LA MIRADA, Calif. ---

THIS WEEK: at Academy of Art (2-8, 1-6 PacWest) - Monday, Jan. 7 at 5:30 p.m.; at Dominican (10-2, 7-1 PacWest) - Thursday, Jan. 10 at 5:30 p.m.; at Holy Names (1-13, 1-7 PacWest) - Saturday, Jan. 12 at 1 p.m.

MULTIMEDIA: Links for away game live stats and live video are available in the game previews below.

BIOLA (6-7, 4-3 PacWest) vs ACADEMY OF ART (2-8, 1-6 PacWest): Monday, Jan. 7 at 5:30 p.m. \\ Live Stats \\ Live Video ($8/game) \\ Due to facility issues at Kezar Pavilion, games will be hosted at Holy Names (Tobin Gymnasium)
After a day's rest, the Eagles take on an Academy of Art team that just earned its first PacWest win of the year this past Friday against UH Hilo. The Urban Knights score in bunches and had their share of good and bad streaks during the win over the Vulcans outscoring UH Hilo by at least eight points in two quarters to overcome a second period in which they were outscoring 20-to-10. Academy of Art has four women who average 9.7 points or more per game, led by Chanel Stuart who is close to averaging a double-double and leads the Urban Knights in minutes played. But ARTU also allows an average of 80 points per contest and surrenders about seven three-pointers per game. That bodes well for an Eagles team that is looking to recover the three-point shot that was so integral to their winning efforts earlier in the season. Biola has drained five three-pointers or fewer in four of its last five game, but had an excellent shooting night in its last meeting with the Urban Knights: the Eagles went 13-of-28 from beyond the arc in a 71-61 road win at ARTU last January.

TICKETS: https://artuathletics.com/sports/2017/10/20/ticket-information.aspx

BIOLA (6-7, 4-3 PacWest) at DOMINICAN (10-2, 7-1 PacWest): Thursday, Jan. 10 at 5:30 p.m. \\ Live Stats \\ Live Video ($8/game)
Creating some scoring momentum against the Urban Knights on Monday would be a big help to Biola as it faces the 10-2 Penguins and their high-octane offense. Dominican is averaging a conference-best 77.5 points per game and boasts the nation's leading scorer in Natalie Diaz, who is scoring 29.2 points per game. The Penguins are on a four-game winning streak, including a sweep of the Hawaii PacWest schools last week and will be playing their sixth-straight game at home on Thursday. But Dominican started the homestand with a big 87-66 loss to Azusa Pacific in December that may provide a rubric for the Eagles' winning formula. Diaz shot well against the Cougars for 21 points, but Azusa Pacific countered Diaz' scoring around the key with 10-of-20 shooting from three-point range and a large advantage on the boards to earn the double-digit victory. One would think, the Eagles would only need to control the outside shooting or the rebounding in Thursday's game to come out with the upset victory.

TICKETS: https://dominicanathletics.com/sports/2013/7/10/GEN_0710131632.aspx?path=general

BIOLA (7-6, 3-4 PacWest) at HOLY NAMES (1-13, 1-7 PacWest): Saturday, Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. \\ Live Stats \\ Live Video ($7.95/game)
Biola's concludes its eight-day Bay Area trip with its second matchup of the season against the Holy Names. Like Biola, the Hawks will also be playing their third game of the week on Saturday since they'll also be hosting Chaminade on Wednesday and Azusa Pacific on Thursday. And Holy Names will also have to overcome the 82-53 loss that they suffered at Biola on Dec. 1. The Hawks had the game's leading scorer in Arianna Hernandez and had two other women score in double figures. But the Eagles had five women contribute 10 points or more, including Mikayla Greens, who had a 14-point, 14-rebound double-double.

TICKETS: https://hnuhawks.com/sports/2016/6/16/tickets.aspx

LAST WEEK:
Despite troubles shooting the ball, the Eagles went 1-1 in two PacWest games last week to maintain their winning conference record at 4-3. Head Coach Alan Nakamura's group is still looking to get big scoring outputs each night from one or two women over the next few games. But Biola deserves some credit for digging deep in last Saturday's win over Notre Dame de Namur and finding clutch baskets from multiple sources to come out on top. The Eagles had five women score six points or more in the victory while the Argos struggled outside of the 30 points provided by their two leading scorers. And if anything, Saturday's win shows that shooting the ball well isn't Biola's only key to victory. The Eagles out-rebounded Notre Dame de Namur 31-23 and improved to 5-0 this season when they pull down more boards than their opponent.

CONFERENCE TICKER:
There hasn't been any movement among the top-four teams in the conference as Azusa Pacific continues its undefeated PacWest start at 8-0. The Cougars latest win helped Biola in the standings with Concordia losing 79-56 to APU and dropping to 3-5 in PacWest play. Biola now stands in sixth place after Point Loma took fifth with its four-game winning streak. But the Eagles are only one win behind the 5-3 Sea Lions and have lost game to just two PacWest teams so far this season. Were the Eagles eligible for NCAA postseason play this year, that sixth place position would make Head Coach Alan Nakamura's group eligible for the six-team PacWest tournament. Maintaining that standing in the top-six will definitely be one of the early goals on a list of things the Eagles want to attain in the 2019 portion of their schedule.