Women's Basketball
Fresno Pacific at #2 Azusa Pacific, 5:30 pm
Live Stats

The Sunbirds (4-1) play what may be their toughest GSAC game of the year in the conference opener tonight against the GSAC-favorite Cougars. APU (6-1) comes in with a number two national ranking after returning five starters from a team that lost in the national championship game a year ago.

The lone loss on the season for APU is to #1 Union (Tenn.) and the Cougars have had little trouble otherwise. FPU and APU have two common opponents this season. The Cougars defeated Holy Names 79-50, a team the Sunbirds lost to 76-71 last week. APU also defeated William Jessup 83-52, while the Sunbirds knocked off WJU by a score of 55-52.

The Cougars defeated FPU in both meetings last season, 81-65 in Fresno and 75-65 at Azusa. Jessica Torrecillas averaged 21 points in those two games for the Sunbirds.


Men's Basketball
Fresno Pacific at #1 Azusa Pacific, 7:30 pm
Live Stats

FPU enters its conference opener coming off two road victories over Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon. The Sunbirds (5-2) now take on the NAIA's #1-ranked team, a Cougar-squad that returns the majority of its players from a team that lost in the national title game last season and added some very talented transfers.

Despite the fact that the Cougars are the preseason conference favorite and have a 67-18 all-time record against FPU, the Sunbirds can draw confidence from the fact that they have been in this position before.

After not winning a game at Azusa since 1992, the Sunbirds have won the last two road meetings with the Cougars, including an 85-75 victory last season. Two seasons ago, current Sunbird point guard Adam Kado filled in for an injured starter and scored a career-high 26 points to lead FPU to victory, snapping the 16-year streak.

The number one Cougars showed their mortality in the season-opener, falling 81-79 to NCAA D3 Claremont Mudd-Scripps. However the Cougars have since won four straight.