Live Stats: Humboldt State women’s basketball home games can be followed online through the LiveStats feature on the hsujacks.com web site. Statistics are available in real time, with full play-by-play and boxscore updated as the game progresses. To access the LiveStats, visit the women’s basketball page and click on the link in the right side menu. Thursday’s game at Sonoma State can be accessed at http://sonomaseawolves.com/live/wbball/ and Saturday’s game against UC San Diego can be found at http://livestats.internetconsult.com/humboldt/wbball.
On the Air: Humboldt State women’s basketball home games and conference road games will be broadcast again this year on KATA, 1340 AM, the local ESPN radio affiliate. J.B. Mathers describes all the action from the East Gym and Dan Pambianco goes on the road to provide play-by-play for conference contests. The broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off with the pregame show, which offers interviews and analysis. The broadcasts are also streamed through the hsujacks.com web site, making them available globally on the world wide web.
Lumberjacks Notes: Last week’s final non-conference game featured an all-too familiar patter, one that has the Jacks leading only to fall short at the very end. This time, a putback with two seconds remaining lifted Saint Martin’s to a 65-63 win over the Jacks. …In their five losses, the Jacks have scored an average of 5.8 points fewer than opponents. In their four wins, HSU has a 28.2 points scoring margin edge over its opponents. … “We’re looking at the way we finish a game, and what we can do to come out on top in the close ones,” HSU head coach Joddie Gleason said. “One of the areas we’ve worked on is offensive rebounding, and we’re also looking at taking good shots once we’re ahead.” …Positive news came this week with the availability of sophomore guard Taylor Kilgore, who has five games because of mononucleosis. Kilgore is back practicing with the team, but is still recovering some of the conditioning she lost during her battle with the illness. She is expected back in the lineup for both games this week. …Frequent rotation changes and spot-filling has characterized the Jacks’ early schedule, with Kilgore, Page Peterson and Biava Arganda all forced to miss playing time. With everyone healthy, Gleason expects to have more flexibility in conforming her lineup to specific opponents and matchups.
Opponent’s Notes: Sonoma State has leaped out to an 8-1 start, and is 2-0 in league games. …The Seawolves have four players averaging in double figures, led by returning senior Danae Wellander, who averaged 14.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. …Sonoma State is coming off a pair of holiday tournament wins, including a 68-67 overtime decision against St. Cloud State. The team’s lone loss is to nationally ranked Seattle Pacific. …UC San Diego is 10-2 overall and 2-0 in the early CCAA standings. The Tritons defeated Western Washington, 79-76, in overtime last Saturday, one night after falling to Seattle Pacific, 75-65. …Meaghan Noud is UCSD’s top scoring threat, with an average of 14.3 points per game.
Head-to-Head: HSU trails Sonoma State in the all-time series, 26-32, after splitting last year’s two games. The Jacks lost twice to UCSD last year, falling to 1-4 all-time against the Tritons.
Gleason’s Comments: “Sonoma State has experienced players. They’re a balanced, smart, very solid team. Our hope is to get them running up and down and subbing, so we can challenge their depth.” … “UCSD has top tier players who play a lot of minutes. (Junior forward) Michelle Osier and Meaghan Noud both put up big numbers.”
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