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This Week
The Warriors have a single game this week before finals week as they host rival Chico State Wednesday night.

This Week's Opponents

Wednesday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.
vs. Chico State WILDCATS (5-1, 1-1 CCAA)

Series Notes: Chico State leads the all-time series 27-23 and is 14-12 against Stanislaus during CCAA play. The Wildcats won the last three meetings but the Warriors are 8-5 at home against  them in Turlock.

The Last Time We Met... was on Dec. 8, 2010 in Chico with Chico State narrowly winning 61-59. Marcus Lever had a chance to win with a half-court side at the buzzer but rimmed out … Reggie Jones led the Warriors with 18 points.

About the Wildcats: Chico State split on its road trip last weekend with a win at San Francisco State and a 14-point loss at Cal Poly Pomona that ended a five-game winning streak … Damario Sims averages 12.2 points per game. He scored 34 points in two games last week. Sims has made 11 three-pointers.

On the Air
KEFC Sports will be broadcasting Wednesday night's game live on 100.5 FM locally and on the internet at KEFC.net. Fans can also listen via live streaming online at WarriorAthletics.com. Bryan Nelson and Eric Davis will be calling the plays from courtside at Fitzpatrick Arena.

Heartbreaker at Pomona
The Warriors rallied from down as many as 13 points in the second half to drop a tight game, 66-65, to No. 23 Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday. A Broncos free throw with six seconds left was the difference. Stanislaus had the ball under the Pomona basket with 1.6 seconds left and a last second long-shot from Dan Daviess was unsuccessful.

Offense Clicked, Defense Strong at SF State
Both the offense and defense contributed to the win on Saturday at San Francisco State. The Warriors shot a solid 46.8 percent from the field in the 82-65 win. Stanislaus held SF State to just 28.1 percent shooting and created 18 turnovers on 10 steals.

Off to Solid Start
The 4-1 start this season matches the team's best since 2009-10, head coach Larry Reynolds' first season with Stanislaus. The Warriors have not started 5-1 during the CCAA era, which started in 1998. They were 5-2 to start the 2000-01 season.

Try and Stop Reggie
Reggie Jones turned in two more great performances with two different styles last weekend. First, he went off and scored a career-high 30 points against a strong defense at Pomona. He was 13-for-19 for 30 points (with nine rebounds). Then, on Saturday, as the Gators denied Jones in the post by fouling and sending him to the line, he promptly converted on 10 of 14 free throws for 16 points … For the week, he tallied 46 points on 16-for-28 shooting (.571) with 12 rebounds.

High Scoring Warriors
The Warriors scored 80 or more points for the third time this season in Saturday's win. Stanislaus opened the year with 86 against Pacifica and dropped 85 points on Texas A&M International the day after Thanksgiving … The Warriors are now averaging 77.8 points per game.

Out-Shooting Opponents
Cal State Stanislaus has out-shot its opponents in each of the first five games thus far. Last week, the Warriors shot better than 45 percent  in both game and are now 131-for-269 for 48.7 percent, which is third best in the CCAA.

From Downtown
The Warriors are posting solid shooting percentages and are doing so even from long range. They lead the CCAA in three-point field goal percentage with 41.8 percent. Collectly, the Warriors are 38-for-91. Four diffferent Warriors are shooting better than 46 percent from the arch (Reggie Jones is 5-for-7). Brett Sayad leads the team with eight made (8-for-17) … Dan Daviess was 3-for-3 in Saturday's win at SF State and is now 6-for-11 (.545) for the season.

Ronnie Stepping In
On a night when the opposition was fouling the go-to man, Ronnie Sawyer provided the help on offense as he turned in a career-high 21 points (7-for-12) Saturday night. The starting guard also had five rebounds, two assists and two steals in 31 minutes of play.

Getting to the Line
Cal State Stanislaus tried 43 free throw attempts on Saturday (SF State was called on 27 fouls) and converted on 31 for 72.1 percent. In the second half alone, the Warriors were 14-for-17. Stanislaus ranks second in the CCAA in free throw shooting, now with a .761 percentage (89-for-117) for the year.

Head Coach Larry Reynolds
Larry Reynolds is in his third season as the Warriors' head coach. In his first season, the Warriors went 10-17, the first-10-win season since a 13-16 mark in 2006-07. Reynolds came to Cal State Stanislaus after leading Long Beach State to a NCAA tournament appearance in 2006-07 when the 49ers went 24-8. As a Division II coach at Cal State San Bernardino from 1997 to 2002, Reynolds posted a 110-35 overall record. Under Reynolds, CSUSB won three CCAA titles, two regional championships and made four NCAA tournament appearances. Reynolds was named CCAA coach of the year four times and was the west region coach of the year in 1998-99 following the Coyotes' West Region championship.

Fitzpatrick Arena
Warrior Arena was renamed Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena at the start the 2010-11 season. The arena is named for Ed and Bertha Fitzpatrick, owners of Valley Lexus/Valley BMW in Modesto and other car dealerships in the Bay Area. The Fitzpatricks have been long-time supporters of California State University Stanislaus. The gym has been named Warrior Arena since 1999, 21 years after it was built.

CCAA Basketball Championships
The 2012 CCAA Men's & Women's Basketball Championship tournament will be held at the beginning of March. Eight teams qualify for the event with first round games on campus site Feb. 28. The four winners will advance to the semifinals and finals, March 2-3, in La Jolla on the campus of UC San Diego. The winner of the tournament would receive the automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.