SACRAMENTO -- The Sacramento State women's basketball team rides a five-game winning streak into the final contest of the regular season on Monday (Feb. 27), as the Hornets host Portland State at The Nest. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., with Sacramento State honoring its senior class 15 minutes prior.
GAME #29
WHAT: Portland State (13-14, 8-9) at Sacramento State (21-7, 12-5)
WHEN: Monday, Feb. 27, 2023
TIME: 7 p.m. PT
WHERE: Sacramento, Calif.
VENUE: The Nest
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: HornetStats.com
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BIG SKY BIG PICTURE: The Hornets currently sit in a tie for second place in the Big Sky Conference standing along with Northern Arizona at 12-5, trailing Montana State by a single game with one to play after the Bobcats claimed at least a share of the conference title on Saturday. Should Sacramento State and NAU end up tied in the standings at the end of Monday, the Lumberjacks will earn the higher seed at the Big Sky Tournament due to their series win over the Hornets. Sacramento State stands two games ahead of Eastern Washington, assuring the Hornets of a top-three seed no matter the outcome on Monday.
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IN THE RANKINGS: After two weeks ranked among the top 25 in the College Insider mid-Major poll, Sacramento State slipped back into the ranks of those receiving votes for the sixth consecutive week (https://collegeinsider.com/womens-mid-major-top-25), picking up four votes according to the Feb. 21 poll... The Hornets made their debut in the top 25 back on Jan. 3 at No. 24, then jumped two spots to No. 22 in the Jan. 10 ranking... Those two rankings followed five consecutive weeks among those receiving votes beginning on Dec. 1... The No. 22 ranking on Jan. 10 was the highest for the program in the poll since they stood No. 22 on Feb. 11, 2014 -- a season that saw them among the top 25 for eight consecutive weeks following an 8-1 start that year, reaching as high as No. 13 in early January.
NATABOU MAKES MID-MAJOR AWARD MIDSEASON CUT: Initially named as one of 25 players to the preseason watch list for the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats back on Oct. 19, junior center Isnelle Natabou got word that she has made the midseason top-15 cut on Jan. 18. The first Big Sky Conference student-athlete ever to be named to the list for this particular award, Natabou is one of only four from the West Coast named to the list along with Gonzaga's duo of Brynna Maxwell and Yvonne Ejim as well as Portland's Alex Fowler. Read the complete release on HornetSports.com.
NATABOU NAMED TO BIG SKY'S PRESEASON TEAM: In addition to her national honor, Natabou was also named to the seven-member preseason all-conference team, joining Montana State's Darian White (who was selected the MVP), Idaho's Beyonce Bea, Montana's Carmen Gfeller, Northern Colorado's Hannah Simental, Montana State's Kola Bad Bear, and Weber State's Daryn Hickock. The native of the Czech Republic became only the third Hornet to earn preseason all-league honors in the process, joining former standouts Kennedy Nicholas (2019-20) and Brianna Burgos (2016-17).
BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE!: The accolades continued to roll in for Natabou, who was also named the Big Sky's Preseason Player of the Year according to ESPN.com, which made its picks for all 32 Division I conferences on Oct. 25.
HIGH FIVE FOR KAHLAIJAH DEAN: For the fifth time this season, senior guard Kahlaijah Dean has been named the Big Sky Player of the Week, sharing the league's Feb. 21 honor with Montana State's Kola Bad Bear. Dean averaged 24.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 6.0 apg, while shooting 49 percent from the field in wins over Weber State and Idaho State. Read the complete release at HornetSports.com.
WHAT IS THE "JOUEUR DE LA SEMAINE?": It's the player of the week. That sounds good, we'll have that. Thanks to Dean's award on Feb. 21, a Hornet has now been named Big Sky Player of the Week eight times in the season's 15 weeks (Natabou also took home honors on Nov. 29, Dec. 13, and Feb. 14, while Dean has won four other times on Nov. 22, Dec. 27, Jan. 10, and Jan. 24) -- the most of any school in the league. The eight awards as a team this year are, by far, a school record, surpassing the 2012-13 squad, which won the award five times, for the most in a season since joining the Big Sky in 1996-97.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO...: Dean became the first Hornet to win Big Sky weekly honors more than twice in the same season, while her five career awards makes her one of only 10 Sacramento State players in the program's Division I history to win multiple awards in her career. Dean's five career wins matches current teammate Isnelle Natabou for the most in school history -- a record Natabou held by herself for exactly one week after claiming her fifth career award on Feb. 14.
