Game #10
ART U Urban Knights (5-4) vs.  Cal State Monterey Bay Otters (3-7)
Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 1 p.m.
San Francisco, Calif. -- Kezar Pavilion
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ART U HOSTS OTTERS TO CLOSE OUT CALENDAR YEAR
Academy of Art University women's basketball looks to extend its five-game win streak with Cal State Monterey Bay in town Saturday for the Urban Knights' final game of the 2016.

OPENING TIP
This Saturday, Dec. 17 marks the calendar year finale for ART U as CSUMB comes to San Francisco and Kezar Pavilion for a 1 p.m. tipoff. Live coverage will be available via the link above. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights on Twitter & Instagram and "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
As a team, Academy of Art ranks second in the PacWest in steals per game (11.33) and third in turnover margin (3.11). Over the course of the Knights' current five-game win streak, junior guard Rodericka Ware is averaging 19.8 points and 4.8 assists per game. She is one of four ART U players averaging 2.0+ steals per contest in the streak and remains among the top five in the conference in scoring (17.3 ppg). Junior forward Helena Orts is averaging 11.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in the win streak while shooting over 52 percent from the field. Junior guard Jazzlyn Brewster has registered three or more steals in four of her nine games thus far and is sixth in the PacWest at 2.1 steals per contest.

OTTER OBSERVATIONS
Though Cal State Monterey Bay has lost five consecutive games, the Otters' record stands at 3-7 overall coming into Saturday. CSUMB topped Notre Dame de Namur, Fresno Pacific, and Holy Names in mid-November, but fell to Dominican then opened California Collegiate Athletic Association with losses to Cal State East Bay, Cal State San Bernardino, Stanislaus State, and Sonoma State. Victoria Dorn is the NCAA Division II leader in three-point field goals made (41) and paces the Otters in scoring at 15.1 points per game. The Knights are 1-3 all-time against CSUMB after defeating the Otters for the first time last season behind a program-record 35 points from Jasmin Guinn.

KNIGHTS STAY PACWEST PERFECT WITH WIN AT HNU
For Academy of Art University women's basketball, the week ended much like it began; with a Pacific West Conference victory. ART U defeated Holy Names on the road in Tobin Gymnasium on Dec. 11 by a score of 74-64. Coming out of the gate strong, the Urban Knights never trailed, outscoring the Hawks in three of four quarters and holding HNU to just 34 percent shooting from the field.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Knights' 2017 portion of the schedule begins Jan. 3 with a game against Sonoma State. The time is still to be determined, but the site will be at Dominican's Conlan Recreation Center.