TURLOCK, Calif.--- Stan State will finish off its 2022-23 regular season this weekend with a pair of games in Southern California. The Warriors will be in Pomona, Calif., for a 7:30pm scheduled tip-off with Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday, February 23. They will wrap up the regular season in San Bernardino, Calif., for a 3pm scheduled game with No. 12 Cal State San Bernardino.
WARRIORS IN REVIEW: Stan State is 9-17 overall and 7-13 in the CCAA heading into its game on Thursday at Cal Poly Pomona. The Warriors are averaging 67.7 points per game while giving up 73.04 points per game. They are being outrebounded 35.1 to 32.6.
Marlon Short leads the way with his 15.7 scoring average, 47.4% shooting from the field and 15 blocked shots.
Kobe Ordonio is second on the team with his 14.4 scoring average and leads the team with his 46 three-point field goals made and 80.8% shooting from the line.
Benno Zecic has dished out a team high 166 assists and recorded a team leading 60 steals.
Jeremiah Jones is shooting a team leading 31.4% from three-point land and
Travion Williams is averaging a team high 6.8 rebounds per game.
LAST GAMES: Stan State went 0-2 in its final home stand of the regular season. The Warriors lost 82-66 on Thursday to Cal State Monterey Bay despite
Marlon Short's 24 points and nine rebounds.
Jeremiah Jones had a career high 15 points off the bench in 24 minutes.
Kobe Ordonio chipped in 11 points for the Warriors. Stan State 80-64 to SF State on Saturday despite three players soring in double figures in Short (18 points), Ordonio (15 points) and
Benno Zecic (11 points). Zecic had eight rebounds, five assists and three steals to go with his 11 points. Short added three steals for the Warriors.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE TRIO: The trio of
Marlon Short,
Benno Zecic and
Travion Williams each have recorded double-doubles this season. Short has four in Academy of Art (Nov. 22, 21 points, 10 rebounds), at Chico State (Nov. 26, 16 points, 10 rebounds), at Cal Poly Humboldt (Dec. 10, 18 points, 10 rebounds) and versus Cal State East Bay (Jan. 5, 19 points, 10 rebounds), Zecic has two against Cal State San Marcos (December 10 points, 10 assists) and against then No. 12 Cal State San Bernardino (Jan. 12, 10 points, 11 assists). Williams' double-double came at Cal State Monterey Bay (Jan. 21, 11 points, 12 rebounds) and at Cal State Dominguez hills (Jan. 26, 11 points, 10 rebounds). For their careers, Short has seven double doubles while Zecic and Williams each have two.
16 TH STRAIGHT GAME: With his 24 points against CSUMB and 15 points against SF State, Short recorded his 15
th and 16
th straight games of scoring in double digits this season. The Warrior sophomore has scored in double figures in all but two games this season. He is averaging a team leading 15.7 points per game to go with his team high 15 blocked shots and 47.4% shooting from the field.
MOVIN' ON UP: Benno Zecic is moving up on the career lists in assists and steals at Stan State. He is second on the single season assists list with 167 and 17 from breaking Richard Seay's record of 183. Zecic is fourth on the single season steals list with 60 steals and nine from moving into third place. For his career, Zecic has dished out 309 assists and recorded 118 steals to go with his 427 points and 268 rebounds. He is eleven assists from moving into third place, sixty-nine from moving into second and seventy-two from breaking Ty Davis' school career record of 380.
APPROACHING 600/300: Marlon Short is approaching the 600-point, 300-rebound plateau marks in his career at Stan State. Short has scored 615 points and grabbed 297 rebounds in his two-year career as a Warrior.
NATION'S LEADERS: Benno Zecic is still in the top ten in the nation in NCAA Division II in assists and steals. Zecic is seventh in the nation with his 167 assists and tied for eighth with his 60 steals. The red-shirt junior is ninth with his 6.4 assists per game average and 2.3 steals per game average.
