Friday, January 22
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
3:00 PM
vs
UC Irvine
Photo by: Owen Main
Cal Poly Takes on UC Irvine in Big West Play
1/19/2021 5:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
— Mustang Hoops Program —
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly returns to the court this week, as the Mustang women's basketball team hosts UC Irvine on Friday and Saturday. Each Big West Conference matchup with the Anteaters tips off at 3 p.m.
Although fans are not permitted to attend at this time, both games against UCI on Jan. 22-23 will be broadcast on BigWest.TV from Mott Athletics Center, with Zachary Anderson-Yoxsimer calling the action. Live video and radio links throughout the season can be found on the GoPoly.com schedule page.
The Mustangs come in tied for fourth place in the conference standings at 1-1, along with a 5-3 overall mark, while the Anteaters (5-5 overall) have started 2-0 in Big West play, good for second place.
MUSTANGS RING IN NEW YEAR WITH 3-POINT RECORD: On New Year's Day, Cal Poly broke the single-game program record for made 3-pointers, connecting on 17 of 33 looks from behind the arc, on the way to a 90-68 win at UC San Diego in the 2021 league opener.
The 17 threes in RIMAC Arena snapped the previous school record of 15 which had stood since January of 2004. Cal Poly was only three triples away from matching the all-time Big West record of 20, achieved by Long Beach State in both 2016 and 2017. UCSD earned a Big West split on Jan. 2, as the Tritons prevailed 74-63 at home.
ELLIS CONTINUES TO ROLL IN SOPHOMORE SEASON: Abbey Ellis' 39 points in the 73-63 road win over San Diego State on Dec. 21 (the most by a Mustang since Jan. 4, 2018) helped her repeat as Big West Player of the Week for Dec. 29, picking up her third career conference certificate overall.
The sophomore point guard out of Australia now ranks 18th in the country in scoring (averaging a league-leading 22.1 points), also No. 18 nationally in free-throw percentage (.927), plus No. 22 across the NCAA in steals per game (3.0) and 35th in the nation for 3-point shooting accuracy (.452).
A 2020 Big West All-Freshman honoree and media 2021 Preseason All-Conference pick, Ellis has also made two game-winning baskets over the last two years (each in 57-56 victories), respectively, over Lamar University and Santa Clara.
CAMPISANO ALSO AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS: Cal Poly's Sierra Campisano — selected as Big West Player of the Week on Dec. 14 (as well as College Sports Madness' BWC MVP for Dec. 21) — also finds herself among the national leaders in a handful of statistical categories. Now averaging 10.5 boards per game, the senior forward from San Diego ranks No. 27 in the country in rebounding.
Alongside her rebounding average, Campisano, a 2020 all-conference first-teamer, currently ranks fourth throughout the league in scoring via 17.5 points per game, No. 2 in blocks per game (1.4) and eighth in 3-point percentage (.480, via 12-of-25).
A LOOK AT UC IRVINE: Kayla Williams averages a team-best 13.6 points per game for the Anteaters, who are coming off a 62-60 win over UC Riverside on Jan. 9. She also ranks No. 38 in the country by distributing a league-tops 5.0 assists on average. Meanwhile Sophia Locandro adds 11.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game for Irvine, while teammate Chloe Webb is the conference's fifth-leading rebounder (7.4).
Cal Poly holds the advantage in the all-time rivalry between the two programs, 37-24, after the Mustangs' 70-49 victory in the quarterfinals at last year's Big West Tournament on March 11.
Heading into the matchups, check out the latest Mustangs Hoops Program! >> Click Here
12 RETURNING LETTERWINNERS JOINED BY 7 NEWCOMERS: Last season, Cal Poly opened the conference tournament with back-to-back wins, advancing to the Big West Semifinals at the Honda Center prior to the cancellation of the remainder of play. During the pair of victories, the Mustangs saw Ellis average 25 points, while Campisano added 22 per game en route to Cal Poly's second trip to Anaheim in the previous three years.
Also back for the Mustangs after starting at last year's tournament are senior guards Chantel Govan and Malia Holt. The duo combined for 1.9 steals, 4.2 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game out of the backcourt in 2020 as Cal Poly won four of its last five games. Additionally, also among Cal Poly's top scorers through the initial eight games are redshirt sophomore guard Maddie Willett and senior forward Kirsty Brown, who head into this weekend averaging 6.5 & 4.8 points apiece.
Brown (ranked ninth in the Big West in offensive rebounding, with 2.1 per game) went 6-of-10 to match her career high of 12 points in the 70-59 victory over Santa Clara on Dec. 15, while Willett (No. 3 in the conference with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.0) is also averaging 4.1 rebounds in her return to the court following 2019 Big West All-Freshman accolades.