BIG (SKY) TIME: With one week remaining in the regular season, Dean's five awards are the most by any one player in the conference this year -- breaking a tie with Idaho's Beyonce Bea -- and the most by any Big Sky student-athlete during a single campaign since Montana's Mandy Morales (2006-07) and Idaho State's Natalie Doma (2007-08) claimed the honor a league-record six times in their respective years.
ABOUT THE VIKINGS: Portland State enters the regular season finale with a 13-14 overall record and an 8-9 mark in Big Sky play... The Vikings defeated Montana, 74-72, in overtime to start the week and then were smothered by Montana State, 63-34, on Saturday... PSU has lost three of its last four and is just 3-9 away from home this season... Sophomore guard Esmeralda Morales leads the team in scoring at 16.0 ppg, shooting .439 from the field and .429 from three-point range... Jada Lewis (11.3 ppg) and Alaya Fitzgerald (10.1 ppg) are also in double figures for the Vikings, while Rhema Ogele paces the squad on the glass at 5.6 rpg.
SERIES NOTES: Portland State leads the all-time series with Sacramento State by a 33-22 count dating back to 1992... However, the Hornets have won the last three meetings with the Vikings following a 65-56 win in the "Rose City" back on New Year's Eve... Sacramento State is 11-16 at home against Portland State... The Hornets' 73-62 triumph at The Nest last season on Feb. 5 snapped a five-game losing streak to the Vikings on their home floor... Four of the last six meetings have been decided by double-digits.
WIN-ACCLE OF SUCCESS: Two years removed from winning just three games, this year's Hornets will go down in the record books as THE winningest team in school history. Sacramento State's upset of league-leading Montana State (ending a 10-game winning streak by the Bobcats in the series) was its 20th of the season, giving the Hornet program it's first-ever 20-win season and breaking a tie for the most wins in school history with the 1990-91 (19-7) and 2012-13 (19-12) squads.
EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN BIG SKY PLAY: In addition to its overall win total, Saturday's victory over Montana also gave the Hornets their 12th Big Sky triumph of the season and improved them to 12-5 in league play in 2022-23. The 12 wins surpasses last year's conference win total when Sacramento State finished 10-10 in the Big Sky and gave the program double-digit wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since doing so in four straight years from 2012-16. This year's 12 conference wins are the most since the 2014-15 squad finished 13-5 in league.
MILESTONE APPROACHING: Sacramento State needs only one more win to reach 300 in the program's Division I history.
TREASURE STATE SWEEP: Thanks to wins over both Montana State and Montana, the Hornets swept the Bobcats and Grizzlies at home for the first time since 2017-18.
WE'RE GOING STREAKING!: Riding a five-game winning streak entering the final regular season game, the Hornets are averaging 73.0 ppg while shooting .502 (128-for-255) from the field overall and .460 (58-for-126) from beyond the arc during their recent run. Meanwhile, the defense has limited opponents to just 58.2 ppg, a .381 (123-for-323) field goal percentage and .325 (27-for-83) from three-point range.
WE'RE GOING STREAKING (PART II)!: With their wins over Montana State and Montana, the Hornets have won their last five consecutive Big Sky Conference contests -- a streak that is tied for the third-longest league winning streak in school history.
SAFE AT HOME: The Hornets have made winning at home a habit this season. Sacramento State improved to 10-2 at The Nest with its wins over Montana State and Montana -- the most since the 2014-15 squad ended with an 11-3 record at The Nest.
ROAD WARRIORS: Thanks to wins at Weber State and Idaho State in their final road swing of the season, the Hornets posted their eighth and ninth road wins of the year, surpassing the 2009-10 Sacramento State squad (8-7) for the second-most victories away from home and trailing only the 1982-83 Hornets who finished 10-2 on the road.
EIGHTY (TWO) IS GREATY... AGAIN: The Hornets' 82 points in the win over Montana State tied their season high for a second time after Sacramento State put up 82 at home against Eastern Washington on Jan. 7 and matched that mark with 82 in an overtime defeat to Northern Arizona on Feb. 9. The last time that the Hornets have eclipsed 80 points at least three times in the same season was back during the 2019-20 campaign when they accomplished the feat eight times.
