The Dixie State women's basketball team opens its 2016-17 Pacific West Conference schedule on Saturday, as the Trailblazers host Concordia inside the Burns Arena.

Tipoff is set for 5 p.m., as DSU looks for its first win of the season. Live coverage is scheduled on radio (Radio Dixie 91.3 FM), television (CEC-TV – TDS Cable Channel 22), and online at Southern Utah Live.

ALL-TIME VS. CONCORDIA: Saturday's game marks the fourth meeting between Dixie State and Concordia. The teams first met on Dec. 7, 2007 in Irvine, California, with the DSU earning a 65-57 victory. The Trailblazers and Eagles split their two games in the 2015-16 season, with the home team winning each contest. DSU leads the series 2-1.

KNOW YOUR FOE: Concordia enters the weekend with a 3-2 record, riding a three-game win streak (as of Thursday) after dropping its first two games of the season. The Eagles open their conference schedule on Thursday night vs. Azusa Pacific. Junior Zoe Scott-Goss leads the CUI attack, averaging 10.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, while junior Portia Neale adds another 9.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. Freshman Ugochi Anudokem leads the team in rebounding with 8.0 rebounds per game.

PACWEST OPENER: Dixie State opens its tenth season of PacWest play in 2016-17. The Trailblazers currently hold a 6-3 record in PacWest openers, including a perfect 5-0 mark at home and a 1-3 record on the road. DSU recorded its only road conference-opener win in a 71-67 victory over Point Loma on Dec. 4, 2014.

LAST TIME OUT: The Trailblazers team dropped a 69-58 decision to Westminster on Friday in Salt Lake City.

Dixie State cut the Westminster lead to one point at 46-45 early in the final period when junior forward Lisa VanCampen (Morgan, Utah/Morgan HS) canned a triple with 8:17 remaining, but Westminster responded with a 12-2 run to extend the lead back to double digits and clinch the victory.

The Trailblazers shot 33 percent (19-of-56) from the field, 29 percent (8-of-27) from beyond the arc, and 80 percent (12-of-15) from the free throw line. VanCampen led DSU with a career-high 18 points and nine rebounds, while Shelby Kassuba (Sammamish, Wash./Skyline HS) added 12 points and redshirt sophomore guard Tramina Jordan (Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial HS) scored 10 points.

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 heads to southern California for a two-game trip at California Baptist next Thursday and Azusa Pacific on Saturday.