The Stanislaus State women's basketball team has a short week at home with one conference matchup during the week. The Warriors will host Sonoma State in a 4 o'clock game at Fitzpatrick Arena on Wednesday night.
 
Wednesday
Warriors vs. Sonoma State (5-7, 2-6 CCAA), Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena, 4:00 p.m. | [Live Stats] [Live Video] [Live Audio Only]

Alexander On A Roll: For the second week in a row Lizzy Alexander increased her career best for points scored in a single game. Against Cal State East Bay on Saturday, Alexander scored 27 points (9-for-15 from the field, 5-for-9 from the three-point arc, 4-for-4 from the free-throw line). She also pulled out seven rebounds, had two assists, two steals, and a block ... Alexander was also the team's leading scorer on Thursday night against Cal State Monterey Bay with 14 points. 
 
Lizzy Alexander Stats (Saturday, Jan. 6)
Minutes             38   
Points                27     (9-15 FG; 5-9 3FG; 4-4 FT)
Rebounds          7       (7 def)
Assists               2
Steals                2
 
Buzzer Beater: Last Saturday the Warriors played a close game against Cal State East Bay in Hayward. Throughout the entire first half Stan State held the lead, finishing the first period 10-points ahead of the Pioneers, and maintained a five-point lead after the second quarter. The Warriors had shot 44 percent from the field in the first half and were 6-for-12 (50 percent) from the three-point arc, a significant increase from their usual 27.1 three-point shooting percentage. The Warrior women were also 9-for-10 from the free-throw line before half time. Cal State East Bay worked their way back in the second half and eventually gained the lead over Stan State. With less than a minute to go in the game CSUEB was up by one point (69-70), but a layup by Lizzy Alexander put the Warriors in the lead with 18 seconds left. So close to victory, Stan State never would have expected Cal State East Bay to make a buzzer-beating three-pointer with one second left on the clock, to reclaim the lead and take home the win. 
 
Three-Point Perfection: Last weekend the Warriors increased their three-point shooting average as a team, by shooting 54.5 percent from behind the arc against Cal State East Bay. With a season average of 27.1 percent going into Saturday's game, The Pioneers didn't have much to fear when it came to the Warriors perimeter offense. Increasing their overall average to 29.3 percent, Stan State went 12-for-22 from the three-point line, shooting 50 percent in the first half and 60 percent in the second half ... With a 30.9 CCAA three-point percentage the Warriors are now seventh in the conference in three-point shooting, a positive increase from last week's ninth place standing. 
 
Stan State Stealing: With 17 total steals as a team last week, the Warriors have maintained their status as an incredibly aggressive team defensively. Stan State is currently second in the conference behind Cal State Dominguez Hills with an average of 10.10 steals per game as a team, almost two steals more than Humboldt State in third place. Zahria Hendrix, who is the team's top stealing defender with 43 steals this season, is third in the league averaging 2.9 steals per game. Kyanna Davis is tied for ninth in the conference with 1.6 steals per game.
 
­This Week's Opponent
Sonoma State SEAWOLVES (5-7, 2-6 CCAA)
Series Notes: The Warriors are 16-22 against Sonoma State, losing to them earlier this season in Rohnert Park and goign 1-1 against the Seawolves last season. Before that Stan State won three in a row against SSU in 2014-15 and 2015-16. 

Last Time We Met... was on Dec. 9, 2017 at Sonoma State. The Warriors lost 57-69 and the Seawolves recorded their first CCAA victory. Kyanna Davis and Caprina Pipion shared the Warriors leading role scoring 11 points each, and Davis also led with five steals. Erika Larsen was the team's top rebounder against SSU with seven rebounds. 

About the Seawolves: The Seawolves' offense is currently being led by Ugochi Anudokem who averages 14.3 points per game. She is third in the CCAA with a 53.8 field-goal percentage without a single attempt from behind the three-point arc, and a 66.7 free-throw percentage. Also in the double digits, Madison Burroughs averages12.9 ppg and Carly Gill averages 10.2 ppg. Anudokem is also Sonoma State's leading rebounder with 7.5 rebounds per game ... As a team the Seawolves shoot 41.3 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from behind the three-point arc, and 69.9 percent from the free-throw line ... Last weekend SSU traveled south to take on Cal State San Bernardino and Cal Poly Pomona. The Seawolves defeated CSUSB 56-45, and lost to CPP 76-79 in overtime.