TIP-OFF
After a victory over UC Riverside in the opening round of the Big West Tournament, the Titans continue their march toward their first Big West Tournament title at Titan Gym on Wednesday night to take on the No. 3 seed Cal Poly Mustangs at 6:00 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton vs Cal Poly
Tuesday Mar. 11, 2015 | 6:00 PM
Titan Gym • Fullerton, Calif.
* Big West Tournament Quarterfinal Round
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A LOOK AT THE SERIES
Cal State Fullerton (12-18) vs. CP (15-13)
Overall Record...................................................27-24
Home Record......................................................17-8
Away Record.......................................................8-16
Neutral Site Record...............................................2-0
Big West Tournament Record.................................0-2
Longest Win Streak................................................ 12
Longest Losing Streak...............................................9
Current Streak......................................................W 1
Record in Last 10 Meetings....................................2-8
Last Meeting........................Feb. 19, 2015 (W, 74-60)
SERIES NOTES
Cal Poly: The Titans and Mustangs split the season series, each winning on the road during the regular season matchups. The Titans own a slight advantage in the all-time series, but Cal Poly has the edge in Big West Tournament action.
CONFERENCE CALL
Cal State Fullerton is 207-255 all-time against the Big West Conference.
FULLERTON'S RECENT RESULTS
Mar. 10 vs UC Riverside
The Titans won their opening game of the Big West Tournament at Titan Gym on Tuesday night, 71-59, over UC Riverside behind Chante Miles' 26 points and Kathleen Iwuoha's 17-point, 11-rebound double double.
Miles was the engine for the Titan offense all night, shooting 5-of-15 from the field and draining 3-of-6 from behind the arc. The senior from Compton, Calif. scored 20 or more points for the 14th time this season and finished the evening with five rebounds and eight assists to go with her game-high point total.
Iwuoha quietly poured in 17 points on an efficient 5-of-7 from the field while hitting 7-of-11 free-throw attempts. It was another big night on the glass on both ends of the floor for the senior forward, pulling down seven defensive and four offensive rebounds in her 38 minutes on the floor.
The Highlanders then went on a 12-3 run, sparked by two buckets from Annelise Ito that provided some breathing room heading into the last 10 minutes of the half. The Titans did not shy away in front of their home crowd, however, as Miles and Tailer Butler led the Titans right back within striking distance at 24-27 with 2:50 to play in the opening frame.
The Titans added five more unanswered points to end the half, taking a 29-27 lead over the Highlanders into the break. Miles led the Titans offense with 14 points (3-of-9 FG, 3-of-5 3FG) and Simone DeCoud led the Highlanders with seven points (3-of-6 FG, 1-of-4 3FG). Fullerton shot 28 percent (7-of-25) in the first 20 minutes compared to UCR's 40 percent (12-of-30).
The Titans continued to stretch their lead in the opening minutes of the second half by staying hot from behind the arc as Miles and Logan both drained back-to-back trey's to stretch the Titan lead to 39-31 with 17:18 left in the game.
The Titans maintained a comfortable distance the rest of the way, giving up their double digit lead just a few times as time continued to run out on the Highlanders. With 2:57 left to play Iwuoha hit a free throw that gave the Titans their largest lead of the game, 69-51, and Fullerton continued to hit its remaining free throws to ice the game.
Logan finished the game with 10 rebounds and just missed her first double double of the season by one point, pouring in nine points on 3-of-7 from the field.
BREAKING DOWN CAL POLY
The Mustangs earned a first round bye in the Big West Conference Tournament after winning three of their last four games of the regular season, vaulting them into the No. 3 seed in the Big West Conference.
In the last matchup between the two teams, Chante Miles poured in a career-high 36 points, with most of the damage being done in the first 10 minutes of the game. Shefinished the first half with 22 points, shooting 8-of-12 from the field and 6-of-8 from behind the arc.
Arianna Elegado is the leader on the offensive end of the floor for Cal Poly. The first-team all conference senior is averaging 15.2 points per game while making time to be one of the top playmakers in the Big West with 136 total assists 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 17-25 all-time in the conference postseason event, winning at least one game in the tournament in six of the last nine 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 after losing 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 was 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: Appearing in 24 games or more each of her four seasons, Natalie 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 757 boards and currently sits in fourth place on the all-time Titan rebounding list.
Chante Miles: Miles currently sits eighth place on the all-time Fullerton scoring list with 1,455 points, seventh all-time in assists with 372, 6th in steals with 179 and sits alone in fifth place in minutes played with 3,627 in her four-year career.
MILES CHASING HISTORY
With 26 points in the win over UC Riverside on Tuesday night, Chante Miles now has 1,455 points in her Titan career, she currently sits in eighth place all time on the Titan scoring list. Miles is 64 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.
THREE-POINT THREAT
The Titans shot 45 percent from behind the three-point line in their opening round victory over UC Riverside on Tuesday night at Titan Gym. Fullerton drained 10 total trey's with Tailer Butler leading the way with four. Chante Miles and Samantha Logan each contributed three of their own. In the 2014-15 season, the Titans own a 6-0 record when shooting above 40 percent from three-point range and have a record of 10-4 when shooting a higher three-point percentage than their opponent.
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 26 points to lead all scorers in the Titans first-round win over UC Riverside on Tuesday night at Titan Gym. The senior was 13-of-14 from the free-throw line, coming one free throw shy of tying the Big West Tournament record of 14 made free throws in a single game.
• Kathleen Iwuoha leads the Titans with nine double-double's on the season. Her latest coming on Tuesday against UC Riverside, scoring 17 points and grabbing a 11 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.
• Mar. 10 vs UC Riverside - Iwuoha was a big part of the opening round victory in the Big West Tournament over UCR, posting a 17-point, 11-rebound performance for her ninth double double of the year.
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.
