FRESNO, Calif. – After three games in six days last week, the Fresno Pacific University women's basketball team will play just one contest this week. The Sunbirds visit Belmont, Calif. on Friday evening to take on Notre Dame de Namur in PacWest Confrence action.
 
THIS WEEK
Game #18: PacWest Contest
@ Notre Dame de Namur
Friday, Jan. 20 • 5:30 p.m.
Walter Gleason Gymnasium • Belmont, Calif.
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SCHEDULE NOTES
After this week, the final home game of the month will see defending PacWest Champion California Baptist make the journey to Fresno. The Sunbirds wrap up January with a pair of road trips to Northern California, paying visits to Academy of Art and Holy Names.
 
February features an early home meeting with Dominican before a three-game road trip to the Aloha State for battles with Hawai'i Hilo, Hawai'i Pacific and BYU-Hawaii. A home game against Azusa Pacific follows on the 18th before the Sunbirds head to San Rafael for the final season matchup with Dominican on the 23rd.
 
Senior Day for the Sunbirds comes on Feb. 25 against Notre Dame de Namur, with the PacWest Conference Tournament beginning on March 1 in Irvine. To view the schedule in its entirety and results from this season, please click here.
 
ABOUT THE SUNBIRDS (4-13, 1-8 PacWest)
Fresno Pacific fell 79-76 to Chaminade in overtime on Saturday night despite five Sunbirds scoring ten or more points. Megan Lee finished her night with a team-high 17 points as the only FPU player to score in double-figures in all three games last week. Bree Alvarez has led the team in scoring with 15.6 points per game, currently good enough for fifth individually in the PacWest Conference. Freshman forward Cassie Pisik has collected 5.2 rebounds per game to lead the Sunbirds, while Alex Green has been the team's primary passer to date (2.3 assists per game).
 
ABOUT THE ARGONAUTS (8-8, 6-3 PacWest)
NDNU enters this week in fifth place in the PacWest Conference standings after winning two of their last three league games. Most recently, the Argos fell to Hawai'i Pacific on Monday evening despite Marissa Caballero recording a game-high 21 points. She is one of three NDNU players to average double-figures so far this season, leading the way with 14.9 points per game. Emily Tevez is on her heels with 14.8 PPG, while Jerusha Paine has chipped in 13.8 PPG and a team-high 8.9 rebounds per contest.      
 
SERIES HISTORY: FPU VS. NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR
FPU claims a 12-2 record in the all-time series against NDNU, including the last three overall meetings and each of the last three in Belmont. Last season, the Sunbirds knocked off the Argos 76-70 on their home floor behind a 30-point night from Megan Lee.   
 
HEAD COACH TIM BEAUREGARD
In his first year as the head coach of the Sunbirds, Beauregard returned to FPU after previously serving as an assistant from 2006-10. During a head coaching transition following his final season as the lead assistant at FPU, Beauregard oversaw the program for a brief period, landing top recruit Jenay Herring who went on to become FPU's second all-time leading scorer.
 
Following his time at FPU, Beauregard was hired as the lead assistant at Azusa Pacific University where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program, including scheduling, recruiting, scouting and practice planning. The Cougars went on to win the 2011 NAIA National Championship after finishing as the national runner-up in 2010.
 
Beauregard is well connected in the women's basketball world and has served as camp director for nationally-recognized NBC Camps since 2005. He has run over 50 overnight camps and clinics ranging from Canada to Colorado to Southern California, and several spots in between. While at NBC Camps, Beauregard combined and emphasized basketball training with psychological and spiritual training to develop integrity and confidence in his student-athletes.
 
SHOP FPU
The Fresno Pacific Department of Athletics is proud to announce the opening of a Team Store that can be accessed on ShopFPU.com. Fans and students can now purchase apparel for all 14 athletic teams, along with numerous other items, throughout of the 2016-17 season.
 
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