UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Big West (16-16, 11-7)
Big Wins: 12/15 at Washington (54-46), 1/24 at Cal State Northridge (56-37), 2/09 at Pacific (52-47)
Bad Losses: 11/09 at UNLV (52-58), 1/31 UC Riverside (42-45), 2/28 at Cal State Fullerton (38-46)
Coach: Carlene Mitchell
Probable Starters:
Nicole Nesbit, Junior, Guard, 10.7 ppg, 2.9 apg
Angelei Aguirre, Junior, Guard, 5.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Destini Mason, Senior, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg
Sweets Underwood, Senior, Forward, 11.8 ppg, 9.2 rpg
Kirsten Tilleman, Senior, Forward/Center, 5.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Melissa Zornig, Junior, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 2.2 apg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 52.1 (325th in nation, 10th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 53.2 (24, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.2 (108, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.4 (59, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 2.1 (341, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.9 (33, 1)
Rebound Margin: 0.9 (148, 4)
Assists Per Game: 11.8 (232, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (70, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Baylor
2011 NIT Round of 64 loss to USC
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Stanford
2008 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Virginia
2007 NIT First Round win over San Diego
2007 NIT Second Round loss to Oregon
2006 NIT Opening Round loss to Fresno State
*all team stats through 3/7
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