SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team (4-7, 3-2 CCAA) will begin a four-game road trip by visiting Stanislaus State (4-7, 1-4 CCAA) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. before wrapping up the weekend at Cal State Monterey Bay (4-6, 2-3 CCAA) on Saturday at 3 p.m.
 
LAST WEEK

• The Cougars wrapped up 2023 with a 78-69 victory against Sonoma State on Sunday at The Sports Center.
• Five Cougars earned double figures behind Edwyn Collins' team-leading 18 points.
• Charlie Henderson earned his fourth double-double of the season with 13 rebounds and 11 points.
• It was CSUSM's eighth consecutive win against Sonoma.
• The Cougars tied the single-game program record for made 3-pointers with 16.

 
COUGAR FACTS

• The Cougars are taking the most 3-point attempts per game in the CCAA at 27.7 and rank 22nd nationally. They are also making a conference-best 9.1 3-pointers per game.
• CSUSM's assist-turnover ratio of 1.19 ranks second in the conference while also ranking second in assists per game at 14.6.
• The Cougars' 73.6 free throw percentage ranks third in the league.
• CSUSM's turnover margin of 2.9 ranks fourth in the CCAA while their 12.3 turnovers per game also rank fourth.
• Charlie Henderson is tied for the conference lead in double-doubles with four.
• Henderson is tied for the league lead in blocks per game with 1.18 while having the fourth-best field-goal percentage in the conference at 55.4% and the sixth-most rebounds per game at 7.4.
• Edwyn Collins' 2.09 steals per game rank second in the CCAA.
• Mike Pope's 2.18 3-pointers per game rank second in the conference.

 

GAME 12 | STANISLAUS STATE
Date	Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024
Time	7:30 p.m.
Location	Turlock, Calif.
Venue	Fitzpatrick Arena
Records	CSUSM (4-7, 3-2 CCAA) STAN (4-7, 1-4 CCAA)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video ($)	CCAA Network

THURSDAY IN TURLOCK

• Stanislaus enters Thursday on a three-game skid and has losses in six of its last seven games.
• The Warriors' lone win in that time occurred on Dec. 2 against San Francisco State as they earned a 70-65 victory.
• Stan State then took losses to Cal State Dominguez Hills (65-63), Cal State LA (95-83) and Cal State Monterey Bay (63-62) all on the road.
• In the CCAA, the Warriors ranks 10th in scoring defense (72.4), 10th in scoring margin (-3.0) and ninth in scoring offense (69.4).
• Stan State has the worst field-goal percentage in the conference at 39.3%.
• The Warriors rank second in the league for bench points (28.73), offensive rebounds (11.91) and rebounds (38.73) per game.
• Stanislaus is scoring the third-most fast-break points in the CCAA at 12.73 per game.
• Tony Singleton leads the conference in 3-point percentage (40.6%) and 3-pointers per game (2.55).
• Daniel Ameyaw is second in the conference with 8.9 rebounds per game.
• John Wade III ranks third in steals per game (2.0) and assists per game (3.0) in the CCAA.
• Wade and Dontrell Hewlett are the Warriors' scoring leaders at 12.8 and 12.7 points per game, respectively.
• The Cougars have won four consecutive games against the Warriors with the last loss occurring on Jan. 11, 2020, in Turlock.
• Last season, CSUSM won 75-69 in the first game at Stan State before an 85-54 trouncing at home in the second game.
• The Cougars are 9-3 in the all-time series against the Warriors and are 4-2 when playing in Turlock.

 

GAME 13 | CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY
Date	Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024
Time	3 p.m.
Location	Seaside, Calif.
Venue	The Otter Sports Center
Records	CSUSM (4-7, 3-2 CCAA) CSUMB (4-6, 2-3 CCAA)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video ($)	CCAA Network

WEEKEND FINALE IN SEASIDE

• The Otters ended a three-game skid with a 63-62 win against Stanislaus State this past Sunday.
• Before the win, CSUMB had a 82-76 loss against Cal State East Bay on Dec. 2, an 82-62 loss at Cal State LA on Dec. 7 and a 72-65 loss at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Dec. 9.
• Before facing the Cougars, the Otters will host Sonoma State on Thursday night.
• CSUMB has the worst scoring defense in the CCAA at 77.0 points allowed per game while maintaining the third-best scoring offense at 75.2 points per game.
• The Otters have the worst turnover margin (-1.4) and least forced turnovers (11.60) in the CCAA.
• CSUMB is coming down with the most defensive rebounds per game in the conference at 27.60.
• The Cougars will look to take advantage of the Otters' next-to-last 3-point percentage defense of 37.4%.
• Charles Johnston is the CCAA leader in field-goal percentage (68.8%), total rebounds (106), rebounds per game (10.6), defensive rebounds per game (7.0) and offensive rebounds per game (3.6) while being tied for the league lead in double-doubles with four.
• Jailen Nelson has the second-best assist/turnover ratio in the conference at 1.30.
• Jaden Tengan, brother of CSUSM freshman Max Tengan, leads the Otters in scoring at 13.5 points per game.
• CSUSM is 9-3 in the all-time series against CSUMB and is 4-2 when playing in Seaside.
• Last season, the Cougars won both meetings against the Otters by scores of 72-60 and 72-71.

2023-24 OUTLOOK

• First-year head coach Nick Booker takes over the reins of the CSUSM men's basketball program after spending three seasons as an assistant at UC San Diego.
• The Cougars return six from last season's roster, including Edwyn Collins, Chris Howard, Bing Huang, Jermaine Rogers II, Jack Schultz and Donovan Watkins.
• CSUSM has nine newcomers for 2023-24, including transfers Uriah Foster, Charlie Henderson, Teagen Hoard, Luc Krystkowiak, Camren Pierce, Mike Pope, Jayden White and Justin White while welcoming true freshman Max Tengan.
• The Cougars' 30-game slate includes two road exhibitions to go along with 13 home games and 15 road games in the regular season.
• CSUSM was selected to finish seventh in the 2023-24 CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll.

THE BOOKER FILE

• Nick Booker became the Cougars' third head coach in program history on June 5, 2023.
• Booker came to CSUSM from UC San Diego where was the Tritons' assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for three seasons beginning in June 2020.
• Prior to UCSD, Booker was the associate head coach at Eastern Washington from April 2017 through May 2020 and was named the top assistant coach in the Big Sky Conference by Stadium.
• While at Eastern Washington, Booker helped the Eagles win 59 games overall and a Big Sky Conference Championship in 2019-20 while helping develop two Big Sky Players of the Year.
• Before Eastern Washington, Booker was the director of basketball operations at Davidson College in 2016-17 after a five-year stint as an assistant coach at UC Irvine from April 2011 to March 2016, where he was also the director of basketball operations for one season prior.
• Booker's first coaching gig as an assistant came at Miramar Community College in 2006-07, and he later became the assistant coach and interim head coach at Saddleback Community College from July 2007 through August 2010.
• Booker earned his bachelor's in history at Davidson College in 2004and earned his master's in physical education from Azusa Pacific in 2010.
• At Davidson, Booker was a starter for the 2002 Southern Conference Championship team that faced Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament and contributed to back-to-back regular-season conference championships in 2001 and 2002.