GAME #20
Academy of Art (4-15, 2-11 PacWest) at Holy Names (3-18, 1-12 PacWest)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 – 4 p.m. PST
Oakland, Calif. – Tobin Gymnasium
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SAN FRANCISCO — It's back to the road this week for the Academy of Art University men's basketball team, though the Urban Knights won't have to travel very far.
 
After wrapping up its longest home stand of the season Saturday, ART U (4-15, 2-11 PacWest) will head across The Bay to face Pacific West Conference opponent Holy Names (3-18, 1-12 PacWest) in a Saturday matinee.
 
The Urban Knights will be looking to snap their recent four-game losing streak, while the Hawks will hope to do the same. ART U and HNU both last won on Jan. 19, defeating Hawaii teams Chaminade and Hawaii Pacific, respectively.
 
ABOUT HOLY NAMES
The Hawks (3-18, 1-12 PacWest) upset Hawaii Pacific in a big way at home on Jan. 19, beating the Sharks 84-71. But they have lost four in a row since and 13 of their last 14 overall. HNU is 1-8 at home this season, its lone win at Tobin Gymnasium coming against HPU.
 
Holy Names has two players averaging in double-figure scoring this season, led by Joshua Crum's 12.0 points per game. Yasin Vernaza is the team's top rebounder with 3.8 boards per contest to go with 7.8 ppg. The Hawks have been victimized from downtown this season, with opponents shooting 39.1 percent from the 3-point arc while they average 31.4 percent.
 
All-time Series: Academy of Art leads 5-3
Last Meeting: Feb. 13, 2014, Academy of Art won 75-72 in San Francisco.
 
IRONMAN
Sophomore guard Herman Pratt IV is the lone Urban Knight who has started all 19 games ART U has played this season. Pratt averages 25.4 minutes per game – third-most on the team – and is the Knights' second-leading scorer, third-best shooter (45.4 field goal percentage) and third on the team in steals (22).
 
DOING IT ALL
It is one thing to score a lot of points, or selflessly share the ball, or focus in on the defensive end – but it's another when a player is doing all three at the same time. Senior guard Alexis Moore is the only player in the Pacific West Conference that is ranked among the conference's top-10 in scoring (4th, 16.7 ppg), assists (8th, 3.6 assists per game) and steals (t-5th, 1.7 steals per game). He leads ART U in all three categories. Freshman guard Jase Harrison is tied with Moore at 1.7 spg.