TURLOCK, Calif.---  Stan State men's basketball team will have two games this week including the Warriors' CCAA opener at Chico State. The Warriors will begin their week hosting Academy of Art on Tuesday, November 22 at 5pm at Fitzpatrick Arena. Their week will conclude with the Warriors' CCAA opener at Chico State on Saturday, November 26 at 3pm.

WARRIORS IN REVIEW: Stan State is averaging 67.2 points per game while giving up 73.0 points p er game. The Warriors are being outrebounded 34 to 30.2 while shooting 42% from the field. Stan State's opponents are shooting 49.8% from the field and 36.1% from three-point range. The Warriors are forcing 17.0 turnovers per game by their opponents while recording 6.2 steals per game. Three Warriors are averaging double digits in Kobe Ordonio (16.4 ppg), Tony Singleton (12.8 ppg) and Marlon Short (11.6 ppg). Ordonio leads Stan Sate with his 49.2% shooting from the field and 84.6% shooting from the line. Singleton is shooting a team high 45.7% from three-point range while connecting on a team leading 16 three-point field goals.  Benno Zecic has a team high 29 assists and 11 steals and Travion Williams leads the team with his 6.2 rebounding average. Short has blocked a team high three shots.

MORE A'S THAN T'S:  Four Warriors have dished out more assists than turning the ball over in Benno Zecic, Travion Williams, Marlon Short and Matt Bender. Zecic has 29 assists and 15 turnovers while Williams has six assists with five turnovers.  Short has dished out five assists with four turnovers and Bender has two assists and one turnover.

9.2 STEALS PER GAME: Stan State is recording 9.2 steals per game with Benno Zecic leading the way with 11 steals.  Marlon Short is next on the team with nine steals followed by Kobe Ordonio's eight.
NATIONAL/CCAA LEADERS:  Benno Zecic and Tony Singleton are amongst the nation's leaders in four statistical categories. Zecic is sixth in the nation in total assists, twelfth in steals and 22^nd in assists per game. Singleton is eighth in three-point field goals made. In CCAA statistics, the Warriors are second in turnover margin, fourth in assist/turnover ratio, fifth in three-point field goals made and sixth in scoring defense. Zecic is third in assists, fifth in assist/turnover ratio and sixth in steals. Singleton is third in three-point field goals made and sixth in three-point field goal percentage. Kobe Ordonio is seventh in field goals percentage and eighth in scoring.

ACADEMY OF ART IN REVIEW:  The Urban Knights are 4-0 entering Tuesday's game at Stan State. They have defeated San Francisco State (78-68), Sonoma State (77-70), Cal State East Bay (85-67) and No. 13 Chico State (84-57). They are averaging 81 points per game while giving up 65.5 points per game.  Academy of Art is outrebounding its opponents 38.3 to 35.5.  Three players are averaging double figures in scoring in Klay Brown (17.3 ppg), Will Balata (10.8 ppg) and Jamal Fuller (10.3 ppg). Brown leads the team with his 45.8% shooting from three's, 11 three-point field goals made, 19 assists, ten steals, five blocked shots and 7.5 rebounding average.  Fuller is shooting a team leading 66.7% from the field while Balata is shooting a team high 76.9% from the line.

ALL-TIME SERIES:  Stan State leads the all-time series with Academy of Art 3-1. The Warriors won last year's meeting 68-59 in Belmont, Calif., behind Benno Zecic's 21 points. Tony Singleton added 19 points for Stan State. 

NO. 15 CHICO STATE IN REVIEW:  The Wildcats are 1-3 after losing 84-57 at Academy of Art on Saturday. They are averaging 71.3 points per game while giving up 80.8 points per game. Chico's opponents are outrebounding them 32.8 to 29.0.  Three players are averaging double digits in scoring in Joshua Hamilton (15.5 ppg), Jojo Murphy (14.3 ppg) and Evan Oliver (10.0 ppg). Hamilton has made a team high eight three-point field goals while shooting a team leading 81.8% of his attempts from the line. He also has dished out a team high 25 assists and is tied with Justin Vigil each averaging 4.8 rebounds per game.  Trae Taylor is shooting a team leading 66.7% from the field and Murphy is shooting a team high 62.5% from three-point land. Oliver leads the Wildcats with his eight steals.

ALL-TIME SERIES:  Chico State leads the all-time series 22-11 with the Wildcats winning the last four meetings including both last year 72-44 in Turlock and 61-55 in Chico. The last Warrior victory was 74-66 in Chico on November 21, 2019.

LIVE STATS/VIDEO:  To view the live stats from both matches, go to https://warriorathletics.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary and for the CCAA network go to www.ccaanetwork.com/Stan.
 
The CCAA network has a monthly subscription rate of $9.95, which can watch any CCAA sport that is hosted at any CCAA institution during that 30-day period.
 
UP NEXT:  After Saturday's game, Stan State will return home for its only two home games in December.  The Warriors will face No. 13 Cal State San Marcos on Thursday, December 1 at 7:30pm and Cal State Los Angeles on Saturday, December 3 at 3pm.