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Before Chico State visits for a CCAA game Saturday, the Warriors will face another Division I opponent — their third in less than a month — on Wednesday in Reno.

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m.
at Nevada WOLFPACK (3-5) | Reno, Nev. | Live Stats | Live Video

Series Notes: This will be the teams' first meeting during the CCAA era for Stanislaus. Historically, the Wolfpack is 2-1 against the Warriors (when CSUS was a Division III program).

Last Time We Met... was Jan. 11, 1983 in a 63-58 Nevada win …Nevada also won the Feb. 3, 1982 game, 70-43, and the Warriors won the Jan. 11, 1982 contest, 72-58, in Reno.

About the Wolfpack: Nevada lost versus Pacific, 64-53, on Dec. 2 and is coming off a 64-52 win at Grand Canyon on Sunday … T Moe leads the team with 16.0 points per game and 6-foot-8 center Mimi Mungedi averages 14.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 5:30 p.m.
vs. Chico State WILDCATS (3-3, 0-2 CCAA) | Fitzpatrick Arena, Turlock | Live Stats | Live Video

Series Notes: The Warriors swept Chico State in 2013-14 for the first time during CCAA play and are now 28-52 all-time against the Wildcats (8-24 in CCAA).

Last Time We Met... was Dec. 21 last year in Chico during an overtime thrilling victory  by Stanislaus, 83-82. Lauren Godde scored 28 and Ana Burch had 20 points to lead the Warriors.

About the Wildcats: Chico State also lost both games at L.A. (66-73) Saturday and Cal State Dominguez Hills (42-64) Friday … Brooke Bowen is fifth in the CCAA with 7.5 rebounds per game (8.7 points). Hannah Womack leads the Wildcats with 13.3 pointer per game (10-for-31 three-pointers).

Third D-I Team This Season
Nevada will be the Warriors' third Division I opponent this season, during a 3 1/2 week span, on Wednesday. Stanislaus played against two D-I teams in preseason exhibitions in November, at Pacific and at Fresno State. The game at Nevada will count in the Win-Loss records.

Home For the Holladay(s)
Riley Holladay will be visiting her home when the team gets into Reno Tuesday. The sophomore is from Reno, Nev., and went to Spanish Springs High School, where she was a prep standout.

Beat Chico, Twice!
The Warriors beat Chico State twice last year for the first time during the CCAA era (since 1998-99). Stanislaus upset the No. 6 ranked Wildcats on Nov. 26, at home in Turlock, 71-68. Then held off Chico to win an overtime thriller, 83-82, in Chico on Dec. 21.

Stalled Offense
Cal State Stanislaus was coming off back-to-back 80-point games before the L.A. trip last week. The Warriors had averaged 78.3 points per game in the first three contests, but scored 64 and 63 points, respectively at Cal State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Rare OT Loss
Friday's overtime loss — when L.A.'s Franeka Hall hit the jumper at the buzzer — was the Warriors' first extra-period loss since the 2012-13 finale (at Cal State East Bay). Before Friday, Stanislaus was 9-1 in the previous 10 games when playing in overtime, dating back to the 2006-07 season. The Warriors are now 12-5 in overtime games since the start of the CCAA era in 1998-99.

Washington Doubles Up
Jasmine Washington has now scored in double-digits in four of the five games this season and averages a team-leading  12.4 points per game. She's coming off a 19-point, 9-rebound weekend total from the road trip. Washington now has 18 double-digits scoring games in her career.

Holladay Back in the Lineup
Riley Holladay, who started in 25 of 26 games as a freshman last season, made her return to the starting five on Friday (she also started on Saturday) in place of Cassidy Sanders-Curry.

Forcing Turnovers
Saturday night's game at Cal State Dominguez Hills was the first time this season that a Warrior opponent did not commit more than 15 turnovers (CSUDH had 15). The Warriors, which made Cal State L.A. turned the ball over a season-best 35 times Friday, have tallied 131 turnovers for a CCAA-best 26.2 per game average.

Bergman Won't Face Hometown Team
Yes, there is a familiar name on the Nevada roster:  Turlock's own Halie Bergman. However she will not be playing against the Warriors. Bergman, who spent the last season at Pacific, has to sit out the year due to the transfer rule. The two-time All-State guard is Turlock Christian High School's all-time leading scorer with 1,761 career points.

Head Coach Wayman Strickland
Wayman Strickland is in his third season as the head coach of the Warriors. After inheriting a team in July, 2012 (and went 2-25 in his first season), he has turned the program around with a very competitive 13-13 season in 2013-14. Prior to his arrival at Stanislaus, Strickland was an assistant coach at Delta College. He spent nine years as a professional player in Europe and Asia after a stellar four-year career at the University of San Diego (1988-92), where he amassed 1,040 career points and 408 assists.

Strickland Year-by Year
Year    Overall    CCAA
2012-13      2-25      1-21
2013-14    13-13    10-12
2014-15      2-  3      0-  2
Totals    17-41    11-35    

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. 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).