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Cal State Fullerton begins the journey for its first ever Big West Tournament title with a first round matchup against UC Riverside at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Titan Gym.
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Cal State Fullerton vs UC Riverside
Tuesday Mar. 10, 2015 | 8:30 PM
Titan Gym • Fullerton, Calif.
* Big West Tournament First Round
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A LOOK AT THE SERIES
Cal State Fullerton (11-18) vs. UC Riverside (17-13)
Overall Record..............................................................23-24
Home Record................................................................ 12-9
Away Record................................................................10-11
Neutral Site Record......................................................... 1-4
Longest Win Streak............................................................ 7
Longest Losing Streak........................................................ 6
Current Streak.................................................................L 1
Record in Last 10 Meetings.............................................. 5-5
Last Meeting......................................Feb. 5, 2015 (L, 77-59)
SERIES NOTES
UC Riverside: The Titans and Highlanders have split the season series, each winning on their home court during the regular season matchups.
CONFERENCE CALL
Cal State Fullerton is 206-255 all-time against the Big West Conference.
FULLERTON'S RECENT RESULTS
Mar. 5 vs UC Irvine
The Titans won their last regular-season home game of the year against UC Irvine on Mar. 5 at Titan Gym behind gutsy performances from seniors Kathleen Iwuoha and Chante Miles.
Iwuoha dominated the boards on the offensive and defensive side of the ball against the Anteaters on Thursday, pulling down a career-high 18 rebounds and adding 21 points to stretch her team-high double double total on the season to eight. The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. native shot an efficient 9-of-15 from the field in her 38 minutes on the floor.
Miles did what she has done the entire season for the Titans, run the offense and put the ball in the basket. The senior from Compton, Calif. dropped 20 points in her last regular-season game at Titan Gym; it was her 13th game this year eclipsing the 20-point total. Miles shot 3-of-16 from the field, but shot 14-of-14 from the charity stripe to help the Titan cause.
Led by their trio of post players, the Titans out rebounded UC Irvine 29-15 through the first half and held a 36-23 lead heading into the final 20 minutes.
UC Irvine would not go down without a fight, however. With the seventh seed in the Big West Tournament up for grabs, the Anteaters started the second half on an 11-5 run that cut the CSF halftime lead to just 41-34 with 15:00 minutes remaining in the game.
The Anteaters (7-23, 4-11) would continue their hot shooting, and cut the Titan lead to just two points with 10 minutes to go in the contest. Just as UCI's confidence was at a game high, Samantha Logan buried a three-pointer to give the Titans some much-needed breathing room with 8:24 left to play.
Iwuoha and Miles closed out the game from the free-throw line, and all four seniors received a well-deserved ovation from the Titan faithful as time ran out on Thursday night.
Fullerton shot 33 percent (19-of-57) from the field and 11 percent from behind the three-point line. The big difference in the game was on the glass, as the Titans out rebounded the Anteaters 47-31 through 40 minutes of play.
BREAKING DOWN UC RIVERSIDE
After finishing the season with losses in three of their last four games, the Highlanders find themselves out of the top four teams in the Big West and must play Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday in the first round of the Big West Tournament at Titan Gym.
The winner of Tueday night's matchup at Titan Gym between the Titans and UC Riverside will see their season continue on to Wednesday night, to face either No. 3 Cal Poly or No. 4 Long Beach State.
Big West Player of the Year, Brittany Crain, is the go-to option for the UCR offense this season averaging 22.1 points per game this season.
TOURNAMENT TICKETS ON SALE
Single session tickets for the 2015 Big West Women's Basketball Tournament at Titan Gym are on sale now at the Cal State Fullerton ticketing office. Adult tickets are $10 while children's (ages 3-17) and Big West students (with student ID) will be able to buy tickets for $5.
All tickets at Titan Gym are general admission and one ticket will earn admission to one full session for either the first round (Mar. 10) or the quarterfinal round (Mar. 11). Tickets are available for purchase at the door on game day and are cash only, all sales are final and no refunds or exchanges will be given.
TITANS IN THE BIG WEST TOURNAMENT
Fullerton is making its 14th consecutive appearance in the Big West Tournament and its 25th overall berth since the 1985-86 season. Fullerton is 16-24 all-time in the conference postseason event, winning at least one game in the tournament in five of the last eight seasons and three times advancing to the semifinal round during that span. Head coach Daron Park is making his second-consecutive appearance to the conference tournament, as the Titans dropped a decision to Long Beach State in the first round of the conference tournament last season.
