After taxing road trips over the Holidays and to begin the new year, the Warriors will stay home for their next five contests, which begins this weekend as they try to right the ship and host Sonoma State on Friday and Humboldt State on Saturday.

MEDIA COVERAGE
Live stats of the games are available by following the links on WarriorAthletics.com. Live streaming audio broadcast of both contests are available on WarriorAthletics.com and Network1Sports.com. Thomas Lawrence will call the plays from courtside in Warrior Arena this weekend.

ROAD WARRIORS BATTLE, COME UP SHORT
The Warriors dropped two CCAA road contests this past weekend at Cal State San Bernardino and at Cal Poly Pomona.  It took overtime for the Coyotes to knock of the Warriors, 46-43, Friday night.  Stanislaus was able to force overtime despite shooting just 21 percent from the field, the Coyotes shot just 22 percent … Katie Busi was able to break into double-figure scoring as she netted 10 points.  The Warriors were outscored 5-2 in the overtime period as the Coyotes scored all five of their points on free throw attempts. Busi also pulled down 15 rebounds … On Saturday, the Warriors held a six-point lead with just under seven minutes to go but the Broncos went on a late run en route to a 65-56 victory.  Lysandra Williams, Samantha Bertomen and Busi all scored in double figures but was not enough as the Warriors dropped to 1-3 in CCAA play. 

HOME SWEET HOME
After an 0-4 road trip that included extra time in Alaska due to weather and travel issues, the Warriors are finally home for their next five contests.  The Warriors are 5-0 at home this season and will be looking to find some of their early season magic as they look to turn around a disappointing 1-3 start to the conference season.  In the heart of the CCAA schedule the Warriors will play nine of their next 10 games at Warrior Arena … Cal State Stanislaus is 67-46 overall in Warrior Arena since the start of the 1998 season (CSUS is now 30-73 on the road during the same period).

BUSI SERVING UP DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Katie Busi (pictured right) has turned in three consecutive double-doubles and now has five this season (and nine in her career). After a 11-point, 10-rebound game on Dec. 20 at Alaska Anchorage, the sophomore center took on the conference teams on the road for two more. She had 10 points and 15 rebounds Friday at Cal State San Bernardino. The 15-board performance was Busi's second second-best this season (she had 21 on Nov. 28 vs. Academy of Art). Saturday night, Busi netted 16 points and pulled 10 rebounds … by the way, the Stanislaus single season record for double-doubles for a season is 24 (Shannon Donnelly, 1999-2000).

TOP BLOCKERS
Through their first 11 games, the Warriors lead the CCAA averaging 5.8 blocks per game. Katie Busihas 31 blocks, Lysandra Williams has 10, Rebecca Arent with nine and Gwen Page added seven.

AMONG THE CONFERENCE LEADERS
Katie Busi still leads the CCAA in a number of categories. She's No. 1 in rebounding per game (10.7), offensive rebounds per game (3.8), defensive rebounds per game (6.9) and blocked shots per game (2.8). Busi is also 10th in scoring (13.1 per game) … Lysandra Williams is now seventh in the CCAA with 0.9 blocks per game … Gwendolyn Page is 8th in the CCAA with 13.4 points per game.

CRASH THE BOARDS
Even though Katie Busi leads the conference in rebounding, both offensive and defensive, as a team, the Warriors are down on the chart. As a unit, the team is eighth in offensive rebounds (13.3 per game) and seventh in defensive boards (25.0).

OFFENSIVE TEAMS
The Warriors ranks fifth among CCAA team in scoring offense, averaging 64.1 points a game. Their opponents on Saturday, however, is the top scoring team in the league. Humboldt State enters the week with a 79.6 points per game average which is 9.5 points a game better than the No. 2 team, Cal State Monterey Bay — a team HSU just beat by 20 (90-70 on Saturday). Humboldt State's average margin of victory is 17.6 points.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME
The Warriors women are glad to finally made it home in time for the Holidays as their recent road trip to Anchorage, Alaska was extended. The team was not able to get to Seattle for connecting flights following its games at Alaska Anchorage on Dec. 20. The Warriors spent three extra days in Anchorage before finally getting home on Christmas morning to join their families … heavy snow in Seattle had cause havoc on air travel and the team's original flight to Seattle from Anchorage on Dec. 21 was canceled. They were not able to get out of Alaska until late on Christmas eve.

INJURY UPDATES
Sarah Olson has a broken nose and Heather Jones has a torn rotator cuff and are both out this week. Jones will likely be sitting the season.

HEAD COACH TURNER-DEAN
Sharon Turner-Dean is in her seventh season as the head coach of the Warriors. She is just the fifth head coach in the history of CSUS women's basketball. Since becoming the head coach in 2002, Turner-Dean has posted an overall record of 58-114. In her first season, in 2002-03, the Warriors went 18-10 and tied for second in the CCAA with a 15-7 record. The Warriors advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1991 before losing to Cal State Bakersfield in the first round …her husband Gary is her assistant coach and her son Allen is the team manager.

WARRIOR SPORTS NETWORK
Selected home games will be avilable on the Internet on WarriorAthletics.com and Network1Sports.com. In addition, many games will be simulcast on Cal State Stanislaus' student radio station, KCSS 91.9 FM with student Mike Maddox calling the play-by-play. Check WarriorAthletics.com for more information.

WARRIORS ON THE WEB
Check out the Warriors men's basketball team on the web at WarriorAthletics.com — the official website of Warrior Athletics. Visitors can browse player profiles, read game results and statistics, as well as subscribe to the Warriors SMS text messaging updates. The website was newly redesigned this summer through a partnership with Internet Consulting Services.

CCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The CCAA men's and women's basketball championships tournament will return to San Bernardino in March with the top eight teams to qualify for the conference's postseason tournament. The first round games will be played on Tuesday, March 3 on campus sites of the top four seeds. The semifinals and finals will be played on March 6-7 at Cal State San Bernardino's Coussoulis Arena. The winner of the tournament would receive the automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS

SONOMA STATE SEAWOLVES
Records: 5-6, 1-3 CCAA
Head Coach: Mark Rigby (12th season)

Notes:  Olivia Larkin is averaging 11.5 points per game … Luaren Redfield has made 14 three pointers and is averaging 9.4 points per game … the Seawolves are averaging 20.2 turnovers per game … Scoring just 60.3 points per contest … Opponents are averaging 10.3 steals per game against the Seawolves.

Series Record: Sonoma State is 15-5 against the Warriors since the start of the 1998-99 season with a six-game winning streak. The last CSUS win was at the end of the 2004-05 season. Cal State Stanislaus leads 33-25 dating back to 1980. Last Meeting:  Feb. 23, 2008, at Turlock, SSU 76, CSUS 52

HUMBOLDT STATE LUMBERJACKS
Records: 8-3, 3-1 CCAA
Head Coach: Joddie Gleason (5th season)

Notes:  Katie Franci is fifth in CCAA averaging 15 points per game and second with 9.2 rebounds per game … Brittney Taylor is seventh with 14.3 points per game and shooting 61% from the field (2nd in the CCAA) … HSU is first in CCAA scoring 79.6 points per game … First in CCAA shooting 46% from the field and bringing down 45.2 rebounds per contest.

Series Record: Cal State Stanislaus holds a 27-22 all-time series record against Humboldt State. HSU is 4-0 against the Warriors since HSU joined the CCAA in 2006-07. Last Meeting:  Feb. 22, 2008, at Turlock, HSU 78, CSUS 67