RIDING THE HOT HAND: The league leaders in field goal percentage were up to their old tricks against Montana State last Thursday, shooting 52 percent from the field for game against the Bobcats. That performance marked the ninth time overall -- and the fourth time in the previous five outings -- that Sacramento State has shot 50 percent or better from the field. After shooting 46 percent from the field in the win over Montana, the Hornets are shooting .499 (190-for-381) in their last seven games.
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN: Just like the white winged dove, the shots from beyond the arc were flying through the air in the win over Montana State. Sacramento State drained 17 three-pointers against the Bobcats, shooting 55 percent from beyond the arc in the win -- the highest since the Hornets hit 60 percent from distance at Northern Colorado on Feb. 10 last year. The 17 three-pointers were the most since Sacramento State finished with 21 in a 109-107 win at Illinois on Nov. 24, 2018.
IF A THREE FALLS IN THE ARENA...: Does it make a sound? The Hornets have been making a lot of noise from beyond the arc, draining double digits from three-point range in nine of their last 14 contests following their season high 17 three-pointers against Montana State and 10 more in a win over Montana two days later. Sacramento State is shooting .416 (144-for-346) from distance since hitting 12-of-22 from beyond the arc at Northern Colorado on Jan. 12.
NOTHING BUT NET: In addition to the above rankings, the Hornets also stand among the top 20 in the NCAA in both three-point percentage (No. 5) and field goal percentage (No. 14), while ranking No. 10 in three-pointers made per game (8.9) as of Feb. 25.
LET'S GO HALVSIES: In jumping out to an early lead against Montana State, Sacramento State's 47-point first half against the Bobcats marked the 12th time this season that the Hornets have scored at least 40 points in a single half and is tied for the second-highest single-half scoring total of the year along with the 47-point first half at Montana on Jan. 26. Both totals are just one point shy of the season-high 48-point second half at Northern Colorado on Jan. 12.
THEME FROM SWAT: Senior Solape Amusan single-handedly moved this year's Sacramento State defense into seventh place on the program's single-season list for blocks, as her three swats against Montana on Saturday gave the Hornets 98 for the year, matching the 2001-02 team for the spot. Sacramento State is now just one behind the 2002-03 team for sixth and 12 behind the 2010-11 squad (110). With two more blocks, this year's Hornets would become only the sixth team in school history to reach the century mark and the first since the 2018-19 team had 144 for the year.
PUT A LID ON IT: If the numbers hold for the rest of the year, this season's Hornet defense will go down as one of the stingiest in school history. Allowing just 60.4 ppg thus far this season, that average would be the best in the program's Division I era and rank second in school history behind only the 1984-85 squad which allowed a record-low 56.8 ppg.
SHOOTER!: Someone get a hand in the face of the Hornets. Sacramento State enters the final game of the regular season as one of the most efficient shooting teams in the Big Sky, leading the league in both field goal (.467) and three-point (.384) percentage, while ranking sixth in free throw (.739) percentage. The Hornets lead second-place Eastern Washington by 49 points in the field goal category and has a 39-point lead in three-point shooting over Portland State.
DEAN DID IT ALL: Senior guard Kahlaijah Dean was the catalyst behind the Hornets' upset of Montana State, finishing with a new collegiate career-high 35 points -- the second-highest total in the Big Sky this season -- while hitting 10 shots from the floor, draining seven three-pointers, and 8-of-9 from the line, to go with nine rebounds and eight assists. The 35 points were just shy of the school's single-game top 10 and were the most since Lianna Tillman had 35 against Idaho on Feb. 24 last year. It surpassed Dean's previous collegiate high of 34 points against Central Michigan on Dec. 7, 2021, while at Oakland University, and topped her Sacramento State best of 31 on two occasions.
SHOOTING HER SHOT: Dean's seven three-pointers as part of her 35-point outburst against Montana State rank tied for fourth on the school's single-game list -- the first Hornet to hit at least that many from beyond the arc since Camariah King had seven at Eastern Washington on Feb. 1, 2020. Dean's 10 baskets also marked the seventh time this year that she has finished with double-digit makes.
