Dec. 16, 2014
Contact: Nathan Webber
(503)305-8756/[email protected]
4 Tournaments Close Out 2014, GNAC Play Resumes Jan. 1
PORTLAND, Ore. – Eight GNAC teams will be playing in
four tournaments this week, ending the non-conference
portion of the 2014-15 season before conference play
starts again the first of the year.
Four GNAC women’s basketball teams will head to Las
Vegas this week to play in two tournaments and MSUB
and Alaska Anchorage will each host one of their own.
Western Oregon and Seattle Pacific will kick things off
on Wednesday when they play in the Las Vegas
Challenge hosted by Dixie State. The Wolves and the
Falcons will play in Orleans Arena, the site of the West
Coast Conference and Western Athletic Conference
Championship tournaments.
These teams will be joined by Western Washington and
Northwest Nazarene on Thursday as the two play in the
Las Vegas South Point Holiday Hoops Classic.
The Vikings are 3-1 in the Holiday Hoops Classic since
2011 and have gone 11-5 since it started playing in
Nevada in 2006.
Back in GNAC country, Montana State Billings will be
joined by Central Washington Thursday and Friday as it
hosts the MSUB Yellowjacket Classic.
CWU and MSUB, which beat 10th ranked Jamestown of
the NAIA Saturday, will play South Dakota School of
Mines and Montana Tech.
On Friday and Saturday, Alaska Anchorage will host its
second tournament in a month in the Seawolf Hoops
Classic. The ninth ranked Seawolves will play host to
Alaska, Texas A&M Kingsville and Pacific (Ore.).
GNAC play starts up again on Jan. 1, 2015 highlighted by
Seattle Pacific traveling to Western Washington and
Simon Fraser hosting Montana State Billings.
The first game is a showdown of the two winningest
programs in GNAC history while the SFU-MSUB game
features the conference’s top two scorers in the Clans
Erin Chambers and the Yellowjackets Kayleen Goggins.
The Jan. 3 matchup between Central Washington and
Alaska Anchorage will be a defensive affair as the
Seawolves rank 10th nationally in scoring defense while
the Wildcats are 15th.
Standings and Schedule
GNAC
Team
#9 Alaska Anchorage
Central Washington
Simon Fraser
#21 Seattle Pacific
MSU Billings
Northwest Nazarene
Western Oregon
Western Washington
Alaska
Saint Martin’s
Overall
W
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
W
9
6
5
7
7
3
2
5
6
3
L
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
L
0
2
2
1
3
6
6
3
4
7
UPCOMING GAMES
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17
Holy Names vs. Western Oregon, 12 p.m.
Dixie State vs. Seattle Pacific, 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18
Southern Indiana vs. Northwest Nazarene, 11 a.m.
Holt Names vs. Seattle Pacific, 12 p.m.
Western Washington vs. West Texas A&M, 1:15 p.m.
Dixie State vs. Western Oregon, 5 p.m.
Central Washington vs. Montana Tech, 5:15 p.m.
South Dakota Mines at Montana State Billings, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, DEC. 19
West Texas A&M vs. Northwest Nazarene, 11 a.m.
Western Washington vs. Southern Indiana, 1:15 p.m.
Pacific vs. Alaska, 5 p.m.
Central Washington vs. South Dakota Mines, 5:15 p.m.
Texas-Kingsville at Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m.
Montana Tech at Montana State Billings, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, DEC. 20
CSU Dominguez Hills at Simon Fraser, 1 p.m.
Texas-Kingsville vs. Alaska, 5 p.m.
Pacific at Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, DEC. 21
CSU Dominguez Hills at Simon Fraser, 1 p.m.
Hawaii Pacific at Alaska Anchorage, 5 p.m.
Around the GNAC
Western Washington’s exhibition victory over Portland
State was the third win the GNAC has had over a Division I
school this year. Alaska Anchorage beat Utah and Yale
earlier this season.