Friday, March 12
Michelob Ultra Arena (Las Vegas, NV)
3:00 PM
vs
UC Irvine
Photo by: Tre Penn / Big West Productions ©
Cal Poly Takes On UC Irvine in Big West Tournament Semis on Friday
3/11/2021 9:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LAS VEGAS — After advancing to the semifinals at the Big West Tournament on a game-winning shot, the Cal Poly women's basketball team will step back onto the floor at Mandalay Bay's Michelob Ultra Arena, facing UC Irvine at 3 p.m. Friday.
The action vs. the Anteaters on March 12 will be streamed live on the WatchESPN / ESPN3 app, available to all subscribers on mobile or desktop platforms. Friday's game will also be broadcast live on ESPN 1280 AM / 101.7 FM locally, along with the TuneIn app for online radio.
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CP WBB Tournament Notes
WILLETT'S GAME-WINNER SENDS CAL POLY TO SEMIFINALS: Maddie Willett made the game-winning shot 0.6 seconds before the buzzer on Wednesday night, lifting Cal Poly over Long Beach State, 61-60 in the conference quarterfinal round. On the thrilling finishing sequence, Mustang senior guard Malia Holt sent an entry pass into the key for Willett, a redshirt sophomore back following her Big West All-Freshman debut in 2019.
Willett, out of Gig Harbor, Wash., found position posting-up and then released a left-handed turnaround, going glass. The ball rolled around the rim and ultimately settled into the net for the No. 6-seeded Mustangs (13-10 overall).
Cal Poly senior forward Sierra Campisano finished with 30 points on a 10-for-15 shooting display, connecting on half of her six 3-point attempts and all seven free-throw tries. She also gathered 12 rebounds prior to fouling out with 3:07 left.
No. 2-seeded UCI (14-8) advanced with a 92-90 win against UC Santa Barbara earlier Wednesday.
CAMPISANO, ELLIS EARN FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE ACCOLADES: Cal Poly's Sierra Campisano and Abbey Ellis were both selected for Big West All-Conference First Team honors announced Monday. Following the completion of the regular season, the duo was tied with exactly 340 points each, precisely even as co-league leaders in scoring at the time, averaging 15.5 points apiece.
Campisano now ranks No. 21 in school history for career scoring, with 869 points as a Mustang. The senior forward from San Diego also currently ranks No. 2 throughout the conference in rebounding (averaging 8.8 boards) and No. 4 in blocks per game (1.1).
Also an all-conference first-team pick in 2019-20, she picked up the Big West Player of the Week award on Dec. 14 following a season-best 31-point showing in a win against New Mexico State. Her .457 field-goal percentage during conference play ranked second around the BWC during league games.
Ellis ranks No. 17 around the country in free-throw percentage, at a league-best rate of .883, and is also No. 39 nationally in steals per game (2.6).
Additionally, Ellis — who sank the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer on Feb. 20 vs. LBSU (later selected by @NCAAwbb as the country's No. 3 Play of the Week) — now ranks 25th in program history for all-time scoring, with 803 career points. The sophomore point guard out of Australia netted 39 points in a win over San Diego State on Dec. 21, the most by a Mustang since Jan. 4, 2018, an effort which helped her repeat as Big West Player of the Week for Dec. 29.
VICK, BROWN ALSO JOIN TOP-5 CONFERENCE LEADERS: Mustang redshirt sophomore guard Maddie Vick and Cal Poly senior forward Kirsty Brown are also both ranked within the Top 5 across conference leaderboards in 2021.
Vick's assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.6 since league action commenced ranked third throughout the entire Big West during conference play (while she's also No. 12 in the Big West for assists per game, via 2.9).
Brown, meanwhile, currently ranks second in the conference in offensive rebounding, averaging 2.7 extra possessions per game. (During the league schedule, she was No. 1 throughout the BWC, upping her offensive-rebounding mark to 2.9.) Additionally, Brown was also ninth in conference rejections, blocking 0.6 shots per game since Big West play began. Brown's trio of double-doubles in conference play ranked as the fifth-most league-wide.
@CPMustangs / @CalPolyWBB
The action vs. the Anteaters on March 12 will be streamed live on the WatchESPN / ESPN3 app, available to all subscribers on mobile or desktop platforms. Friday's game will also be broadcast live on ESPN 1280 AM / 101.7 FM locally, along with the TuneIn app for online radio.
Live Video / Radio
Bracket
CP WBB Tournament Notes
WILLETT'S GAME-WINNER SENDS CAL POLY TO SEMIFINALS: Maddie Willett made the game-winning shot 0.6 seconds before the buzzer on Wednesday night, lifting Cal Poly over Long Beach State, 61-60 in the conference quarterfinal round. On the thrilling finishing sequence, Mustang senior guard Malia Holt sent an entry pass into the key for Willett, a redshirt sophomore back following her Big West All-Freshman debut in 2019.
Willett, out of Gig Harbor, Wash., found position posting-up and then released a left-handed turnaround, going glass. The ball rolled around the rim and ultimately settled into the net for the No. 6-seeded Mustangs (13-10 overall).
Cal Poly senior forward Sierra Campisano finished with 30 points on a 10-for-15 shooting display, connecting on half of her six 3-point attempts and all seven free-throw tries. She also gathered 12 rebounds prior to fouling out with 3:07 left.
No. 2-seeded UCI (14-8) advanced with a 92-90 win against UC Santa Barbara earlier Wednesday.
CAMPISANO, ELLIS EARN FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE ACCOLADES: Cal Poly's Sierra Campisano and Abbey Ellis were both selected for Big West All-Conference First Team honors announced Monday. Following the completion of the regular season, the duo was tied with exactly 340 points each, precisely even as co-league leaders in scoring at the time, averaging 15.5 points apiece.
Campisano now ranks No. 21 in school history for career scoring, with 869 points as a Mustang. The senior forward from San Diego also currently ranks No. 2 throughout the conference in rebounding (averaging 8.8 boards) and No. 4 in blocks per game (1.1).
Also an all-conference first-team pick in 2019-20, she picked up the Big West Player of the Week award on Dec. 14 following a season-best 31-point showing in a win against New Mexico State. Her .457 field-goal percentage during conference play ranked second around the BWC during league games.
Ellis ranks No. 17 around the country in free-throw percentage, at a league-best rate of .883, and is also No. 39 nationally in steals per game (2.6).
Additionally, Ellis — who sank the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer on Feb. 20 vs. LBSU (later selected by @NCAAwbb as the country's No. 3 Play of the Week) — now ranks 25th in program history for all-time scoring, with 803 career points. The sophomore point guard out of Australia netted 39 points in a win over San Diego State on Dec. 21, the most by a Mustang since Jan. 4, 2018, an effort which helped her repeat as Big West Player of the Week for Dec. 29.
VICK, BROWN ALSO JOIN TOP-5 CONFERENCE LEADERS: Mustang redshirt sophomore guard Maddie Vick and Cal Poly senior forward Kirsty Brown are also both ranked within the Top 5 across conference leaderboards in 2021.
Vick's assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.6 since league action commenced ranked third throughout the entire Big West during conference play (while she's also No. 12 in the Big West for assists per game, via 2.9).
Brown, meanwhile, currently ranks second in the conference in offensive rebounding, averaging 2.7 extra possessions per game. (During the league schedule, she was No. 1 throughout the BWC, upping her offensive-rebounding mark to 2.9.) Additionally, Brown was also ninth in conference rejections, blocking 0.6 shots per game since Big West play began. Brown's trio of double-doubles in conference play ranked as the fifth-most league-wide.
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