WHAT'S A COUPLE THOUSAND BETWEEN FRIENDS?: When all was said and done after the buzzer sounded on the win over the Bobcats, Dean had grabbed herself a piece of history, reaching 2,000 career points thanks to a three-pointer at the 6:56 mark of the third quarter.
TOP GUN: One of the nation's top scorers (ranking No. 10 in points per game and No. 9 in total points as of Feb. 25), Dean's 51 points against the Montana schools gave her 603 points for the season and have her among the program's all-time single-season leaders. Her performance against Montana on Saturday pushed her past Lianna Tillman's total (591) from 2021-22 and into second place on the all-time single-season chart, trailing only All-American Kristy Ryan's 727 points in 1993-94.
ALL-TIME SINGLE-SEASON SCORERS
1. Kristy Ryan, 1993-94 727
2. Kahlaijah Dean, 2022-23 603
3. Lianna Tillman, 2021-22 591
4. Sue Digitale, 1976-77 572
5. Charday Hunt, 2009-10 559
THE DEAN OF SCORING: Dean brings with her a pedigree of knowing where the basket is, reaching the 1,000 career point milestone as only a junior at Oakland University and finishing her four years with the Golden Grizzlies with 1,425 points. The Bakersfield, Calif., native has brought her total up to 2,028 career points, ranking No. 18 among active scorers across the country as of Feb. 25 and posting a total that would rank second on Sacramento State's all-time scoring list, trailing only the 2,064 points by Kristy Ryan from 1990-94.
NATABOU MOVES UP: Chalk up 11 more rebounds last week for junior Isnelle Natabou, who continues to etch her name into the Sacramento State record book. Entering the season finale with 592 career boards, Natabou solidified her hold on ninth place on the school's all-time list, chasing Chalmers Bebber (1989-93) and her 709 career rebounds for eighth.
IZZY DOES IT ON THE GLASS: With the fourth-highest single-season rebound total in program history already under her belt, Natabou has added her name to the list a second time in 2022-23, joining Kylie Kuhns (2009-13) as the only two Hornets with multiple listings on the single-season top-10 list. Natabou's 264 boards put her past Celine Kabwasa and her 258 rebounds in 1988-89 for 10th on the list, trailing Sue Digitale's 272 rebounds in 1976-77 for ninth. Kuhns holds the record with 360 rebounds in 2011-12, stands third with 342 rebounds in 2012-13, and is sixth with 321 rebounds in 2010-11.
BUILDING BLOCKS: Thanks to her two blocks at Weber State and Idaho State, Natabou is holding on to eighth place on the school's all-time blocks list with 66, swatting 36 last season and adding 30 more this year. Her total trails Sephora Scoubes (1999-01) by one for seventh and six back of Natasha Torgerson (2009-13) for sixth. Natabou isn't the only one climbing the list as sophomore Katie Peneueta and her 56 career blocks are tied with Atty Boyer (2005-09) for 10th.
RIM PROTECTOR: Peneueta's three blocks at Weber State gave her a career single-season and Big Sky-high 35 for the year, which are the most by a Hornet since Kennedy Nicholas finished with 44 swats in 2019-20.
NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH: But there are such things as free points, and senior Kahlaijah Dean is taking full advantage. Ranking second in the Big Sky with 139 makes from the line and ninth with an .822 free throw percentage, Dean moved into sole possession of fourth on the school's all-time single-season list, chasing Kristy Ryan and her 157 makes in 1992-93 for third.
IN OTHER TOP-10 NEWS: Dean's 140 assists are seven shy of Rexanne Rodriguez's 147 assists in 2000-01 for 10th on the single-season list, while her 68 three-pointers are nine back of a three-way tie for eighth with Alle Moreno (2012-13), Erika Edwards (2009-10), and Michelle St. Clair (2000-01)... Katie Peneueta's 61 three-pointers are 16 behind that group.
THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE: Kahlaijah Dean is still out there doing Kahlaijah Dean things, notching her 19th straight double-digit scoring performance Montana. In that stretch, Dean has been a machine, averaging 23.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and 5.1 apg, while shooting .453 (144-for-318) from the floor -- including a run shooting .473 (43-for-91) from beyond the arc in the last 13 games -- and .857 (102-for-119) from the line.
SHE CAN SCORE TOO: In addition to Dean's scoring exploits, Natabou is closing in on a milestone of her own, entering the week with 870 career points in the green and gold -- just 130 shy of becoming the 19th player in school history to score 1,000 career points in a Hornet uniform.