MILES & IWUOHA EARN ALL-CONFERENCE NODS
After a season where they averaged over 50 percent of the total offense for the Cal State Fullerton Titans, the senior duo of Chante Miles and Kat Iwuoha were honored Monday morning with all-conference selections. Iwuoha earned a bid as an honorable mention while Miles stole the show with a selection to the Big West Conference First Team.
CLIMBING THE RECORD BOOKS
Natalie Williams: Williams currently sits eighth all-time on the Fullerton shot blockers list with 53 career blocks.
Kat Iwuoha: One of the top-five rebounders in Cal State Fullerton history, Iwuoha has pulled down a total of 746 boards and currently sits in fourth place on the all-time Titan rebounding list.
MILES CHASING HISTORY
With 24 points in the final week of the regular season, Chante Miles now has 1,429 points in her Titan career, she currently sits in eighth place all time on the Titan scoring list. Miles is 90 points shy of Nancy Dunkle (1,519 points) for seventh place in the Fullerton record book.
CAREER NIGHTS
Chante Miles: The guard from Compton, Calif. could not be stopped Feb. 19 at Cal Poly as she dropped a career-high 36 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field and 6-of-8 from behind the arc.
Amanda Tivenius: The freshman from Lindingo, Sweden scored a career-high 16 points on a very efficient 6-of-8 shooting from the floor against San Diego on Nov 18.
Daeja Smith: Freshman Daeja Smith produced the first double-double of her career Nov. 29 against New Mexico State, dropping 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, while adding a career-high three blocks.
Natalie Williams: Natalie Williams played a season-high 27 minutes on Sunday at Seattle and recorded one block. With that block, she now sits alone in eighth place all-time on the Fullerton career shot blockers list, she was previously tied with Charlee Underwood (2003-2007).
Samantha Logan: Samantha Logan led the charge on the glass for the Titans in a 58-49 victory over UC Riverside in the opening game of Big West Conference play on Jan.8. Logan pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds and dished out three assists in her 34 minutes on the floor.
Titan Defense: The Cal State Fullerton defense was played a historically dominant first half against UC Irvine on Jan. 15 at Bren Events Center. The Titans held the Anteaters to a school-record 12 points allowed in the first half of play. The record was previously held by the 1970 squad who gave up 13 points to Cal Western (a.k.a USIU) on Feb. 19.
Kathleen Iwuoha: While posting her team-best eighth double double of the season, the senior from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds against UC Irvine on Mar. 5. Iwuoha also added at team-high 21 points to her stellar night on the glass.
TOP BIG WEST SCORERS GO AT IT ONE MORE TIME
UC Riverside's Brittany Crain and Fullerton's Chante Miles, the top-two scorers in the Big West Conference this season, will go head to head in a win or go home scenario in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament. In the two regular-season matchups, Crain and Miles have matched each other shot for shot, both scoring 18 points in a Fullerton win at Titan Gym and both scoring 20 points in a UC Riverside home win later in the season.
INDIVIDUALS IN THE BIG WEST (2014-15 Big West Statistics)
Chante Miles: 37.1 m.p.g. • 50 asst. • 28 stl. • 19.8 p.p.g.
Kathleen Iwuoha: 33.5 m.p.g. • 42 Off. Reb. • 9.8 r.p.g. • 13.1 p.p.g.
Samantha Logan: 28.8 m.p.g. • 5.4 r.p.g • 87 Reb. • 5.4 p.p.g.
Natalie Williams: 15.4 m.p.g. • 51 reb. • 31% FG • 2.1 p.p.g
Daeja Smith: 18.6 m.p.g. • 46% FG • 4.5 r.p.g. • 4.1 p.p.g.\
Tailer Butler: 34.2 m.p.g. • 30 asst. • 4.7 r.p.g. • 9.0 p.p.g.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Senior guard Chante Miles scored 24 points in the last week of the regular season, but snapped her streak of scoring in double figures at 25-straight games in the regular season finale at Hawai'i. Her previous career-high streak of nine games was set last year from Nov. 8, 2013 to Dec. 14, 2013.
• Kathleen Iwuoha leads the Titans with eight double-double's on the season. Her latest coming Mar. 5 vs UC Irvine, scoring 21 points and grabbing a career-high 18 rebounds.
• Freshman Daeja Smith earned the second double-double of her career at Fullerton, scoring 12 points and pulling down 10 rebounds at CSUN Feb. 7.
• Senior Tailer Butler caught fire from deep Jan. 17 at UC Davis, scoring a season-high 19 points by draining a season-high five three-pointers.
• Junior Hailey King came off the bench to lead the Titans in scoring on Dec. 14 against Fresno State, she dropped a season-high 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, while playing a season-high 28 minutes.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE TRACKER
Kathleen Iwouha
• Nov. 28 vs Eastern Michigan - Iwuoha scored a season-high 24 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in a 78-74 loss to Eastern Michigan in the Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic opener.
