Game #19
ART U Urban Knights (6-12, 6-7) vs. Fresno Pacific (8-10, 5-8)
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Fresno, Calif. – Special Events Center
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Game #20
ART U Urban Knights (6-12, 6-7) vs. Dominican (6-13, 2-11)
Friday, February 1, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco – Kezar Pavilion
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ART U CONCLUDES ROAD TRIP AND RETURNS TO KEZAR
After returning from southern California the Urban Knights will conclude their road trip with Fresno Pacific before returning home to take on Dominican.

TIP-OFF
ART U will take on Fresno Pacific Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Special Events Center in Fresno, Calif. and Dominican Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. at home in Kezar Pavilion. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights via the athletics app (Apple App Store, Google Play Store) and on Twitter & Instagram as well as "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
Junior forward Andrija Blatancic continues to put up massive scoring numbers and tied his career high against Concordia on Jan. 24 by scoring 33 points. The junior forward is averaging the second highest points and rebounds per game in the conference at 20.2 and 8.5 respectively. Senior guard Cobe Williams is coming off back to back double digit games, scoring 11 and 15 points while also collecting 11 assists on the week. Williams is up to 188 career assists, third most in ART U history and 13 behind the all-time assists leader Czar Robotham. The senior guard rounds out the PacWest top 10 in assists with 3.1 per game.

FRESNO SUNBIRDS
Fresno Pacific is 8-10 overall, 5-8 in the PacWest, and one place behind ART U. The Urban Knights dominated the Sunbirds 75-52 in their last meeting on Jan. 12. Since then, FPU's record is an even 2-2 after going on a two game winning streak with wins over Dominican 74-56 and Notre Dame de Namur 61-57. The Sunbirds dropped their two most recent games, taking losses to Azusa Pacific 63-96 and Biola 69-73. FPU's leading scorer is Aamondae Coleman averaging 13.9 points per game. The Sunbirds are 4-3 all-time against the Urban Knights.

PENGUINS STILL SLIDING
Dominican comes into their rematch with ART U 6-13 overall and 2-11 in conference. The Penguins have been on a downward slide, losing six straight, including a 78-81 loss to the Urban Knights on Jan. 17. DUC will face Notre Dame de Namur on Jan. 30 before they take on ART U at home. The Penguins are lead by the seventh highest scorer in the PacWest: Thomas Cedric, who is averaging 16.2 points per game. Although they dropped the last three meetings, DUC still dominates the all-time record at 13-4.

LATE RUN LEADS NO. 10 POINT LOMA TO VICTORY OVER ART U
No. 10 ranked Point Loma kept their conference record perfect with a solid second half shooting performance against ART U on Saturday in San Diego. The PacWest conference leading scorer Daulton Hommes poured in 33 points and despite keeping it close for much of the game and committing their fewest turnovers of the season the Urban Knights fell 85-66. Read More.

LOOKING AHEAD
Academy of Art will say aloha to the mainland and travel to Hawaii for a trio of games. The Urban Knights start their tropical tour on the big island against UH Hilo Feb. 8 before traveling to Honolulu to face Hawaii Pacific on Feb. 10 and Chaminade Feb. 12.