Game #8
ART U Urban Knights (4-3) vs. Cal State Dominguez Hill Toros (2-4)
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 2 p.m.
Carson, Calif. – Torodome
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Game #9
ART U Urban Knights (4-3) vs. Cal State Monterey Bay Otters (2-1)
Friday, November 27, 2015 at 2 p.m.
Hayward, Calif. – Pioneer Gym
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Game #10
ART U Urban Knights (4-3) vs. Cal State East Bay Pioneers (2-2)
Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 4 p.m.
Hayward, Calif. – Pioneer Gym
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ACADEMY OF ART RIDES FOUR-GAME WIN STREAK INTO BUSY WEEK
Winners of four straight, ART U women's basketball fits three games into the upcoming week with a Tuesday trip down to face Cal State Dominguez Hills before one final two-day tournament in Hayward matching up with Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State East Bay.

OPENING TIP
On Tuesday, Nov. 24, the Urban Knights return to Cal State Dominguez Hills' Torodome for a 2 p.m. tipoff against the Toros to start the week. Then, Friday, Nov. 27 brings a matchup with Cal State Monterey Bay to open the Cal State East Bay Thanksgiving Shootout. One day later on Saturday, Nov. 28, ART U will face tournament host CSUEB at 4 p.m. Both Friday and Saturday's games will take place inside Pioneer Gymnasium. Live coverage will be available via the links above. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights on Twitter & Instagram and "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
Ranked first in the Pacific West Conference in turnover margin (6.71), Academy of Art currently has three players averaging over 1.8 steals and more than 15.0 points per game. Senior guard Jasmin Guinn ranks among the top 45 in the entire NCAA in both scoring (19.9 points per game) and steals per game (3.0). The PacWest steals leader and third in scoring, she adds a team-high 6.7 rebounds per game and comes off the honor of becoming the first Urban Knight to score 1,000 points in her career. Coming into the week ranked No. 11 and No. 12 in the PacWest in scoring, senior guard Zoie Sheng and senior guard Regina Camera average 16.0 and 15.3 points per game and both joined the program's 1,000-point club against Stanislaus State.

TORO TALK
Cal State Dominguez Hills comes into Tuesday's matchup 1-2 having lost to Point Loma 84-78 in overtime, Azusa Pacific 69-58, and convincingly defeating UC San Diego 69-45. The reigning co-CCAA Champion and two-time defending Conference Tournament Champion Toros received eight of 13 first-place votes in this year's preseason coaches' poll and were picked to repeat atop the CCAA standings. Thus far, it is Breanna Garcia who leads the team offensively at 20.8 points per game while Monay Lee (12.7 ppg) and Ali Bettencourt (10.0 ppg) add a strong supporting cast. In two historical meetings, ART U and CSUDH are tied 1-1 with the Knights' 81-76 win last season coming most recently.

OTTER OBSERVATIONS
Despite coming off a 7-20 season last year and picked by the coaches to finish 12th in the CCAA this year, Cal State Monterey Bay has won two of its three games thus far in 2015. The Otters fell to Dominican 88-78 in their season opener, but bounced back with a 59-50 win over Western Oregon then defeated Holy Names 63-57 on the road this past weekend. CSUMB will face Fresno Pacific on the road Nov. 24 before heading to Hayward to play ART U. McKenna Hill (13.0 ppg) and Victoria Dorn (11.3) are the Otters' two main offensive threats thus far while Jazmine Johnson puts up 9.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per contest. Cal State Monterey Bay holds a 3-1 lead against Academy of Art all time.

PIONEER POINTERS
An even 2-2 on the year, Cal State East Bay was picked by the coaches to finish fourth in the CCAA standings. The Pioneers opened with a pair of tournaments in which they defeated Western Oregon 57-42 and Dominican 68-58 before falling to Colorado Springs 67-62 and Metro State 85-80 in overtime. Similarly to CSUDH, East Bay has relied on Tori Breshers' 19.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game (both team-highs) thus far. ART U has five of six wins in its historical matchup with Cal State East Bay.

ART U COMES FROM BEHIND TO WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT
Going up against an undefeated Central Washington team in its NDNU Tournament finale, Academy of Art University women's basketball fought back against an early deficit to eventually stand victorious 76-68 on Nov. 21. Down seven at the half, ART U went on an incredible 14-0 run through the transition of third to fourth quarter and finished with three Urban Knights scoring in double figures in the win.

LOOKING AHEAD
The first days of December bring PacWest Conference play as ART U returns to Belmont to face Notre Dame de Namur (Dec. 5) then travels to Fresno Pacific (Dec. 12).