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The Warriors carry a two-game winning streak into the season finale weekend as they host Cal State East Bay and Cal State Monterey Bay to close out the year.

Friday, Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m.
vs. Cal State East Bay PIONEERS (16-10, 11-9 CCAA) | Fitzpatrick Arena, Turlock, Calif. | Live Stats | Live Video & Audio | Live Audio (100.5 FM)

Series Notes: Cal State East Bay has won six of the last seven in the series. The Warriors hold a slight edge, 13-12, head-to-head during CCAA era for East Bay.

Last Time We Met... was Jan. 24, in Hayward when the Pioneers held off the Stanislaus rally for the narrow 58-55 game. Cassidy Sanders-Curry scored 14 points and pulled 11 boards to lead the Warriors.

About the Pioneers: Cal State East Bay is 7-3 in its last 10 games and has secured a CCAA tournament berth. One of the better defensive teams, East Bay is 2nd in steals (8.6) and blocks (3.5) per game … Stephanie Lopez averages 18.4 points a game, second best in the CCAA.

Saturday, Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m.
vs. Cal State Monterey Bay OTTERS (7-18, 5-15 CCAA) | Fitzpatrick Arena, Turlock, Calif. | Live Stats | Live Video & Audio | Live Audio (100.5 FM)

Series Notes: The Warriors have lost two straight after ending a previous 8-game losing streak against CSUMB. CSUMB now leads the series 12-11 (10-11 in CCAA play).

Last Time We Met... was Jan. 23 in Seaside as the Warriors lost an OT heartbreaker 63-59 after the Otters rally late in the second half. Briana Cotton had 20 points to lead Cal State Stanislaus.

About the Otters: CSUMB is 3-3 in the last six but lost both games on the road last week … The Otters have the worse opponent 3-pt field goal percentage in the CCAA (33.4) … CSUMB tries the most field goals with 60.3 attempts per game … Jenna Bandy leads with 13.4 points a game.

10-Win Goal
It would be a small victory, and most certainly a feat the program can build on, if the Warriors can finish with a sweep to reach 10 wins this season. It would mark the second straight 10-plus win season under head coach Wayman Strickland and the program's first back-to-back 10-win season since 2009-11. Last year the Warriors went 13-13.

Four-Game Winning Streak
If the Warriors can close out the year with two more wins, they could also take a four-game winning streak momentum into the offseason. A four-game winning streak would be the team's first since the start of the 2013-14 season when they won five straight. The last time a Warriors team won four consecutive CCAA games was at the end of the 2009-10 season when they took five straight to end the year 10-16.

Lone Senior Briana Cotton
Briana Cotton represents the only senior on the squad who will be recognized in the pre-game festivities on Saturday on Senior Night. A four-year starter, Cotton is closing in on a career scoring milestone and has led the team in three-pointers in each of the past two seasons (2012-14).

Cotton's Milestone
With 203 points this season (second on the team to Cassidy Sanders-Curry's 207), Briana Cotton has tallied 941 career points heading into the final two games. She will have the opportunity to surpass 950 points which would put her at No. 6 on the career top-10 list (CCAA era). Cotton is seven points from passing assistant coach Christin Gowan (947) and is within reach of Lauren Godde (988).

Career Points at Cal State Stanislaus (CCAA era)
1. Shannon Donnelly (1999-2003)    2,088
2. Katie Busi (2007-11)        1,361
2. Gwendolyn Page (2004-09)        1,361
4. Lysandra Williams (2004-09)    1,245
5. Lauren Godde (2010-14)           988
6. Christin Gowan (2007-11)               947
7. Briana Cotton (2011-present)       941
8. Shirsty Kumar (2004-08)           917
9. Shavaki Jackson (2003-05)           766
10. Sharlene Moises (1998-2002)       686

Cotton Finishing Strong
Briana Cotton scored 31 points last weekend in the two Warrior wins. She made a total of seven three-pointers and shot 10 of 18. Cotton also had six rebounds and four assists Friday night at San Francisco State.

Holladay on Defense
Sophomore Riley Holladay is among the CCAA leaders in defensive rebounding and steals. She's 10th with 4.8 defensive rebounds a game and sixth with 1.8 steals per contest. Holladay has led the Warriors in rebounding nine times this season including four of the last six games.

A Balanced Scoring Team
Despite not having anyone averaging in double figures this season, the Warriors feature six players averaging 7.5 points a game or better. Five of those six Warriors have scored 180 points or more this season. Nine different Warriors have led the team in scoring in a game this season.

36 Is Low!
The 36 points allowed in Saturday's win at Sonoma State was the fewest points given up by the Warriors since the 2008-09 season. The Warriors won at Sonoma State, 35-31, on Feb. 14, 2009.

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      8-16      6-14
Totals    23-54    17-47

CCAA Basketball Championships
The 2014-15 CCAA Men's & Women's Basketball Championship tournament will be held March 5-7 at the Stockton Arena. The winner of the tournament would receive the automatic bid for the NCAA tournament … The women's tournament games are at Noon and 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6. The championship game is Saturday, March 7 at 5 p.m.

Missing 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).