LA JOLLA, Calif. – The No. 21 University of California San Diego women's basketball team is back home this week, returning to conference play against Chico State.
DETAILS
Game 8:
vs. Chico State
Thursday, Dec. 5 – 5:30 p.m.
RIMAC Arena – La Jolla
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Series Record: UC San Diego leads 30-13
ABOUT CHICO STATE
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Stats
Overall: 4-3
CCAA: 0-2
Home: 1-2
Away: 1-0
Neutral: 2-1
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: L2
WBCA Ranking: N/A
WINTER WHITEOUT INVADES RIMAC
All fans are encouraged to wear white as the Winter Whiteout comes to RIMAC Arena Thursday night. Free snow cones and hot chocolate will be available to all fans wearing white, while supplies last.
The first 500 UC San Diego students attending Thursday night's contest will also receive a free Winter Whiteout T-shirt. Game admission is always free for UC San Diego students with a valid ID.
POLLS
At the national level, the Tritons were ranked 21st in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Top 25 Coaches Poll. In D2SIDA's regional breakdown, UC San Diego ranked sixth.
Chico State was not ranked in either poll.
View the D2SIDA poll
here.
View the WBCA poll
here.
MACABUHAY HONORED
Julia Macabuhay earned the title of UC San Diego Athlete of the Week for her performances at the Malika Sports Tours Oahu Thanksgiving Classic. First, Macabuhay put up 14 points in the No. 14 Tritons' 60-54 win over No. 11 Minnesota State Moorhead. The next day, the sophomore scored a team-best 16 points as the Tritons faced Hawaii Pacific (RV). Across the two contests, Macabuhay also contributed eight assists and seven rebounds.
MOST RECENT MATCHUPS
The Tritons won both of their games against Chico State last season. At home, UC San Diego came away with a resounding 81-47 victory on Nov. 24, 2018. Later in the season, the Tritons were victorious again with a score of 68-52 at Chico State on Jan. 24.
CONFERENCE LEADERBOARD
Julia Macabuhay ranks second in the CCAA in points per game (19.3) and third in assists per game (5).
Tyla Turner also holds a spot near the top of the conference leaderboard, ranking third with a .880 free throw percentage.
PLAYING CAREFULLY
The Tritons are averaging just 10.3 turnovers per game, which is the third-lowest in the nation. UC San Diego's opponents are averaging 14.6 turnovers per contest.
HEAD COACH HEIDI VANDERVEER
A former WNBA coach, Olympic team scout and assistant for the legendary Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee,
Heidi VanDerveer enters her eighth season as the UC San Diego head coach in 2019-20. VanDerveer was named the CCAA Coach of the Year for the fourth-consecutive season in 2018-19 as well as the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) West Region Coach of the Year for the second-straight year.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Tritons will return to action at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 17 as they take on Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson.
UC SAN DIEGO PARTNERS WITH ESPN NETWORKS
All UC San Diego home men's and women's basketball games will be broadcast live on ESPN3, making the Tritons one of just three NCAA Division II programs to have all of its home basketball games air live on ESPN Networks.
GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO HOOPS
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through
Twitter, Facebook, and
Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdwbb.
BIG WEST BOUND
UC San Diego is in its 20th and final year playing as an NCAA Division II team. In July of 2020, the entire athletics program will begin a four-year transition to NCAA Division I, culminating in full DI status as a member of the
Big West Conference for the 2024-25 academic year. At that time, all sports will be eligible for conference and NCAA postseason play.
GEAR
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here.
FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
Got some young Triton fans in your family? If they are eighth grade or under, check out the
Junior Triton Club. Membership includes a free t-shirt, admission to over 100 UC San Diego home athletic events, and much more!
About UC San Diego Athletics
With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
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