• Dec. 3 at Denver - Iwuoha posted her second double-double of the season, scoring 24 points and pulling down 12 rebounds in a 78-61 win at Denver.
• Dec. 31 vs UMKC - The senior scored 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to garner her team-leading third double double of the season.
• Jan. 8 vs UCR - Iwuoha earned her team-leading, fourth double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) of the year.
• Feb. 5 at UCR - Iwuoha posted her fifth double double of the year with a 19-point, 14-rebound performance.
• Feb. 14 vs Hawai'i - Iwuoha earned her team-leading sixth double double of the year with 13 pts and 13 reb.
• Feb. 21 at UCSB - Iwuoha posted a career-high 15 rebounds while pouring in 11 points in the loss at UCSB.
• Mar. 5 vs UC Irvine - Iwuoha scored a team-high 21 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds on her way to her eighth double double of the season.
Daeja Smith
• Nov. 29 at New Mexico State - Freshman Daeja Smith produced the first double-double of her career Nov. 29 at New Mexico State, dropping 10 points, pulling down a career-high 11 rebounds, and adding a career-high three blocks.
• Feb. 7 at CSUN - Smith earned her second-career double double at The Matadome scoring 12 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
Chante Miles
• Dec. 31 vs UMKC- The guard from Compton, Calif. posted her first double double of the season, scoring 18 points and setting a season-high mark with 10 assists on Dec. 31 against UMKC.
BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Chante Miles - Dec. 29, 2014 - Jan. 5, 2015
18 points and a career-high 12 assists Dec. 31 vs UMKC...28-point performance Jan. 4 vs Seattle...Averaged 23.0 points, 9.0 assists, and 3.5 rebounds for the week...First Big West Player of the Week selection for a Fullerton women's basketball player since Megan Richardson won the award Nov. 16, 2009.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Jan. 19 - Jan. 25
Chante Miles - 28 points against UCSB on Jan. 24...16th-straight game scoring in double figures...Passed Lauren Chow for 12th place on Titan's all-time scoring list
Nov. 24 - Nov. 30
Chante Miles - 25.3 points per game...3.3 assists per game...38.0 mintues per game
Dec. 1 - Dec. 7
Chante Miles - 22 points per game...became 23rd member of 1,000-point club...extended her streak of scoring in double figures to six-straight games.
Dec. 29 - Dec. 4
Chante Miles - Averaged 23.0 points, 9.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds...moved to 15th on all-time Fullerton scoring list...exended her streak of scoring in double figures to 11-straight games.
Feb. 16 - Feb. 22
Chante Miles - Averaged 24 points, 3 assists and 2.5 steals in 39.5 minutes per game for the week... She poured in 22 points in the first half in a win at Cal Poly, finishing with a career-high 36 points on 10-of-18 shooting from the field and 6-of-10 from deep.
GLOBE TROTTING
Fullerton's global reach became a little longer this season with two newcomers from outside of the U.S. Freshman Amanda Tivenius hailing from Lindingo, Sweden, and Dhanyel Johnson from Spanish Town, Jamaica.
TITANS SIXTH IN BIG WEST POLL
The Big West Preseason Media Poll was released on Oct. 22 with the Titans picked to finish sixth during the 2014-15 season. After sweeping both the regular season and conference tournament titles last season, CSUN is the favorite to take home the crown once again this season. Hawai'i checked in behind the Matadors, earning one first place vote. Cal Poly was voted to finish third after back-to-back trips to the Big West tournament finals and UC Davis finishes the top half of the poll at fourth. Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine, UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara round out the rest of the poll.
A LOOK BACK
Cal State Fullerton finished the season 12-18 overall and 8-8 in the Big West conference under first year head coach Daron Park. The 2013-14 squad had its most conference wins since the 2009-10 season.
JOIN "PARK'S PACK"
The Cal State Fullerton women's basketball program invites fans and supporters of the Titans to join "Park's Pack," a club created to allow fans to become engaged specifically with the Fullerton women's basketball team. Membership benefits include an opportunity to support and improve the quality of the program, a regular newsletter with insights from the coaching staff, a lanyard to gain access to select pregame chalk talks, and an invitation to participate in special events with the team.
For more information or to make a gift to the women's basketball team and become a member of "Park's Pack," please make a gift by visiting: http://fullertontitans.com/get_involved/Park-s_Pack
*For tickets to Titan women's basketball games log onto www.FullertonTitans.com and click the "Tickets" link.
