Dec. 16, 2014
Contact: Bob Guptill ([email protected])
503-305-8756 / www.gnacsports.com
After Busy Week, Conference Play Will Ring In the New Year
GNAC
Western Oregon
Central Washington
Simon Fraser
Seattle Pacific
Saint Martin’s
Alaska Anchorage
Northwest Nazarene
Western Washington
Alaska
MSU Billings
Conf.
W
L
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
All
W
8
6
5
7
3
3
2
6
2
1
L
2
2
3
3
6
7
8
3
7
9
H
4-1
4-0
4-0
3-1
2-2
2-4
1-3
6-0
1-2
1-3
Conference Play Resumes on New Year’s Day
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N
3-1 1-0
0-1 2-1
1-3 0-0
2-2 2-0
1-1 0-3
1-2 0-1
0-2 1-3
0-3 0-0
0-2 1-3
0-4 0-2
PORTLAND, Ore. - After a busy 21-game week and then a
10-day break for the holidays, the Great Northwest
Athletic Conference men’s basketball race resumes on
Jan. 1 with four conference games.
Perhaps the biggest Jan. 1 contest will be at Brougham
Pavilion where Western Oregon (8-2, 2-0) will take on
defending champion Seattle Pacific (7-3, 1-1).
The Wolves have won seven in a row and will likely take a
nine-game win streak into the contest. Pre-season
favorite Western Washington (6-3, 1-1), meanwhile, will
be in Fairbanks to take on the Alaska Nanooks.
LAST WEEK: Thursday – Northwest Nazarene 51 at Boise State
91 (exh). Friday – Seawolf Jamboree (BYU-Hawaii 81, Alaska 62;
Humboldt State 87, Alaska Anchorage 83); Quest 49 at Central
Washington 82; Montana Western 72 at MSU Billings 62; George
Fox 67 at Seattle Pacific 100. Saturday – Seawolf Jamboree
(Humboldt State 84, Alaska 66; BYU-Hawaii 90, Alaska Anchorage
69); Northwest Nazarene 57 at Idaho State 69 (exh); Camosun 59
at Western Oregon 94.
The New Years Day schedule will also feature Simon Fraser
(5-3, 1-0) and Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage and Saint
Martin’s (3-6, 1-1) and MSU Billings in Billings (1-9, 0-2).
THIS WEEK: Monday – MSU Billings 65 at Chaminade 82;
Thompson Rivers 78 at Western Washington 95. Tuesday –
Portland Bible at Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m.; Capilano at Simon
Fraser, 7 p.m.; Multnomah at Western Oregon, 7 p.m.;
Wednesday – Portland Bible at Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m.; Las
Vegas Challenge at Orleans (Saint Martin’s vs. Rollins, 5:30 p.m.;
Seattle Pacific vs. Dixie State, 7:30 p.m.). Thursday – Multnomah
at Central Washington, 7 p.m.; Northwest Nazarene at CSU
Monterey Bay, 7 p.m.; Las Vegas Challenge at Orleans (Rollins vs.
Seattle Pacific, 2:30 p.m.; Saint Martin’s vs. Dixie State, 7:30 p.m.);
Las Vegas South Point Holiday Classic (Tarleton State vs. Western
Washington, 3:30 p.m.). Friday – Portland Bible at Alaska, 7 p.m.;
MSU Billings at Hawaii Pacific, 2 p.m.; Las Vegas South Point
Holiday Classic (CSU San Bernardino vs. Western Washington,
3:30 p.m.). Saturday – Portland Bible at Alaska, 3 p.m.; Ottawa,
Kans. vs. MSU Billings (at Honolulu), 2 p.m.; Northwest Nazarene
at Dominican, 2 p.m.; Northwest Indian at Saint Martin’s, 7 p.m.;
Capilano at Western Oregon, 2 p.m.
Central Washington (6-2, 2-0) will be idle prior to hosting
Northwest Nazarene (2-8, 1-1) on Jan. 3.
This week’s schedule includes six games in Las Vegas (two
each by SPU, WWU and SMU), two in Hawaii (MSU Billings)
and two in California (Northwest Nazarene) and nine
home games.
None of the nine home games are against NCAA schools.
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Western Oregon Ranked 4 in D2SIDA Region Poll
Western Oregon maintained its No. 4 ranking in this
week’s D2SIDA West Regional men’s basketball poll.
The poll is unofficial and will have no impact on which
teams qualify for the West Regional tournament next
March.
THE NEW YEAR: Jan. 1 – Western Washington at Alaska, 7:30
p.m.; Simon Fraser at Alaska Anchorage, 7:30 p.m.; Saint Martin’s
at MSU Billings; Western Oregon at Seattle Pacific. Jan. 3 – Simon
Fraser at Alaska, 3:15 p.m.; Western Washington at Alaska
Anchorage, 7:30 p.m.; Northwest Nazarene at Central
Washington; Western Oregon at MSU Billings; Saint Martin’s at
Seattle Pacific.
Central Washington is the only other GNAC team ranked in
the poll coming in at No. 9 for the second week in a row.
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Simon Fraser (12 overall) and Seattle Pacific (13 ) are
among “others receiving votes.”
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