@CPMustangs • #RideHigh • @CalPolyWBB
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly returns to the court this week, as the Mustang women's basketball team hosts UC Irvine on Friday and Saturday. Each Big West Conference matchup with the Anteaters tips off at 3 p.m.
Although fans are not permitted to attend at this time, both games against UCI on Jan. 22-23 will be broadcast on BigWest.TV from Mott Athletics Center, with Zachary Anderson-Yoxsimer calling the action. Live video and radio links throughout the season can be found on the GoPoly.com schedule page.
The Mustangs come in tied for fourth place in the conference standings at 1-1, along with a 5-3 overall mark, while the Anteaters (5-5 overall) have started 2-0 in Big West play, good for second place.
MUSTANGS RING IN NEW YEAR WITH 3-POINT RECORD: On New Year's Day, Cal Poly broke the single-game program record for made 3-pointers, connecting on 17 of 33 looks from behind the arc, on the way to a 90-68 win at UC San Diego in the 2021 league opener.
The 17 threes in RIMAC Arena snapped the previous school record of 15 which had stood since January of 2004. Cal Poly was only three triples away from matching the all-time Big West record of 20, achieved by Long Beach State in both 2016 and 2017. UCSD earned a Big West split on Jan. 2, as the Tritons prevailed 74-63 at home.
ELLIS CONTINUES TO ROLL IN SOPHOMORE SEASON: Abbey Ellis' 39 points in the 73-63 road win over San Diego State on Dec. 21 (the most by a Mustang since Jan. 4, 2018) helped her repeat as Big West Player of the Week for Dec. 29, picking up her third career conference certificate overall.
The sophomore point guard out of Australia now ranks 18th in the country in scoring (averaging a league-leading 22.1 points), also No. 18 nationally in free-throw percentage (.927), plus No. 22 across the NCAA in steals per game (3.0) and 35th in the nation for 3-point shooting accuracy (.452).
A 2020 Big West All-Freshman honoree and media 2021 Preseason All-Conference pick, Ellis has also made two game-winning baskets over the last two years (each in 57-56 victories), respectively, over Lamar University and Santa Clara.
CAMPISANO ALSO AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS: Cal Poly's Sierra Campisano — selected as Big West Player of the Week on Dec. 14 (as well as College Sports Madness' BWC MVP for Dec. 21) — also finds herself among the national leaders in a handful of statistical categories. Now averaging 10.5 boards per game, the senior forward from San Diego ranks No. 27 in the country in rebounding.
Alongside her rebounding average, Campisano, a 2020 all-conference first-teamer, currently ranks fourth throughout the league in scoring via 17.5 points per game, No. 2 in blocks per game (1.4) and eighth in 3-point percentage (.480, via 12-of-25).
A LOOK AT UC IRVINE: Kayla Williams averages a team-best 13.6 points per game for the Anteaters, who are coming off a 62-60 win over UC Riverside on Jan. 9. She also ranks No. 38 in the country by distributing a league-tops 5.0 assists on average. Meanwhile Sophia Locandro adds 11.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game for Irvine, while teammate Chloe Webb is the conference's fifth-leading rebounder (7.4).
Cal Poly holds the advantage in the all-time rivalry between the two programs, 37-24, after the Mustangs' 70-49 victory in the quarterfinals at last year's Big West Tournament on March 11.
Heading into the matchups, check out the latest Mustangs Hoops Program! >> Click Here
12 RETURNING LETTERWINNERS JOINED BY 7 NEWCOMERS: Last season, Cal Poly opened the conference tournament with back-to-back wins, advancing to the Big West Semifinals at the Honda Center prior to the cancellation of the remainder of play. During the pair of victories, the Mustangs saw Ellis average 25 points, while Campisano added 22 per game en route to Cal Poly's second trip to Anaheim in the previous three years.
Also back for the Mustangs after starting at last year's tournament are senior guards Chantel Govan and Malia Holt. The duo combined for 1.9 steals, 4.2 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game out of the backcourt in 2020 as Cal Poly won four of its last five games. Additionally, also among Cal Poly's top scorers through the initial eight games are redshirt sophomore guard Maddie Willett and senior forward Kirsty Brown, who head into this weekend averaging 6.5 & 4.8 points apiece.
Brown (ranked ninth in the Big West in offensive rebounding, with 2.1 per game) went 6-of-10 to match her career high of 12 points in the 70-59 victory over Santa Clara on Dec. 15, while Willett (No. 3 in the conference with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.0) is also averaging 4.1 rebounds in her return to the court following 2019 Big West All-Freshman accolades.
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