HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay men's basketball will have their first road trip of the 2018-19 campaign with contests against two PacWest teams in Academy of Art and Fresno Pacific. The Pioneers will visit the Urban Knights on Wednesday evening, November 14 before ending the week with a trek to the central valley to take on Fresno Pacific on Saturday evening, November 17.
 
WEEK IN REVIEW
The Cal State East Bay men's basketball program picked up a 70-59 win over Notre Dame De Namur to roundup the opening day of Veteran's Day Classic on Friday night, November 9 in Pioneer Gymnasium.
 
The Pioneers controlled nearly early facet of the ball game in the victory as they overcame an early 12-point deficit to capture the home victory.
 
The Pioneer defense held the visiting Argonauts to 40.0% (22-for-55) shooting from the field including 5-for-22 (22.7%) from beyond the arc. East Bay did not shoot very well themselves as they went 20-for-50 (40.0%) from the field along with shooting 5-for-24 (20.8%) from three-point range. The Pios did however perform better at the charity stripe than their opponents going 25-for-30 (83.3%) while the Argos shot 76.9% (10-for-13) from the foul line for the game. CSUEB also forced NDNU into 14 turnovers while scoring 19 points off those turnovers.
 
Newcomer Ant Navarrete (San Lorenzo, Calif.) notched his first double-double of the season as he scored a game high 18 points on 8-for-12 accuracy from the floor while grabbing 10 rebounds. Navarrete also added one steal in 28 minutes of action.
 
In total the Pioneers had three players score in double figures. Junior Trent Warren (Melbourne, Australia) tallied 14 points in only 15 minutes of action off the bench. Warren shot 4-for-6 from the field including 3-for-5 from three-point land capped off by a perfect 3-for-3 mark from the free throw line. Senior forward Patrick Marr (Clayton, Calif.) finished with 13 points and five rebounds, while going 7-for-8 from the foul line. Marr added a block, an assist and a steal through 26 minutes.
 
Cal State East Bay out-rebounded Notre Dame De Namur 38-32 and narrowly edged the Argonauts in the battle of the paint points 28-26. But the major difference was the Pioneers was their production from their reserve players. East Bay go 25 points from the bench to just 12 from Notre Dame.
 
Senior guard Juwan Anderson (Oakland, Calif.) paced the Pioneers with a game-high seven assists to go along with seven points, three rebounds and two assists. Sophomore Wyatt Maker (Salinas, Calif.) also chipped in seven points and five rebounds in only nine minutes of game action.
 
This is the third time in the last four seasons in which Cal State East Bay has opened the season with a victory.
 
CSUEB's starting backcourt of Juwan Anderson and Nai Carlisle was outstanding in the win, combining for 38 points and all five of the team's made three-pointers. Overall, the Pioneers shot 48.1 percent from the field, while their defense held the Hawks to just 36.7 percent.
 
That defense was particularly impressive in the early going, as the home team held Holy Names to just 6-for-25 from the field in the first half and took a 10-point lead into the halftime break.
 
The Hawks did eventually heat up after intermission behind guard Andre Green, who finished with 22 points. East Bay's lead hovered in the single digits for most of the second half, and the visitors even briefly grabbed a lead, 52-51, before a Carlisle three-pointer put the Pioneers back ahead.
 
They never looked back after that, pulling away for the double-digit victory over the final eight minutes. Anderson took over down the stretch, scoring 16 of his 22 points in the second half and burying three shots from long distance. The senior also tallied 5 rebounds, four assists, and three steals on the night.
 
Carlisle notched 16 points on an efficient 7-for-9 shooting performance. Fellow newcomer Ant Navarrete also reached double figures with 10 points, and the junior added five boards.
 
Senior Evan Wardlow contributed eight points and six boards, while Patrick Marr grabbed a
team-high seven rebounds. Junior Trent Warren was impactful in 12 minutes off the bench, tallying eight points and four rebounds.
 
PIONEER POINTS
East Bay now boast a 2-0 record after knocking off a pair of non-conference opponents in the opening weekend of 2018-19. This marks the first time in eight years that East Bay has won its first two games of the regular season.
 
The Pioneers have four players averaging double figures after the opening weekend tournament. Senior guard Juwan Anderson (Oakland, Calif.) is leading CSUEB with 14.5 points and 5.5 assists on 31.5 minutes per game. Anderson is also corralling 4.0 rebounds per outing while leading the Pios with five steals and shooting 80.0% (12-for-15) from the free throw line. He is currently ninth in the conference in scoring and tops in the CCAA in assists
 
Newcomers Ant Navarrete (San Lorenzo, Calif.), Trent Warren (Melbourne, Australia) and Nai Carlisle (West Lafayette, Ind.) are all notching double figures through their first two games as Pioneers.
 
Navarrete is putting in 14.0 points while leading the team with 7.5 rebounds per game. He is also shooting 57.1% (12-for-21) from the field and 80.0% from the charity stripe on 28.5 minutes per game. Navarrete is seventh in the league in rebounding.
 
Warren has been the Pioneers most impressive shooters knocking down over 50% of his shots from three-point land, 60.0% accuracy from the field and 77.8% from the foul line. He is tallying 11.0 points, 3.0 rebounds on 13.5 minutes per game off the bench.
 
Carlisle is shooting a team-best 64.3% from the field while contributing 10.0 points per contest. He has added four rebounds, three assists and two steals.
 
SCOUTING ACADEMY OF ART
The Academy of Art Urban Knights are off to an 0-2 start after losses to San Francisco State and Sonoma State in the SF State Tipoff Classic. Stefan Milivojevic leads ART U with 13.0 points and 2.5 rebounds. Victor Ruiz de Carranza is chipping in 8.5 points and 8.5 rebounds on 50% shooting from the field.
 
SCOUTING FRESNO PACIFIC
The Fresno Pacific Sunbirds have started the season 1-1 after falling to Saint Martin's and defeating Montana State Billings in the Sea Lion Tip Off Classic. Aamondae Coleman is leading the Sunbirds with 14.0 points and 7.0 rebounds on 58.8% shooting. Nate Kendricks is adding 12.5 points and 4.0 rebounds for Fresno Pacific.