PacWest Release #16

Phoenix, AZ -- Experience and youth played big factors for the Academy of Art University women's basketball team last week as senior Ariel Dale and freshman Jasmin Guinn both made the PacWest Fantastic 15 after a 2-0 week. The honors were announced by the PacWest Media Office in Phoenix, AZ on Monday, Feb. 25 for games played Feb. 18 - 24.

Against the Penguins on Tuesday, Dale had a very balanced night, scoring six points while pulling down eight rebounds, dishing out four assists, and picking up four steals. In the Knights' Senior Day rout of the Argonauts on Saturday, Dale had 14 points in her final game at Kezar Pavilion, adding eight more rebounds, five assists, and three steals to her totals.

Dale averaged 10.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 3.5 steals per game as the Knights cruised to victory in both games against their Bay Area opponents in Dominican and Notre Dame de Namur. She was tied for 14th in rebounding, tied for seventh in assists, and ranked fifth in steal average for the week in the league.

Guinn made her first ever appearance on the Weekly Fantastic 15 as she has heated up down the stretch for the Urban Knights.

The Berkeley High School grad averaged 12.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest, and after scoring six points and grabbing five rebounds against the Penguins, she exploded for career highs off the bench against NDNU, notching a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds in only 20 minutes on the floor. 

This is Dale's seventh weekly selection of the season and the ninth in her career while it is Guinn's first career honor.