HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay women's basketball team returns this week to a setting in which it has been extremely successful in recent seasons, as the 2019-20 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) tournament begins Tuesday evening.
 
East Bay is making its ninth straight trip to the CCAA postseason. The Pioneers reached the championship game three straight years from (2015-2017), capturing two tournament titles in 2016 and 2017.
 
Similar to last season, East Bay will not be considered one of the favorites when the eight-team tournament begins Tuesday. Following a regular season in which they finished 17-11 with a 13-9 mark in conference play, the Pioneers earned the No. 5 seed and will play on the road at No. 4 seed Chico State in the first round, with tip-off from Art Acker Gymnasium set for 5:30 p.m.
 
The Pioneers and Wildcats have already met twice this season, as East Bay compiled a close, 63-62 victory in Chico back in November before winning a, 71-67 overtime thriller over Chico State inside Pioneer Gymnasium in January.
 
PIONEER POINTS

• The Pioneers finished the regular season 17-11 on the season with a 13-9 mark in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play.
• East Bay WBB is in the CCAA Postseason playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.
• CSUEB is 7-6 in games played outside of Pioneer Gymnasium so far this season.
• East Bay is 5th in the CCAA allowing only 63.1 points per game.
• CSUEB is 7th in the conference averaging 68.2 points per contest.
• The Pios have the 3rd best scoring margin in the league at +.5.0.
• The Pioneers defense is holding opponents to just 38.1% shooting, 5th best in the league.
• East Bay is also 2nd in the conference in shooting percentage, hitting at a 42.2 percent clip per game.
• CSUEB is 1st in the conference in rebounding defense holding their opponents to 30.5 rebounds per game.
• The Pioneers are 7th in the league in rebounding offense, bringing down 36.0 boards per game.
• Cal State East Bay is 2nd in the CCAA in rebounding margin at +6.3 so far this season.
• Madison Schiller is second on the squad with 97.5 ppg on 44.6% shooting from the field including upping her average to 9.7 ppg on 43.0% shooting in conference play.
• Schiller has collected a team-high 50 steals on the season, 5th most in the CCAA.
• Morgan Greene is leading the Pioneers with 8.3 rpg., 6th best in the CCAA. She is also 5th in the league with 233 total rebounds. Greene is also 7th in the league in blocks with 21.
• Greene has recorded six or more rebounds in 12 of the last 13 games, including 10 total double digit rebounding games of the sort this season. She is also averaging 9.7 ppg and 8.7 rpg in CCAA play.
• Regina Sankey leads the Pioneers in scoring with 10.5 ppg on 47.5 percent shooting off the bench.
• Zhane Duckett and Madison Schiller are all currently in the top 20 in the conference in assists. Duckett is 16th at 2.5 and Schiller is 19th at 2.4. Duckett is second of the team and 11th in the CCAA in steals with 39.

 
 
SCOUTING CHICO STATE
The Chico State Wildcats finished the regular season with an 18-10 overall record and a 14-8 conference mark after winning their last their last six games. Maddy Wong leads the Wildcats with 12.1 points and 2.7 assists. Shay Stark is adding 8.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assist for Chico State.
 
 
TALE OF THE TAPE
(CCAA rank in parentheses)
 

Team	PPG	Opp PPG	Scoring Margin	Rebound Margin	Turnover Margin	FG%	Opp FG%	3-pt FG%	3-pt FG/Game	FT%
CSUEB	68.2 (7th)	63.1 (5th)	+5.0 (3rd)	+6.2 (2nd)	-0.3 (7th)	.422 (2nd)	.381 (5th)	.306 (8th)	6.4 (6th)	.701 (5th)
CHICO	65.3 (9th)	62.9 (4th)	+2.4 (7th)	-4.1 (10th)	+2.93 (4th)	.391 (7th)	.374 (3rd)	.338 (3rd)	7.5 (3rd)	.642 (13th)