TODAY'S GAME: Dixie State College of Utah will play its second PacWest home game this week, playing host to Chaminade University Silverswords. The two are schedule to tip-off at 5:30 PM.
THE RECORDS: The Red Storm are 5-5 overall and are coming off a 77-35 conference opening win over Chaminade University. Chaminade is 1-8 and have lost six games in row, most recently a 60-104 loss to Grand Canyon on Thursday night in Phoenix, AZ.
THE SERIES:The series edge goes to Dixie State, leading 6-0. Dixie State is 2-0 at home all-time against the Silverswords and won the last meeting 93-54 between the two teams on the Islands on 2/4/09. Chaminade closest margin of defeat against the Red Storm is 35 points and DSC's average margin of victory is 40.8 points.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: Games can be watched via the internet on B2Netowrks, follow the link http://www.b2livetv.com/partner_members.asp?id=76 to find all the live action via the web. You will also be able to listen the John Potter and the Red Storm on KXDS 91.3 FM as well as the internet at www.dixieathletics.com. The remaining games on the Red Storm schedule will be broadcast.
RED STORM WATCH: For the second consecutive game Senior Tanya Clark (Beaumont. CA/Beaumont) led her team to victory. Clark energized her team with her hustle and tenacity in pressuring the BYU Hawaii offense to commit 33 turnovers in the Red Storm 42 point win on Thursday night. Coach Kristensen improved to 2-1 in PacWest openers and looks to build on their goal of battling for the PacWest title. Look for leading scorer Freshman Johnna Brown (Las Vegas, NV/Centennial ) (11.8 ppg/6.4 rpg) to pace the Red Storm offense tonight. Dixie State is averaging 66.8 ppg and is shooting .375 from the field compared to their opponents .434.
STORM FAST BREAK TIDBITS:
· 16 Red Storm players played and 13 scored in Thursday's win over BYU-Hawaii.
· Tanya Clark (Beaumont. CA/Beaumont) played another solid game scoring eight points and collecting 10 rebounds, just two points shy of a double-double.
· Career Scoring Ranks: #6 Jessie Ingraham (Tuscon. AZ/Canyon Del Oro) (347; 56 points behind #5Courtney Boyd (Keokuk. IA/Keokuk)) #7 Tanya Clark (Beaumont. CA/Beaumont) (343; 4 points behind Ingraham) #8 Shanae Vaifanua (Hurricane, UT/Hurricane) (328; 15 points behind Clark)
· Dixie State is third in scoring defense (64.8) and offense (66.8) in the PacWest.
· Did you know??? Johnna Brown (Las Vegas, NV/Centennial ), Deanna Daniels (North Las Vegas, NV/Centennial), and redshirt RaShawnda Gray were all high school teammates at Centennial High School.
SCOUTING CHAMINADE: Entering tonight's game, the Silverswords are riding six game losing streak and have one win in their last 62 tries. They defeated BYUH earlier this season to break the 56 game losing streak. Chaminade lost their PacWest opener on Thursday night with a 60-104 loss to PacWest Conference favorite Grand Canyon. Chaminade shoots .363 from the field, .364 from three-point range, .641 from the FT line, and averages 54.2 ppg.
