SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team will play its final two games at MiraCosta College in program history this week when it hosts No. 13 UC San Diego and Cal State San Bernardino.

The Schedule
Game 24
Thursday, February 18 – 8 p.m.
No. 13 UC San Diego (19-4, 14-3 CCAA) at Cal State San Marcos (13-10, 9-7 CCAA)
Oceanside, Calif. – MiraCosta College
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Game 25
Saturday, February 20 – 8 p.m.
Cal State San Bernardino (8-13, 5-12 CCAA) at CSUSM
Oceanside, Calif. – MiraCosta College
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Goodbye, MiraCosta
After five years of playing "home" games at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, the Cougars will move into The Sports Center for the 2016-17 season. For more information on The Sports Center and to purchase your 2016-17 season tickets, click here.

Probable Cougar Starters
G - #1 Akachi Okugo (Sr., 6-1/180): 11.5 ppg, 2.2 apg, 2.4 rpg, 30.7 mpg
G - #10 Andrew Bournes (Jr., 6-3/195): 10.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.1 apg, 25.1 mpg
G - #23 Darnell Taylor (Sr., 6-4/205): 17.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.8 apg, 34.6 mpg
F - #35 Taran Brown (Sr., 6-8/215): 12.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 43.8 fg%, 28.5 mpg
F - #42 Declan Daly (Sr., 6-8/240): 9.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 53.4 fg%, 27.3 mpg

CCAA Standings (through 2/16/16)
1. No. 8 Chico State 14-2, 20-3
2. No. 13 UC San Diego 14-3, 19-4
3. No. 20 Cal Poly Pomona 12-5, 19-5
4. Humboldt State 11-6, 17-6
5. Cal State San Marcos 9-7, 13-10
6. Cal State Monterey Bay 9-8, 11-12
7. San Francisco State 8-9, 14-9
7. Sonoma State 8-9, 13-10
9. Cal State L.A. 6-10, 7-16
10. Cal State San Bernardino 5-12, 8-13
11. Cal State Dominguez Hills 4-12, 10-14
11. Stanislaus State 4-12, 5-16
13. Cal State East Bay 4-13, 8-16

CSUSM In The CCAA Ranks
Team, league games, top five
1. Blocked shots (65, 4.33)
4. Scoring (72.7)
4. Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.03)
5. Free throw % (70.2)
5. Assists (13.07)

Individual, league games, top five
1. Rebounding – Declan Daly (8.8)
1. Blocked Shots – Declan Daly (2.3, 34)
2. Scoring – Darnell Taylor (18.5)
4. Blocked Shots – Taran Brown (1.3)
4. Steals – Darnell Taylor (1.5)
5. Field Goal % – Darnell Taylor (47.5)
5. Minutes – Darnell Taylor (34.7)

UC San Diego
All-time vs. UCSD: 0-1

Last Time Out: L, 65-69 (Dec. 20, 2015); The Cougars had a pair of free throws to take the lead with 14 seconds remaining, but missed both. The Tritons finished the game with four players.

UCSD Breakdown:  The Tritons have won six of their last seven games and sit in second place behind Chico State for the top spot in the CCAA. UCSD fell to Chico, 77-71, last Friday in La Jolla.

Cal State San Bernardino Preview
All-time vs. CSUSB: Saturday will be the first meeting between the teams.

CSUSB Breakdown: The Coyotes have fallen in four of their last five games.

The Jim Saia File
Jim Saia is in his fifth season at the helm of Cal State San Marcos, a program he has built from the ground up since arriving on campus in 2010. Saia holds a 115-35 (.766) on-court record at CSUSM and a 185-64 (.743) on-court record during his previous seven years as a collegiate head coach. He spent three seasons at Fresno Pacific (2007-10) prior to coming to CSUSM.

New Conference
Cal State San Marcos is in its first season of CCAA competition after spending its first four seasons as an independent program in the NAIA. CSUSM was picked to finish fifth in the preseason CCAA coaches' poll. The CCAA is made up of 12 CSU institutions and UC San Diego. The CCAA is one of the premier NCAA Division II leagues in the nation. Its teams have won more national championships (153) than any other conference.

New Territory
After four seasons of competition in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the Cougars enter their first season of NCAA Division II competition in 2015-16. CSUSM is currently in the second year of a three-year transition to full NCAA Division II membership. As a part of the transition, the Cougars will be ineligible for postseason play in 2015-16 and 2016-17.

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