Tipping Off
The Mavericks (4-3) play the second and final game of their California trip this Sunday when they take on Cal State Bakersfield (1-2) in a 4 p.m. match. The game can be heard on 1180 The Zone with Jon Schriner on the call. Links to live stats, audio and video are available on OMavs.com.

Quick Hits

• The Mavericks won their first road game of the season on Thursday when they rode a massive third quarter to a come from behind 56-51 victory over Pepperdine.
• Both teams were virtually even in terms of shooting during the low scoring game, as the Mavericks were just barely out shot by the Waves on field goals, going 19-for-57 (33.3%) vs. 20-for-57 (35.1%). Omaha did hold a slight edge in free throws made at 13-for-18 (72.2%) vs. 9-for-11 (81.8%), and in three-pointers, going 5-for-18 (27.8%) while Pepperdine was only 2-for-16 (12.5%).
• Where the Mavericks did dominate against Pepperdine was in steals and turnovers, recording 15 steals and only having 13 turnovers while the Waves turned it over 28 times and only had seven steals.
• Elena Pilakouta set a new career record with her seventh consecutive double-digit scoring game on Thursday. Her 15 points and eight rebounds were both team highs, as are her 107 points (15.3 ppg) on the season.
• Kennedi Grant was second on the team with 14 points against the Waves and led the Mavericks with a career-high six steals.
• Grace Cave continues to significantly outpace her rookie season this year after adding 10 points, four assists, and two steals against Pepperdine. She's currently averaging 10.1 ppg (vs. 7.4 in 2021-22), 4.9 rpg (vs. 2.8), 2.9 apg (vs. 1.9), while also increasing her FG% from .381 to .463 and her FT% from .667 to .824.

Scouting the Roadrunners
The Roadrunners went 5-20 last season with a 3-11 conference record. After defeating No. 8 CSUN in the first round of the Big West Championship, they very nearly pulled off a massive upset over No. 1 Hawaii in the quarterfinals, falling by only a single point in a 48-47 loss.

CSUB's last game was a 42-74 loss at UNLV. They were scheduled to play Fresno Pacific earlier this week, but the game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols in the Sunbirds' team.

Sophomore forward Hennie Van Schaik currently leads the team with 28 points, despite only playing two out of three games so far. She is coming off a breakout rookie campaign that ended with her being named to the Big West All-Freshman team with 108 points, 80 total rebounds, and a team-high 12 blocks.

Senior center Soli Herrera is the team leader in rebounds with 17 boards through three games. Already, she is halfway to her career best of 35 rebounds in a single season which she set in 24 games last year. Herrera also blocked three shots in their loss to UNLV last week. Redshirt freshman Kayla Morris has blocked a team-high seven shots already, stopping two each in the first two games of the season and another three against UNLV. She also fell two rebounds short of a double-double last week along with her 10 points.

Head Coach Greg McCall is in his 12th season with CSU Bakersfield, compiling a 151-168 record.

All-Time Against CSU Bakersfield
The all-time series is tied at 2-2 between both teams. Their last meeting was in late 2018 in Omaha, with the Mavericks coming out on top 53-46.