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The women's team has a little bit of a hot-streak to build on as the Warriors look to upset two of the better teams in the CCAA during an eventful week.

Friday, Feb. 6, 5:30 p.m.
vs. Cal Poly Pomona BRONCOS (13-5, 11-3 CCAA) | Fitzpatrick Arena, Turlock, Calif. | Live Stats | Live Video & Audio | Live Audio (100.5 FM)

Series Notes: Cal Poly Pomona has a 7-game winning streak over the Warriors and holds a 36-7 head-to-head record.

Last Time We Met... was Jan. 3 in Pomona in a 86-59 Cal Poly Pomona win. Camille Roberts made five three-pointers for 15 points to lead Stanislaus.

About the Broncos: The Broncos had gone 8-1 before Saturdays loss to Cal State East Bay, 65-56, at home … Jada Blackwell is the CCAA's top scorer with 19.1 points per game. She had 41 points in two games last week … The CCAA's top scoring team averages 75.1 per conference game. The Broncos shoots 45.8 percentage, also a CCAA best.

Saturday, Feb. 7, 5:30 p.m.
vs. UC San Diego TRITONS (11-8, 9-5 CCAA) | Fitzpatrick Arena, Turlock, Calif. | Live Stats | Live Video & Audio | Live Audio (100.5 FM)

Series Notes: The Warriors snapped a 20-game skid to UC San Diego last year and beat the Tritons twice for the first time. However, UCSD leads the all-time mark 25-10 after the Jan. 2 win.

Last Time We Met... was Jan. 2 in La Jolla. Camille Roberts scored 18 points but the Warriors lost 81-68. Farrah Shokoor had 22 with 10 free throws for the Tritons.

About the Tritons: UC San Diego wo both games last week at home but is just 3-3 in its last six after a five-game winning streak … Farrah Shokoor leads the CCAA with 11.6 rebounds per game. She also averages 13.5 points a game … McKennan Bertsch made 71.3 percent of her shots (72 for 101).

Three of Four at Home
Cal State Stanislaus has won three of its last four games played here at home with the only loss a late-game defeat to second place Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday. The Warriors finished the last four-game homestand with wins over Sonoma State and San Francisco State and is coming off an solid 67-60 win over Cal State L.A. last Saturday.

Loving Valentine
Alysa Valentine was red hot last Saturday when given the opportunity to shoot, non-stop. The junior point guard scored 23 points with five three-pointers, both career-highs. She was 8 of 21 from the field and made 5 of 14 from the arch for her first 20-point game. She also scored 10 points with seven rebounds in Friday's contests against Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Hello Erika Larsen
With injuries causing the team roster to be shortened, redshirt sophomore center Erika Larsen got the opportunity to make two starts last weekend and she stepped up big — bigger than her 6-foot-3 frame. Larsen warmed up from her six-point, 11-rebound game on Friday to explode for her first career double-double on Saturday. Against L.A., Larsen scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to dominate the paint. She was 7 of 13 shooting, many of them on offensive rebound put-backs.

Other Warriors Contributing
Showing some depth, despite missing two starters, the Warriors got some good performances from Aleseana Whitney (12 points, 5 rebounds on Friday) and Riley Holladay (16 points, 8 rebounds on Saturday).

Healthy Once Again
Briana Cotton and Camille Roberts have both been cleared to play this week giving head coach Wayman Strickland nearly a full-strength team available. Cotton missed both games last week due to an ankle sprain and Roberts returns after missing four games.

A Balanced Scoring Team
So far this season, nine different players have scored in double figures with Erika Larsen picking up her first and Aleseana Whitney recording her second last week. Jasmine Washington leads the team with 10 games with 10 or more points. Additionally, five different Warriors have scored 20 or more points in a game. Cassidy Sanders-Curry is the only player to score 30 (at Chico State on Dec. 20).

Cotton Keeps Lighting It Up
Earlier this season, Briana Cotton became the eighth Warrior (during CCAA era) to score 800 or more points in a career. She now has 877 career points … After missing two games, she would now have to average 15.4 points a game to reach 1,000 career points.

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. Shirsty Kumar (2004-08)           917
8. Briana Cotton (2011-present)       877

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      6-12      4-10
Totals    21-50    15-43

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).