The Dixie State women's basketball team travels to Salt Lake City on Friday for a Thanksgiving weekend matchup with Westminster at the Behnken Field House. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m., as DSU plays its final non-conference contest of the season.

Fans can watch the game online at the Westminster Stretch Internet Portal. Live stats will also be available HERE.

ALL-TIME VS. WESTMINSTER: Friday's game marks the fifth meeting between Dixie State and Westminster. The Griffins won the inaugural matchup in St. George on Dec. 1, 2006. The next two matchups were played in Salt Lake City, Utah, with Westminster earning two more victories. The Griffins won the most recent matchup, 61-55, last season at the Burns Arena, and lead the all-time series with a 4-0 mark.

KNOW YOUR FOE: Westminster enters the game with a 1-2 record, earning its lone victory of the season over Concordia-Oregon, and falling to Northwest Nazarene and Saint Martin's. The Griffins have also played three in-state exhibitions against Division I opponents, falling to BYU, Utah State, and Weber State. Junior forward Sydnee Taylor leads the Westminster, averaging 14.0 points per game, while senior guard Aubrie Vale adds 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

LAST TIME OUT: Dixie State fell to Cal State East Bay, 68-52, on Monday at the Burns Arena. The Trailblazers stayed within 10 points for most of the game, but the Pioneers pulled away midway through the second half.

Dixie State shot 33 percent (20-of-59) from the field, 26 percent (8-of-30) from beyond the arc, and 40 percent (4-of-10) from the free throw line. Junior guard Matti Ventling (Las Vegas, Nev./Las Vegas HS) and redshirt sophomore guard Tramina Jordan (Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial HS) each finished with 11 points, while junior center Ashlee Burge (Riverton, Utah/Herriman HS) added seven points and four rebounds.

2016-17 ROSTER: Dixie State returns two starters from the 2015-16 squad, led by junior center Ashlee Burge (Riverton, Utah/Herriman HS), who averaged 7.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game and recorded two double-doubles last year. Sophomore guard Tramina Jordan (Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial HS), who started 17 games last year, also returns in 2016-17. Jordan averaged 5.0 points and 1.6 assists as a freshman last season. The Trailblazers return three reserve players from last year's squad, including junior guards Sandria Bolden (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS) (3.8 ppg) and Gabrielle Cabanero (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley HS) (1.8 ppg), and senior guard Cassidy Carrillo (La Mirada, Calif./St. Paul HS) (0.9 ppg).

Four junior college transfers join the Trailblazers for the 2016-17 season, including junior forwards Shelby Kassuba (Sammamish, Wash./Skyline HS) and Lisa VanCampen (Morgan, Utah/Morgan HS), junior guard Matti Ventling (Las Vegas, Nev./Las Vegas HS), and sophomore guard Monique Washington (South Jordan, Utah/Bingham HS).

Kassuba played two seasons at Bellevue College in Bellevue, Washington, where she averaged 17 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and three steals per game as a sophomore. VanCampen spent two seasons at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, and averaged 7.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Ventling played two seasons at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho, where she averaged 8.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game as a sophomore. Washington played her freshman year at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, averaging 2.3 points and 1.9 rebounds per game.

Dixie State also adds one NCAA Division I transfer in senior center Hannah Roberts (Henderson, Nev./Green Valley HS), who joins the Trailblazers after one season at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Roberts appeared in 15 games at UAPB and made two starts as a junior in 2015-16. Prior to her time at UAPB, Roberts averaged 2.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in two seasons at Southeast Community College in Milford, Nebraska.

Three new freshman join the ranks this year in twin-sister guards Ali and Kili Franks (Redding, Calif./Enterprise HS) and guard Jaden Gonzales (Plainview, Texas/Plainview HS). The Franks sisters prepped at Enterprise High School in Redding, California. Ali averaged 10 points, four rebounds, and three steals per game, while Kili averaged 15 points, six rebounds, and two steals per game for the Hornets. Gonzales prepped at Plainview High School in Plainview, Texas, where she averaged 16.0 points per game and connected on 66 3-pointers as a senior for the Bulldogs.

COACHING STAFF: Head Coach JD Gustin begins his first season at Dixie State in the 2016-17 campaign. Gustin was announced as the new DSU women's basketball head coach in May 2016, following the departure of former coach Jenny Thigpin. Gustin recently concluded his first season as an assistant coach at Weber State, where he helped lead the Wildcats to a 23-12 record and a runner-up finish in the 2016 Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament.

Prior to Weber State, Gustin spent four years at the University of Utah, serving as director of women's basketball operations from 2011-13 and women's basketball assistant coach from 2013-15. He helped guide the Utes to a runner-up finish in the 2013 Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT).

Before his time at Utah, he served as head women's basketball coach at Westminster College for seven seasons from 2004-11, where he compiled a 146-83 record and led the Griffins to five consecutive NAIA National Championship tournament appearances. He led Westminster to its first-ever NAIA tournament berth in 2006-07, and guided the Griffins to the quarterfinals of the NAIA championships for the first time in school history with a school-record 28 wins in 2010-11. Gustin won three Frontier Conference championships, including a perfect 14-0 conference mark in 2008-09.

Gustin is joined by new assistant coaches Nicole Yazzie (Westminster, 2013) and Brennon Schweikart (BYU-Hawaii, 2013).

NEXT UP: Dixie State opens Pacific West Conference play on Saturday, Dec. 3, vs. Concordia at the Burns Arena.