Game #22
ART U Urban Knights (15-6, 12-1 PWC) vs. NDNU Argonauts (4-15, 3-10 PWC)
Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 12:00 PM
San Francisco, CA – Kezar Pavilion
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ART U RIDES FIVE-GAME WIN STREAK INTO MATCHUP WITH ARGOS
Coming off a pair of road wins which kept them at the top of the Pacific West Conference standings, Academy of Art University Women's Basketball looks ahead to this one-game week with Notre Dame de Namur in town. In a battle of two members of the same Dixie State coaching staff, ART U head coach LaNay Larson's Urban Knights will take on Angela Kristensen's Argonauts this Saturday.

OPENING TIP
Kezar Pavilion will be the site for ART U's matchup with NDNU on Saturday, Feb. 8 with tipoff set for 12:00 PM. Live Stats, Live Video, and Live Audio via Urban Knights Radio will be available. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights on Twitter and "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

**NOTE: A series of special events will come along with Saturday's game which has been dubbed "Academic Day" as Academy of Art students on the President's List are set to be honored at halftime. Additionally, there will be a #ShareYourShot Photography contest as well as #SketchKnight, a sketching contest held exclusively during the women's game. Find details below and visit FAN BUS CENTRAL for more information.

KNIGHT WATCH
Having moved up to sixth in all of NCAA Division II with a +6.67 turnover margin, the category they led the country in last year, Academy of Art also leads the PacWest in scoring (78.1 points per game), scoring margin (+9.1), and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.0). The Urban Knights are led by two-time and current PacWest Player of the Week Krystal Forthan with her 19.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.2 blocks, 2.0 steals, and 1.6 assists per game. Zoie Sheng has moved up to second of a set of five double-digit scorers at 11.0 points per game with the sixth-highest three-point percentage (.403). Molly O'Brien is next with 10.8 points per game guided by the third-highest field goal percentage (.494) in the conference. Regina Camera, who shot over 42 percent from the field last week, comes in averaging 10.3 points along with 1.2 3-pointers made per game.

Not far from Camera is Sha'Nice Storey who offers 10.0 points along with the most triples made on the team (31) and lies just three behind the program's career leader Jordan Rogers (85). Alisa Griggs continues to lead the PacWest Conference in field goal percentage (.496) and adds 5.8 rebounds to boot. It is guard Jasmin Guinn, however, who has is tied with Forthan for the team lead in double-doubles (7) and averages 9.2 points along with 7.6 rebounds per game. She ranks third in the PacWest in offensive rebounding (3.5) and is just eight rebounds from becoming the all-time rebounds leader among ART U guards with Jordan Rogers' 289 ahead.

KNOWING NOTRE DAME
The 2013-14 season for Notre Dame de Namur began with a 64-63 victory over Western Oregon, but the remainder of non-conference play (five games) went the way of the Argos' opponents. NDNU bounced back with an 84-76 win against Dixie State on Dec. 5, but a 63-60 overtime loss to Azusa Pacific two days later began a five-game losing streak that took NDNU to Southern California. Back in the Bay Area on Jan. 11, Angela Kristensen's Argos defeated Holy Names 84-73, but then fell to California Baptist, UH Hilo, and Hawaii Pacific during the homestand that followed. On Jan. 23, NDNU topped BYU-Hawaii 74-70 then dropped back-to-back games to Fresno Pacific (69-64, 87-71) most recently. Thus far, the team is led by Jennifer Jasper's 13.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while Maya Arellanes adds 12.3 points per game while averaging nearly two 3-pointers made per contest. Historically, ART U holds a 6-2 advantage over NDNU with all six victories coming since the pair the Argos won in the first two years.

KNIGHTS WIN TWO ON THE ROAD
The Urban Knights, now 12-1 in PacWest paly, handled both Dixie State and Point Loma on the road most recently following a perfect homestand that saw three Hawaii schools journey to the Bay Area. Win number 11 came in the form of a 98-85 victory over Dixie State on Jan. 30 inside Burns Arena. The Urban Knights rallied back from a halftime deficit in a big way with a program record 61 second half points, finishing the game with 33 points scored off 30 Red Storm turnovers. Camera led five ART U players scoring in double figures with 21 points.

Playing well at the future site of this year's Pacific West Conference Championship Tournament on Feb. 1, ART U quickly got out to a lead and never looked back. The Urban Knights defeated Point Loma 81-70 inside Golden Gymnasium thanks to an 18-0 second half run and a 66-46 rebounding edge spearheaded by double-doubles from Forthan and Guinn.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Urban Knights have another contest as part of this two-game homestand with Holy Names coming to Kezar Pavilion on Thursday, Feb. 13. Tipoff is set for 5:30 PM.