CSUDH Women's Basketball Weekly Release
February 19, 2002

NEXT UP IN TOROS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Feb. 22 San Francisco State San Francisco, CA/ SFSU Gym, 6:00 p.m.
Feb. 23 Sonoma State Rohnert Park, CA/ Cossack Gym, 5:30 p.m.

TOROS HEAD NORTH THIS WEEKEND The Cal State Dominguez Hills women's basketball team will head up to the Bay Area this weekend as they are set to take on San Francisco State and Sonoma State. First up for the Toros will be the Gators of SFSU on Friday, followed by the Cossacks of Sonoma State on Saturday.

HEAD COACH VAN GIRARD Coach Girard enters his fourteenth season at the helm of the Toros basketball program. In this time, Girard has posted a 177-173 record. He has led CSUDH to two consecutive CCAA conference titles (1994-96), and has been named CCAA Coach of the Year five times, including three in a row (1993-1996). Girard has coached one All-American, two All-West Region players, three CCAA MVP's and 29 all-conference players. His first win at the collegiate coaching level came on November 25, 1988, when he led CSUDH to a 82-68 victory against Incarante Word.

PROBABLE STARTERS

2001-02 CCAA Standings

A LOOK AT THIS WEEK'S TEAMS

• SCOUTING THE GATORS
  San Francisco State (9-14, 6-12 CCAA): The Gators are coming off three straight losses. They are led on the season by Jennifer Kutz who is averaging 10.5 ppg.
  The Last Time We Met: The last time that these teams met was on January 12, 2002 when CSUDH handed SFSU a 68-61 loss.
  The Series: CSUDH leads the series 11-4.
  Girard vs. SFSU: Van Girard is 9-4 vs. the Gators.
  Gator Head Coach: Arden Kragalott holds an 202-233 career coaching record.
• SCOUTING THE COSSACKS
  Sonoma State University (16-5, 12-4 CCAA): SSU is coming into this weekend's games on a six game win streak. They are led by Jessica Jones who is averaging 12.9 ppg.
  The Last Time We Met: The last time that these teams met was on January 11, 2002, when the Cossacks posted a 57-47 win over CSUDH.
  The Series: CSUDH leads the series 14-8.
  Girard vs. SSU: Van Girard is 7-8 vs. the Cossacks.
  Cossack Head Coach: Mark Rigby is at the helm of the Cossack women's basketball program.

TEASE IS BIG ON THE BOARDS THIS WEEKEND Despite the two losses, junior center Kendra Tease dominated the boards this past weekend. Tease had a game-high 15 boards in the loss to UCSD on Friday and then pulled down 10 in the Toros loss to GCU. Tease is currently second on the team in rebounding with 135 total boards and is averaging 6.1 rpg.

RAMBACAL IS PERFECT FROM DOWNTOWN Fercia Rambacal was perfect from long range in the Toros matchup with Grand Canyon University on Saturday. The senior guard was a perfect 3 of 3 from behind the arc. On the season, Rambacal is 16 of 40 (40%) to lead the squad from three -point land.

A TEAM OF THIEVES The Toros are a team of thieves. They have 218 steals on the season compared to their opponents who have tallied 179. Fercia Rambacal is leading all players with 32 steals, while senior guard Tracee Lewis is not far behind with 29.

STILL LOOKING FOR ROAD WIN With most of the season behind them, the Toros are still searching for their first road win. CSUDH has not posted a win on an away court all season. They are 0-9 on foreign courts. They have their last chance to pick up a road win when they travel to San Francisco State and Sonoma State this weekend. The Toros defeated SFSU this season in the Torodome, but loss to SSU.

LEWIS PUTS UP BIG NUMBERS VS. POMONA Senior guard Tracee Lewis had a big night in the loss to Cal Poly Pomona. Lewis tied a season-best 22 points in the game. She was 7 of 17 from the floor, including being 2 of 5 from downtown. Lewis was also 6 of 7 from the line. This was the second time on this season that she has scored above 20 points. On the season, she is averaging 12.5 ppg.

LINE LEADER Tracee Lewis is leading the Toros from the free throw line. The senior guard is 24 of 109 (77%) from the charity stripe. Earlier this season, Lewis set a new school record for free throws made in a game (13) and free throw percentage (1.000) in the Toros victory over San Francisco State.

NINE TOROS TAKING THE BALL AWAY Nine members of the Cal State Dominguez Hills women's basketball team are posting double-figure steals. Fercia Rambacal is leading the charge with 32 steals on the season, while Lewis is close behind with 29. Christina Tucker, Kendra Tease, Monique Marquez, Adriana Mendez, Nakeisha Perkins, Tomica Coleman and Moneisha Washington are the other Toros tallying double-figure steals this season.

TOUGH ON THE OFFENSIVE BOARDS The Toros are one of the top teams on the offensive boards. CSUDH is outrebounding their opponents on the offensive boards 313-262 in all games, and dominating in conference games 268-208. Nakeisha Perkins is leading all players on the offensive boards with 108 rebounds overall and 52 boards in CCAA games.

LEWIS CONTINUES TO BE OUT IN FRONT Tracee Lewis continues to be the top Toros scorer, by far. Lewis is the only player tallying double-figure points per game with 12.5. She has scored 2 70 points on the season and is one of only two Toros scoring in the 200 range.

IT IS "200" FOR TEASE Kendra Tease has finally reached the 200 points on the season mark. Tease dumped in 23 points on the weekend to move her season total scoring to 207. She is second on the squad in total scoring and points per game average with 9.4 ppg.

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