to the courts at The Pavilion for the first time in more than a month, welcoming Cal Poly to Northern California for the Aggies final two home games of the 2020-21 season. Both games are scheduled to tip-off at 3 p.m.
*** Please be aware that due to Yolo County guidelines and game day protocols, fans are unable to attend home events this season.
GAMES 9 & 10
WHAT: Cal Poly (11-7, 7-5 Big West) at UC Davis (7-1, 6-0 Big West)
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 and Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021
TIME: 3 p.m. PT each day
WHERE: Davis, Calif.
ARENA: The Pavilion (5,961)
TV: None
RADIO: KDVS 90.3 FM (PXP: Greg Wong)
VIDEO STREAMING: BigWest.tv
AUDIO STREAMING: KDVS.org or
TuneIn.com (search for KDVS)
LIVE STATS: UCDavisAggies.com (Fri.:
http://statb.us/b/320739; Sat.:
http://statb.us/b/320740)
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: UC Davis PDF |
Cal Poly WBB |
Big West WBB |
Game Program
Join UC Davis Athletics on Friday, February 26th, for its free Basketball Watch Party when the Aggies host Cal Poly. Click here to register for this virtual event, which includes performances by the UC Davis Marching Band, UC Davis Dance and Cheer teams, and giveaways!
ABOUT THE COACHES…
UC DAVIS: Jennifer Gross is in her 10th season (17th overall) at UC Davis with a record of 180-111 (.616).
CAL POLY: Faith Mimnaugh is in her 23rd season at Cal Poly with a record of 318-366 (.465), and her 27th season overall with a record of 326-427 (.433).
IN THE RANKINGS…
After rising to No. 16 in the College Insider mid-major poll following a pair of lopsided victories against previous conference unbeaten Long Beach State, UC Davis enters its final home games of the season ranked No. 12 in that same poll as of Feb. 23… It is the highest ranking in that poll for the Aggies this season and the highest for the program since finishing the 2017-18 season ranked No. 12 in the final mid-major rankings… The Aggies have been among the top 20 every week this season, extending its run to 14 consecutive weeks dating back to the final 2019-20 poll.
SERIES NOTES…
UC Davis leads the all-time series with Cal Poly by a 35-23 count, winning the last 10 consecutive meetings with the Mustangs following a 71-58 victory at The Pavilion last season on Feb. 12… The series between the two long-time rivals at The Pavilion is tied at nine wins apiece, with the Aggies winning the last five straight on their home court… Cal Poly's hasn't claimed victory in the series — either home or away — since Feb. 26, 2015, in a 68-52 triumph in Davis.
ABOUT THE MUSTANGS…
Cal Poly enters the weekend with an 11-7 overall record and a 7-5 mark in Big West Conference play, fresh off a sweep of Long Beach State by the scores of 55-44 and 45-42 at home… The Mustangs have won six of their last eight, going to overtime twice in that span and winning both… Cal Poly is 5-4 on the road this season, winning three of its last four… Abbey Ellis leads a potent 1-2 punch for the Mustangs, averaging 16.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while shooting .407 from the field and .388 from beyond the arc… Sierra Campisano is also in double figures, averaging 15.9 ppg and 8.9 rpg while shooting .446 from the floor and blocking 22 shots.
AGGIE STORYLINES…
• With the two victories over Long Beach State, Head Coach
JENNIFER GROSS claimed career wins No. 179 and No. 180 — moving her into fifth place on the Big West Conference all-time wins list, passing Hawai'i's Vince Goo (179 wins from 1987-96)
• Gross now stands 48 overall wins shy of former UC Riverside coach John Margaritis for fourth, and four league triumphs shy of Goo for sixth on the Big West wins list.
• Five of UC Davis' seven wins have come by double figures, four of those five by 15 points or more.
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#PROTECTTHEPAV: The Aggies are a combined 52-7 at The Pavilion during their championship streak (dating back to 2016-17), having won 12 of their last 13 on their home floor. UC Davis has posted a winning record at home in each of the last seven seasons entering 2020-21.
• In limiting Long Beach State to just 29 percent from the field in game two, it marked the second time this season that the Aggies have held an opponent to under 30 percent from the field this year.
• UC Davis also held LBSU to just 19 percent from beyond the arc in that second game – the fifth time the Aggies have limited a foe to under 30 percent three-point shooting, and the third under 20 percent.
• On the flip side, UC Davis has shot better than 40 percent in seven of eight games this year.
• The Aggies have hit 10-or-more three-pointers four times this season – including each of the last three games and a school-record 17 in the opener against UC San Diego.
• The 11 steals against Long Beach State in the series finale were the most since UC Davis had 12 at CSUN on March 5 of last season.
• UC Davis junior
SAGE STOBBART was one of 15 student-athletes from across the country named to the watch list for the 2021 Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year award on Jan. 26.
• Currently playing overseas in Poland, alumna
MORGAN BERTSCH has been signed to a training camp contract with the WNBA's Connecticut Sun.
• Incoming freshmen
SYDNEY BURNS (Wilsonville, Ore.) and
MARLEY LANGI (Redwood City, Calif.) were nominees for the 2021 McDonald's All-American Games teams.
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CIERRA HALL was named the Big West Conference Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks on Feb. 15.
• Hall hit her first 13 free throws before coming up short with her final attempt in game two against Long Beach State, ending her school-record run of consecutive free throws at 34 -- breaking Colleen Turnbull's record of 27 set from Jan. 4-25, 2003
• Now at 34-for-35 from the line for the year, Hall ranks No. 1 in the NCAA in free throw percentage, leading second-place Dana Evans of Louisville (70-for-74, .946)
• Senior
MACKENZIE TRPCIC finished with a season-high 13 points in game two at Long Beach State for her fifth double-digit performance of the season (had eight all of 2019-20).
• The five assists at LBSU marked the 19th time Trpcic has finished with five-or-more helpers in a game in her Aggie career.
• With 180 career assists entering the week, Trpcic is 19 helpers shy of
Morgan Bertsch (2015-19) for 10th on program's Division I career list.
• With 72 blocks in her career, Stobbart ranks ninth on the school's career list, closing in on Ellen Porshneva (2003-06, 2007-08), who is next on the list in eighth with 80 swats.
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EVANNE TURNER enters the week ranked No. 6 in the NCAA in three-point percentage (.475) and 74th in three-pointers per game (2.38).
• Turner ranks in the top three in the Big West in three different shooting categories: field goal percentage (3rd, .472), three-point percentage (2nd, .475), and three-pointers per game (1st).
ABOUT UC DAVIS
Over 700 student-athletes across 25 intercollegiate athletics teams, following the addition of equestrian and women's beach volleyball in 2018, represent the fifth-ranked public school in the nation.
Centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and the Napa Valley, UC Davis is known nationwide as a leader in Title IX gender equity and leadership, ranks annually in the top 10 in diversity and students' social mobility and offers an unrivaled student-athlete experience that features the ideal combination of elite academics, Division I athletics and personal growth.
UC Davis is uncommonly committed to preparing student-athletes for life after graduation with Aggie EVO — an innovative student-athlete outcomes program that helps young women and men develop passions, gain real-world experience, and enjoy a successful launch to full-time employment or graduate school. Through Aggie EVO, Intercollegiate Athletics provides unmatched resources and a vast network of working professionals to ensure post-graduation success for its student-athletes.