Travion Williams is 11
th with his 3.5 offensive rebounds per game average.
TOP HALF IN THE CCAA: Heading into Thursday's game at Cal Poly Pomona, the Warriors are in the top half of the conference in five statistical categories. Stan State is third in steals (7.58 per game) and fourth in turnover margin (+1.27) and assist/turnover ratio (+1.02). The Warriors are fifth in assists per game (13.17) and three-point field goal percentage defense (34.9%).
FOUR IN TOP 15 IN 13: Kobe Ordonio,
Marlon Short,
Travion Williams and
Benno Zecic are in the top 15 in the CCAA in 13 individual statistical categories. Zecic leads the CCAA in assists (167), steals (60), assists/game (6.4) and steals/game (2.3). He is fourth in assist/turnover ratio (+1.9) and fifth in minutes per game (34.3). Short is seventh in field goal percentage (47.4%), eighth in scoring (15.7 ppg), ninth in minutes per game (32.5), 12
th in blocked shots (15) and tied for 12
th in blocked shots per game (0.6). Ordonio is ninth in scoring, 13
th in field goals percentage (41.3%) and three-point field goals made per game (1.8) and 15
th in minutes per game (31.7). Williams is first in offensive rebounds per game (3.5), seventh in rebounds per game (6.8), tied for 12
th in blocked shots per game (0.6) and 13
th in blocked shots (13).
BRONCOS IN REVIEW: Cal Poly Pomona is 12-12 overall and 9-11 in the CCAA. The Broncos are averaging 67.9 points per game while giving up 70.5 points per game. They are being outrebounded 36.5 to 35.5. Christopher Mitchell leads the way with his 12.5 scoring average followed by Shyheim Parm at 10.6 points per game. Parm leads the Broncos with his 73.7% shooting from the line and Derrek Claxton is shooting a team high 46.4% from the line. Jaden Winfield leads CPP with his 47.8% shooting from the field, 5.7 rebounds per game, 41 steals and 55 assists. Caleb Nelson has blocked a team high 25 shots and made a team leading 28 three-point field goals.
LAST TIME/SEASON SERIES: Stan State defeated the Broncos 70-62 in Turlock on January 14 behind
Kobe Ordonio's 23 points and three steals while
Marlon Short added 16 points.
Benno Zecic had nine assists with no turnovers to go with his three steals. Cal Poly Pomona leads the all-time series 18-7. The Broncos have won the last two meetings in Pomona with the last Warrior win being 62-58 on February 1, 2018.
NO. 12 YOTES IN REVIEW: The 12
th ranked Cal Stata San Bernardino Yotes enter its Monday game with Cal State Monterey Bay with a 22-3 overall record and a 17-2 CCAA record. They averaging 89.4 points per game while giving up 74.2 points per game. CSUSB is outrebounding its opponents 45.4 to 30.7. Brandon Knapper leads the way with his 19.0 scoring average, 78 three-point field goals made, 75% shooting from the line and 94 assists. Darrell Shuler is next with his 17.9 points per game average while making a team high 38% of his attempts from three-point land. Eddie Davis is third on the team with his 13.1 scoring average and shooting a team high 59% from the field Darius Mickens is fourth on the team with his 11.7 scoring average while recording a team high 45 steals. Mahmound Fofana has blocked a team high 20 shots.
LAST TIME/SEASON SERIES: The Warriors defeated the Yotes 94-84 on January 12 in Turlock behind a total team effort.
Kobe Ordonio paced Stan State with 23 points followed by
Marlon Short's 21 points and four steals.
Travion Williams chipped in 12 points while
Will Pallesi added 10 points.
Benno Zecic had a double-double with 10 points and 11 assists while
Jeremiah Jones scored 10 points. Darrell Shuler led CSUSB with 27 points. CSUSB leads the all-time series with the Warriors 17-9 have won the last two meetings in San Bernardino. The last Stan State victory in San Bernardino was on February 23, 2019, a 97-88 victory.
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