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The Warriors begin the California Collegiate Athletic Association season with a pair of games on the road in the Los Angeles area. Friday's game is at Cal State L.A. and Saturday is at Cal State Dominguez Hills

Friday, Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m.
at Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles (1-3, 0-0 CCAA) | Live Stats | Live Video

Series Notes: The Warriors snapped a five-game skid to Cal State L.A. last Feb. 15 in L.A. and lead the all-time series record 17-15.

Last Time We Met... was Feb. 15, 2014, when the Stanislaus beat the Golden Eagles, 73-66, in Los Angeles. Briana
Cotton had 19 points to lead four Warriors in double digits.

About the Golden Eagles: Cal State L.A. is in the middle of a six-game homestand. The Golden Eagles hosted a tournament last weekend and went 1-1 with a win over Point Loma (50-36) and lost to California Baptist (70-65) … Kaija Powell leads the team with 15.5 points per game which is fifth best among all CCAA players.

Saturday, Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m.
at Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros (3-3, 0-0 CCAA) | Live Stats | Live Video

Series Notes: The Toros have won four straight in the series and are now 25-17 against the Warriors all-time.

Last Time We Met... was Feb. 14, 2014, in Carson with CSUDH taking a 69-59 win over the Warriors. Stanislaus was led by Cassidy Sanders-Curry with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

About the Toros: Cal State Dominguez Hills also played in the L.A. tournament and went 1-1 with a loss to California Baptist (81-72) and won over Point Loma (60-56) … It was their second win over Point Loma this season … Breanna Garcia is the Toros' top scorer with 13 points per game … Tayler Champion has nailed 13 three-pointers.

Conference Openers
Last year, the Warriors opened the CCAA season with a shocker in a 71-68 win over No. 6 ranked Chico State at home. The Warriors also went 1-1 during their first CCAA road trip at Sonoma State (W, 76-61) and San Francisco State (L, 81-96).

High-Flying Offense
Cal State Stanislaus, which averaged 69.7 points per game in 26 contests last season, is scoring a lot to start the new season. The Warriors are coming off back-to-back 80-plus point games and is averaging 78.3 points per game after three games — which is currently second best among all CCAA teams (Humboldt State, 84.0).

Warriors Drop 87 on Art U
Despite the loss to Academy of Art on Nov. 22, the Warriors' 87 points total is the most points scored since the 2012-13 opener at Dominican (93-91), a stretch of 53 games.

Local Products Leading the Way
The Warriors are currently lead by two in-town talents from two different high schools. Scoring leader Jasmine Washington (14.3 ppg)  is from Turlock's Pitman High School while redshirt junior Camille Roberts (13.7 ppg, 9 3-pointers) spent her high school years at Turlock High School (she also went to Modesto Junior College).

Cotton Moving Up Career Points List
Senior guard Briana Cotton is currently 9th in the Warriors' career top-10 list with 751 points and is just 15 points shy of tying for the 8th spot with Shavaki Jackson.

Washington the Scoring General
Jasmine Washington adds three more double-digit scoring games to her credit as she's scored 11, 17, and 15 points in the first three games, respectively. Her 14.3 points per game ranks 10th in the CCAA. Washington now has 17 double-digit scoring games in her career.

Consistent Line-Up
Head coach Wayman Strickland has so far used the same starting five this season with G Alysa Valentine, G Camille Roberts, F Jasmine Washington, F Cassidy Sanders-Curry and C Aleseana Whitney.

Winning In OT
The Warriors winning in overtime is becoming normal after last Tuesday's win over Notre Dame de Namur. Stanislaus is now 9-1 in the last 10 games in overtime, dating back to the 2006-07 season. During the CCAA era, since 1998, the Warriors are 12-4 in overtime games.

Forcing Turnovers
Cal State Stanislaus has stepped-up the defense with its full-court presses as the Warriors have forced 81 turnovers in three games (27 per game). The Warriors forced 30 Notre Dame de Namur mistakes in last Tuesday's 81-76 overtime win and made Academy of Art turn the ball over 28 times on Nov. 22. Stanislaus, which has been credited with 47 steals, has committed just 41 turnovers (13.7 per game average).

Nice Rebound Season
Last year's 13-win season matches the team's best win-total in the 11 years. The Warriors had 13 wins in 2010-11 (13-14) and 2008-09 (13-15). The 13-13, .500 record is also the program's best since the 18-10 season of 2002-03. There were only two other winning seasons during the CCAA era in 1999-2000 (19-10) and 2000-01 (18-9).

Seasons with .500 records or better (CCAA era)
1999-2000    19-10
2000-2001    18-9
2002-2003    18-10
2013-2014    13-13

CCAA Basketball Championships
The 2014-15 CCAA Men's & Women's Basketball Championship tournament will be held at the beginning of March. Six teams qualify for the event to be held at the Stockton Arena in Stockton. The winner of the tournament would receive the automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.

Getting Back to the Tournament
The last time a Warriors women's basketball team qualified for the conference tournament was in 2010-11 when the Warriors lost at Cal Poly Pomona, 76-55, in the first round. Stanislaus also played in the 2009 CCAA tournament (lost at Humboldt State, 82-61).

Vying For the Postseason
It has been 11 seasons since the last time the Warriors made the NCAA postseason. Stanislaus went 18-10 in the 2002-03 season and played in the opening round of the NCAA tournament in Seattle (116-106, OT, lost to Cal State Bakersfield).

CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll
The defending CCAA champions Cal Poly Pomona was unanimously picked to repeat as the Broncos received 11 of the 12 first place votes by the head coaches. The Warriors received 41 points and was projected to finished ninth ahead of Cal State onterey Bay, San Francisco State and Sonoma State.