SEASIDE, Calif. -- The Cal State Monterey Bay women's basketball team will close the home portion of its 2014 schedule this weekend when it welcomes Chico State Friday (Feb. 21) and Cal State Stanislaus Saturday (Feb. 22). Both games will tip-off at 5:30 p.m. as the opening games of men's/women's doubleheader action. Rob Ponce will do double duty calling both the men's and women's games on Friday. Veteran play-by-play man Kevin Richardson (@krichardson46) will have the call on Saturday.

As with all CSUMB basketball home games, live video, audio and stats will be available for both games at OtterAthletics.com. After this weekend, the Otters conclude their 2013-14 schedule by traveling to the Bay area to tackle Sonoma State (Feb. 28) and San Francisco State (Mar. 1). 

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS (16–6, 12–6 CCAA): After an up–and–down start to the season, the Wildcats has been on fire down the stretch, winning eight of their last nine entering Friday's game in Seaside. That stretch began with a 62–48 win over the Otters in Chico on Jan. 18. Individually, senior guard Jazmine Miller leads a balanced Wildcat offense at 13.4 points per game. Hannah Womack and McKenzie Dalthorp chip in 11.4 and 10.3 ppg. Analise Riezbos is the team's top rebounder at 7.4 rpg.

WHEN LAST WE MET: For 30 minutes, the Otters were the better team when the teams met in Chico on Jan. 18. but a 10–minute cold spell (during which the Otters went 0–for–13 from the floor) allowed Chico a 17–0 run that proved to be the difference in a 62–48 Wildcat win. CSUMb got a then career–high 17 points from Chezla Self (Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta College). Hannah Womack led Chico with a game–high 19 points.

WHEN LAST WE PLAYED, OTTER EDITION: Following a fast start, the short–handed Otters couldn't keep up the pace and Cal State San Bernardino came back to post a 67–51 win in The Kelp Bed Saturday afternoon in front of a national TV audience on the CBS Sports Network. Chezla Self led the Otters with 16 points. Ashley Morgan (Rohnert Parl/Santa Rosa JC) just missed her first double–double of the season, finishing with 10 rebounds and nine points.

WHEN LAST WE PLAYED, WILDCAT EDITION: Chico bounced back from scoring a season–low 21 points in the first half to post an important 54–51 win at Cal State Dominguez Hills Saturday night in The Torodome. Jazmine Miller was the only Wildcat to reach double figures, finishing with 19 points. Analise Riezbos grabbed 12 boards, all off the defensive glass.

THIS DATE IN OTTER HISTORY: This will be just the second Feb. 21 game for the Otters and the first one at home. The last time they played on this date they dropped a 70–50 decision at UC San Diego on Feb. 21, 2009.

WHAT A STEAL: Chezla Self tied her own career–high with four steals Saturday against Cal State San Bernardino. She overtook fellow senior Ashley Morgan for the team lead, 36–35, a mark that ranks No. 12 on the CSUMB single season list. She needs four more steals to catch Dana Andrews (2009) for a top 10 spot on that list.

LIKE A THIEF IN THE…DAY: Senior forward Holly Holcomb (Ventura/Buena HS) collected her 133rd career steal Saturday versus San Bernardino, tying her with Dana Andrews for the No. 2 spot in the CSUMB caeer list. Jessica Fontenette (2010–13) owns the CSUMB career record of 183.

HOLCOMB FROM LONG RANGE: Senior forward Holly Holcomb (Ventura/Buena HS) passed current Otter Assistant Coach Stefanie Corgel) for the No. 2 spot on the CSUMB career list for 3–point field goals by making her 94th Feb. 6 at Cal Poly Pomona. She needs three more to become only the second Otter ever to reach 100 career treys. Dana Andrews holds the high water mark at 178 in a career that spanned from 2006–09.

HOLCOMB ON THE REBOUND: Holly Holcomb entered the season holding the No. 2 mark in the CSUMB career rebounding list and now has 598. With two boards Friday night, she will join Krista Herr (643 from 2005–08) as the only Otters to reach 600 career rebounds.

SHE SHOOTS, SHE SCORES: Holly Holcomb (629 points) moved up another spot on the CSUMB career scoring chart last Saturday vs. San Bernardino, passing Brittani Jefferson (627) for third place. Dana Andrews holds the Otter record with 1,359 points.

HARRIS ON THE REBOUND: A return to the starting lineup has done wonders for Mykayla Harris, who has posted the two best rebounding games of her career in her first two games back as a starter. She grabbed a career–high 14 rebounds at Cal Poly Pomona (Feb. 6) and 10 at Humboldt State (Feb. 8). She is averaging 9.0 rpg since returning to the starting lineup on Feb. 6.

MORGAN AND HOLCOMB ON THE REBOUND: With her 10–rebound performance versus San Bernardino Saturday, Ashley Morgan vaulted up four spots to No. 18 on the CSUMB single season rebounding list with 135. With her seven boards in the same game, Holly Holcomb now has 124 rebounds and needs just seven more to catch Shonetta Crain–Williams (131 in 2012) for a spot in the top 20.

MORGAN REACH 200–POINT MARK: With nine points Saturday versus San Bernardino, Ashley Morgan brought her season point total to an evn 200. She needs 37 points over her last four games to catch Denise Sanchez (237 in 2005) for a spot on the Otter single season top 20 list.

THE DEFENSE DOESN'T REST: Defense continues to be the staple of the Otter diet, with CSUMB entering Friday's game allowing just 60.6 points per game. The Otters entered the week ranked No. 2 in both the CCAA and the West Region and No. 28 in the nation in scoring defense.

70 IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING: With apologies to Douglas Adams, the answer to everything isn't 42, it's 70. With Saturday's 70–63 win at Humboldt State, CSUMB is now 32–2 when scoring 70 or more points since the 2008–09 season. Prior to the 2013 regular season finale (an 84–75 overtime loss to Chico State), the Otters hadn't scored 70 in defeat since a 85–79 loss to Cal State Stanislaus on Dec. 6, 2008.

WHY PLAY 40 MINUTES? Second halves have become all but irrelevant when the Otters lead at intermission. CSUMB has won 72 of its last 76 regular season games in which it has led at halftime. Since 2008–09, the Otters have a 78–5 regular season record when leading at intermission. Included in that run was a 52–game winning streak broken when Humboldt State overcame a 32–31 on deficit Feb. 4, 2012 to win 65–51.

CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR: The Otters dropped consecutive games by one point (47–46) at San Bernardino (Jan. 10) and two points (40–38) at UC San Diego (Jan. 11). It marked the first time ever that the Otters played consecutive games decided by a total of three points. The previous record for consecutive close games was five points, with the Otters falling at San Francisco State (55–52) and to Cal State Dominguez Hills (52–50) on Feb. 10–12, 2010.