This Week
The Warriors open the California Collegiate Athletic Association season as defending CCAA champion Humboldt State and tournament qualifier Cal Poly Pomona visit Fitzpatrick Arena this weekend.

This Week's Opponents

Humboldt State LUMBERJACKS (3-1, 0-1 CCAA)
Series Notes: Humboldt State leads the series 38-29 and has a four-game winning streak over CSUS. The Warriors are 1-12 against HSU during CCAA play with a win on Dec. 4, 2010, in Turlock (73-58).

The Last Time We Met... was on Jan. 27, in Turlock, a 85-81 Humboldt State win in double overtime. Reggie Jones led the Warriors with 21 points and 10 rebounds … Austin Bryan led the Lumberjacks with 23 points that night.

About the Lumberjacks: The Lumberjacks are led by Alec Williams, who averages 17.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game … HSU opened with four home games … The Jacks lost to Cal Poly Pomona, 66-54, on Nov. 21 … As a team, Humboldt State is shooting 49.1 percent from the floor.

#14 Cal Poly Pomona BRONCOS (4-0, 1-0 CCAA)
Series Notes: The Broncos continue to dominate the series after three wins in 2011-12. Cal Poly Pomona now leads the series 24-6 with a nine-game winning streak.

The Last Time We Met... was in the quarterfinal game of the CCAA Tournament in Pomona, on Feb. 28. The Broncos edged the Warriors, 69-67, on a buzzer beater to end the Stanislaus season. Reggie Jones had 26 points for the Warriors.

About the Broncos: Cal Poly Pomona has three players averaging in double figures with Mitchel Anderson at the top at 15.5 pointers per game. He also averages 8.0 rebounds per contest … The Broncos won three games during a four-day span over the Thanksgiving weekend including a 66-54 win at Humboldt State.

Media Coverage
Friday vs. Humboldt State
Over the Air: KEFC 100.5 FM
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Saturday vs. Cal Poly Pomona
Over the Air: None
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Impressive Start
In its last game, Cal State Stanislaus posted a 105-57 win over UC Merced in its home opener on Nov. 14. The Warriors shot 69 percent in the second half to blow out the Bobcats.

Hitting the Century Mark
The Warriors scored 100 points for the first time since the first game of the 2008-09 season (101-80 win at Academy of Art). It was also the most points scored since a 116-113 lost in overtime versus Saint Martin's that started the 2007-08 season.

Record Margin of Victory
The 48-point win was the Warriors' largest margin of victory during the CCAA era. The previous best was 38 (120-82, Pacific Union College) during the 1999-2000 season. The school record is 65 (126-65 vs. Whittier on Dec. 2, 1988).

Bench Scoring
The Stanislaus team depth was on display in the 48-point win over UC Merced as the bench scored 74 points. Zeke DeBlase scored 21 of those points including 10 on the free throw line while Taylor Bell made five three-pointers en route to a 19-point night. Non-starters Tayler Thompson and Alek Carlson also netted 10 and 11 points, respectively.

Fresh Faces
All three true freshmen on the team got an opportunity to make an early impression in the win over UC Merced. Zeke DeBlase (Victorville HS), Tayler Thompson (Sonora HS), and Alek Carlson (Turlock HS) combined to score 42 points with 16 rebounds.

Hitting the Treys
Taylor Bell leads the team with six three-pointers through two games after going 5-for-7 against UC Merced. As a team, the Warriors are 16-for-40 from downtown in two games are ranks second among CCAA teams in three-pointers made per game.

Opening Weekend Success
The Warriors have had some success in the early December CCAA opening weekend the past two seasons. They have gone 1-1 in each of the last two opener weekends, doing so on the road in 2011-12. In 2010-11 the Warriors beat Humboldt State, here at home, during the first full weekend of conference play.

Home Sweet Home
Playing on home court usually has its advantages as the Warriors historically have fared better here in the Arena. Since 1998-99, Cal State Stanislaus is 96-87 at home. Last year, the Warriors went 8-5 here at Fitzpatrick Arena.

CCAA Preseason Poll
In the annual preseason polling of the conference's head coaches, Cal State Stanislaus was projected to finish ninth, out of 12 teams, with 37 points (24 points behind 8th place San Francisco State). Chico State was the favor to win the CCAA with seven first place votes.

Head Coach Larry Reynolds
Larry Reynolds is in his fourth 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. In three seasons, Reynolds has led the Warriors to the CCAA tournament twice (2010-11, 2011-12). 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 2012-13 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 March 5. The four winners will advance to the semifinals and finals, March 8-9, in Ontario. The winner of the tournament would receive the automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.