Game #9
ART U Urban Knights (3-5, 1-1 PacWest) vs. Dominican University of California (5-3, 1-0 PacWest)
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco – Kezar Pavillion
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Game #10
ART U Urban Knights (3-4, 1-0 PacWest) vs. Fresno Pacific Sunbirds (5-2, 1-1 PacWest)
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco – Kezar Pavillion
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
The Urban Knights fell to Fresno Pacific on Saturday by a final score of 70-59. ART U heads home for a two-game home stand this week, facing the Penguins on Thursday, then the Sunbirds on Saturday.
 
TIP OFF
The Academy of Art will take on Dominican on Thursday, December 17, at 7:30 p.m. Two days later, the Urban Knights tip off at 7:30 against FPU in a rematch of last Saturday's game. Live coverage will be available at the links listed above, but as always, you can follow the Urban Knights on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
 
KNIGHTS OF KNOTE
Junior guard Herman Pratt IV had a standout game at Fresno Pacific on Saturday, nearly posting a double-double with eight points and 11 rebounds (a career-high). Pratt also contributed two steals and logged a team-high 34 minutes. Overall, junior guard Chris Salas leads the team in several categories including: points per game (12.4), field goal percentage (.462), and is tied for first in rebounds per game (4.0). Sophomore guard Jase Harrison has also produced some good numbers this season; he leads the Urban Knights with 2.0 steals per game and 27.6 minutes per game, while posting the second-most points and blocks per game (10.9 and 0.5 respectively).
 
PENGUINS ON A ROLL
Coming into Thursday, Dominican has won four of their last five games, but fell 88-81 to Northwest Nazarene on Saturday. Matt Hayes tops the stat sheet thus far for DUC, leading in rebounds per game (7.4) and minutes played (34.0), while sitting second-best in assists per game (2.3) and three-point field goal percentage (.424). The Penguins own a 12-0 all-time record versus the Urban Knights, dating back to 2010.
 
SUNBIRDS LOOKING TO TAKE FLIGHT
Fresno Pacific takes on ART U in a rematch of last Saturday's game in Fresno. FPU won that contest by a final score of 70-59, but have only gone 1-4 in their last five PacWest matchups. Roger Paul enters Saturday's game leading his team in the majority of stat categories including: points per game (18.5), free throw percentage (.911), and minutes per game (27.6).

ART U FALLS TO FPU DESPITE DOMINANT DEFENSE
Dec. 12- The Urban Knights (3-5, 1-1 PacWest) played one of their most tightly-contested games of the season on Saturday as they fell to the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds (5-2, 1-1 PacWest) 70-59.
 
In the first half, ART U immediately faced a 5-0 deficit, but quickly returned the favor with back-to-back layups from redshirt senior center Trent Stokes and senior guard Nick Cary.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Urban Knights will travel to Oakland to play Holy Names after the Holidays; tip off is set for 7:30 p.m. on January 5, following the women at 5 p.m.