GAME #21
AAU Urban Knights (0-20, 0-10) vs. Dominican Penguins (7-14, 4-6)
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Dominican University, Clonan Center

GAME #22
AAU Urban Knights (0-20, 0-10) vs. NDNU Argonauts (3-20, 1-11)
Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Notre Dame de Namur, Walter Gleason Gym

Game Notes (includes career/season-highs)


UPCOMING WEEK FEATURES A PAIR OF FAMILIAR FACES:
Academy of Art University men's basketball is back on the road this week coming off a tough 59-57 loss to Notre Dame de Namur in AAU's Homecoming on Feb. 13. A pairing with Dominican University is up first on Feb. 18 followed by a rematch with NDNU on Feb. 22.

OPENING TIP:
The Urban Knights and Penguins will face off Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 PM inside the Clonan Center in San Rafael, CA. A live broadcast of the game can be heard at radio.dominican.edu while live score updates can be found on DUC's Twitter. When AAU travels to Belmont, CA to play NDNU in Walter Gleason Gym on Monday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 PM, live stats will be provided (http://www.ndnu.edu/athletics/) along with Twitter updates (twitter.com/ndnuathletics). In addition to the Academy of Art athletics site, you can also check out the Urban Knights on Twitter and CollegeFanz for live score updates!

KNIGHT SPOTLIGHT:
Junior guard Phillip Samuel continues to lead the team in scoring with his 9.8 points per game and 20 3-pointers made. Junior forward Jonathan Burnett is averaging 4.8 rebounds per game to pace AAU to go with 8.8 points per contest. As he has done all season, junior guard Lance Olivier owns the highs in assists (78) and steals (25).

SCOUTING THE PENGUINS:
Dominican University has played in some thrillers since they defeated Academy of Art 82-62 back on Jan. 23 at Kezar Pavilion. On the Penguins' recent Hawaii roadtrip, they got past Chaminade 84-76 in overtime by way of guard Austin Bryan's season-high 34 points. Two days later on Feb. 10, DUC dropped an 89-84 overtime decision to Hawaii Pacific. Bryan's scoring has led the Penguins in 15 of the team's 21 games this season and he averages 19.8 points per game. Forward Alex Ward puts up 10.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per contest.

SCOUTING THE ARGONAUTS:
With the aforementioned 59-57 victory over AAU on Feb. 13, Notre Dame de Namur University got its first PacWest Conference win this season. Forward Nick Storment had a team-high 16 points (8-for-12 FT) in that game along with nine rebounds. NDNU's leading scorer guard Bennie Murray nearly had a double-double against the Knights with nine points and 10 rebounds. He currently averages 13.1 points per contest with team-bests in 3-pointers made (33) and steals (31). The Argonauts will face Dominican on Feb. 20 before their rematch with Academy of Art on Feb. 22.

MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYS HEARTS OUT BUT NDNU WINS 59-57:
In the Urban Knights' historic first Homecoming on Feb. 13, Academy of Art University battled Notre Dame de Namur into the final seconds. Although the result was a 59-57 victory for NDNU, the game was packed with excitement. The atmosphere inside Kezar Pavilion was electric and the spirited crowded erupted watching senior guard Weleh Dennis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give AAU a lead in the first half. Dennis provided an encore in the second period when two more treys went down and the score was tied 48-48. Down two points in the final seconds, freshman guard Jordan Knox put up a potential game-tying shot, but it fell short and the Argos took the win. Dennis poured in a season-high 17 points, including a 4-for-5 night from beyond the arc, with seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals.

LOOKING AHEAD:
Following these next two contests, Academy of Art stays on the road with a Feb. 25 game against Grand Canyon in Phoenix, AZ and a rematch with Dixie State in St. George, UT on Feb. 27.