MESSED AROUND AND (ALMOST) GOT A TRIPLE-DOUBLE: Dean has been THIS close to collecting a triple-double on a number of occasions over her last seven games: 19 points, 11 rebounds, six assists at Idaho (Feb. 4); scoring 13 points, 10 assists, and seven rebounds against Northern Colorado (Feb. 11); finishing with 29 points, 10 assists, and four rebounds at Idaho State (Feb. 18); scoring 35 points to go with nine rebounds, and eight assists against Montana State (Feb. 23); and adding 16 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists against Montana (Feb. 25).
DON'T LEAVE HER OPEN: Sophomore Katie Peneueta finished with a career high-tying 20 points in the Hornets' win over Montana State, hitting six three-pointers -- which moved her up to No. 10 in the NCAA in three-point percentage at .442 this year -- and seven baskets overall to match her output at Northern Arizona on Feb. 3 of last year. The six three-pointers tied her career high set at CSUN earlier this year and, along with Dean's 35 points in that same game against the Bobcats, gave Sacramento State two players with 20-or-more points in the same game for the first time since Dean (25) and Natabou (23) did so at San Diego State on Dec. 7.
ANOTHER FOR AMUSAN: The senior came up big for the Hornets in their win over Montana State, chipping in 12 points against the Bobcats for her fifth double-digit scoring performance of the season and back-to-back double-digit totals for the second time this year when you include her 14 points in the win at Idaho State on Feb. 18. Add in her nine points against Montana and Amusan is averaging 11.7 ppg over her last three contests, shooting .632 (12-for-19) overall and .588 (10-for-17) from distance.
NATABOU A BEAR AGAINST THE GRIZZLIES: The junior post led all scorers with her 20 points in the Hornets' victory over Montana, hitting 8-of-11 from the field en route to her sixth 20-point game of the season. After being held to just five points against Montana State, Natabou exploded for her highest scoring output since netting back-to-back 20-point performances against Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado on Feb. 9 and 11, which earned her Big Sky Player of the Week laurels.
QUARTER MASTER: Give Kahlaijah Dean 10 minutes and she's going to do some damage. Give her four of those and watch out. The senior from Bakersfield, Calif., scored 13 points in the second quarter against Montana State on Thursday, her 18th double-digit quarter this season out of 24 by a Hornet this year (Natabou has done it four times -- including a 10-point first quarter at Idaho State -- while Kaylin Randhawa did so against Montana, and Amusan scored 12 in the first against the Bobcats). All told, Dean has accomplished the feat seven times in the third, four times in the first, four in the second, and three times in the fourth, while the 13 points against the Bobcats were just shy of the team-high 14 she scored in the third at Santa Clara on Nov. 14.
PUTTING THE "O" IN OLIVARES: Senior Jordan Olivares helped power the Hornets to a win over Montana on Saturday, finishing with a season-high 15 points on 5-of-6 from the field, draining a trio of three-pointers and adding eight rebounds. It was the Seaside, Calif., native's highest point total since scoring 15 against Montana on March 9, 2021, in a 65-58 win over the Grizzlies in the Big Sky Tournament.
BETTER IN THE BIG SKY: Although she fell out of the top spot in the race for the league's scoring title, there has been no bigger scorer in Big Sky play than Dean, who leads the conference at 23.4 ppg in 17 league contests -- nearly a point better than Idaho's Beyonce Bea (22.6 ppg), who edges out Dean in the overall race by 1.0 ppg (22.5 ppg overall to Dean's 21.5 ppg). Should Dean catch Bea by the end of the season, she would join Charday Hunt (18.6 ppg in 2009-10) and Lianna Tillman (20.5 ppg in 2021-22) as Hornets who have led the Big Sky in scoring.
ALMOST AUTOMATIC: One of the steadiest shot-makers in the nation continues to rank among the top 10 in an ever-changing national ranking for field goal percentage as Natabou moved up one spot to No. 5 in the NCAA entering this week. Natabou's .650 from the field trails only Liberty's Mya Berkman (.702), Indiana's Mackenzie Holmes (.692), Kansas' Taiyanna Jackson (.681), and Iowa's Monika Czinano (.669).
I DOUBLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE DARE YOU: Keep on eye on your box scores. If Natabou has a double-double, you may be in trouble. Thanks to her 27-point, 12-rebound effort against Northern Arizona on Feb. 9, Natabou collected her 11th double-double of the season -- ranking No. 40 in the NCAA as of Feb. 25. In those 11 games, she is averaging 17.7 ppg, 13.5 rpg, and shooting 67 percent (83-for-124) from the floor.
AND I'M REEEEEE.... RE-BOUNDING: With 12 rebounds against Northern Arizona on Feb. 9, Natabou posted her 12th double-digit rebounding performance of the season and her first since snagging 10 at Montana on Jan. 26. A beast on the boards at both ends of the court, Natabou has posted 10 games where she has collected as many, if not more, offensive than defensive rebounds -- including nine offensive boards against NAU, which are tied for the second-most in her career and the most since she had 10 offensive rebounds as part of a career-high 22 rebounds at Portland State on Jan. 15 last year.
THREE IS MORE THAN TWO: Trust us... Katie Peneueta has certainly done the math. In 46 career games with the Hornets, the Vancouver, Wash., native has made a living from long distance, sinking 117 of her 128 career field goals in the green and gold from behind the three-point line. At the media timeout of the second quarter on Nov. 22 against UC Davis, Peneueta's previous 30 makes from the field had all been three-pointers until she posted up and found room inside for a lay-up at the four-minute mark of the period -- her first two-point basket since scoring inside at Northern Arizona with 21 seconds left in a 76-62 victory on Feb. 3 last year -- and she finished with a career-high three (out of four makes) two-pointers against Idaho on Jan. 5 as part of her third career double-double.
THE PENEUETA IS MIGHTIER: One of four players in double figures against Idaho back on Jan. 5, sophomore Katie Peneueta collected her third double-double of the year, adding a career-high 11 rebounds, while hitting a perfect 4-of-4 from the floor. However, her most impressive performance may have been at the defensive end, where she finished with a career-high seven blocks -- six of those against the conference's leading scorer Beyonce Bea. The seven blocks are tied for third on the school's single-game list and were the most since Kennedy Nicholas had seven at Weber State on Feb. 20, 2019. The record is held by Heidi Carroll, who swatted 10 against San Francisco State on Feb. 21, 1983.
NO SLEEP TILL...: Foot on the pedal for the Hornets as Kahliajah Dean became the latest player to go all 40 minutes (or more) in a game this season in win over Montana on Saturday. For Dean, it was her fourth game of 40-or-more minutes this season, trailing the five such marathons by Katie Peneueta and Isnelle Natabou. Benthe Versteeg also has gone the distance once, playing the full game in a win at Cal State Fullerton.
MINUTE WOMEN: Speaking of minutes, there haven't been many players in the Big Sky -- let alone the entire country -- who have seen more time on the court this year than the Hornets' Dean (36.0 mpg), Natabou (35.1 mpg), and Peneueta (35.1 mpg). The trio ranks third, fifth, and sixth in the league in minutes.
PUTTING THE "KAY" IN 1K: A picture is worth 1,000 words, but senior guard Kaylin Randhawa is now worth more than a 1,000 points in her career following her performance in the win over Eastern Washington on Jan. 7. The Turlock, Calif., native finished with 17 points, pushing her past the 1,000-point plateau in her collegiate career, which includes 524 points in three years at Pacific, 345 points last year at Utah State, and 251 points this season with the Hornets.
BLOCKING IT OUT: Boasting the Big Sky's second-best scoring defense at 60.1 ppg allowed, the Hornets have also done the work on the glass, holding opponents to a league-best 29.0 rebounds per game. Sacramento State allowed only 21 rebounds to Idaho on Jan. 5, which stood as the fewest allowed by the Hornets in their Division I history for exactly a week until they gave up only 19 rebounds to Northern Colorado on Jan. 12. Sacramento State has held opponents to fewer than 30 rebounds in a game 19 times in 28 games this season.
HORNETS GO GLOBAL WITH SIGNEES: Head Coach Mark Campbell racked up the frequent flier miles to sign four student-athletes during the recent NCAA signing period, welcoming post Paula Haw and guard Lina Falk from Germany, forward Summah Hanson from Australia, and guard Sofia Alonso from Spain.
