Feb. 20, 2015
Contact: Bob Guptill ([email protected])
503-305-8756 /www.gnacsports.com
Falcons Eyes First-Round Bye; Start 3-Game Homestand on R00T
Conf.
All
GNAC
W
L W
L
H
A
(xy) Western Oregon
13
2 21
4 11-2 9-2
(x) Seattle Pacific
10
5 18
7
7-3 7-4
(x) Central Washington 10
5 15
7
9-2 4-4
(x) Alaska Anchorage
10
5 14 11
9-6 5-4
(x) Northwest Nazarene 9
6 11 14
6-4 4-7
(x) Western Washington 9
7 16 10 12-2 3-6
Simon Fraser
6 10 11 13
8-5 2-8
(z) Alaska
3 12
6 17
5-6 1-8
Saint Martin’s
3 12
6 19
4-7 2-7
MSU Billings
3 12
5 20
3-8 1-10
(z) – Ineligible for post-season (x) – clinched playoff berth
clinched first-round bye and tie for regular-season title
second half to break a 44-44 tie on the way to a 73-50
victory against Western Oregon, snapping the Wolves’ 11game win streak, the 11th longest in GNAC history.
N
1-0
4-0
2-1
0-1
1-3
1-2
1-0
0-3
0-5
1-2
(xy) –
Despite the loss, WOU (21-4, 13-2), which had already
clinched a first-round bye, secured no worse than a tie for
its first GNAC basketball title when Central Washington
(15-7, 10-5) defeated Alaska Anchorage 80-67 at Nicholson
Pavilion.
CWU’s win threw the race for the GNAC’s second firstround bye into a three-way tie between the Wildcats,
Seawolves (14-11, 10-5) and Seattle Pacific (18-7, 10-5).
THIS WEEK: Thursday – Alaska 56 at Northwest Nazarene 67;
Alaska Anchorage 67 at Central Washington 80; Simon Fraser 103
at Saint Martin’s 87; Western Washington 73 at Western Oregon
50. Saturday – Alaska at Central Washington, 7:30 p.m.; Alaska
Anchorage at Northwest Nazarene; MSU Billings at Seattle Pacific,
3 p.m. (ROOT SPORTS); Western Washington at Saint Martin’s;
Simon Fraser at Western Oregon, 4 p.m.
Lurking just one game back of that trio is Northwest
Nazarene.
Seattle Pacific was idle Thursday before facing Montana
State Billings (5-20, 3-12) Saturday at 3 p.m. in a ROOT
SPORTS broadcast.
NEXT WEEK: Thursday – Saint Martin’s at Alaska, 7:30 p.m.;
Western Oregon at Alaska Anchorage, 7:30 p.m.; Central
Washington at Seattle Pacific; Northwest Nazarene at MSU
Billings; Simon Fraser at Western Washington. Saturday –
Western Oregon at Alaska, 7:30 p.m.; Saint Martin’s at Alaska
Anchorage, 3:15 p.m.; Central Washington at MSU Billings;
Northwest Nazarene at Seattle Pacific. (End-of-regular season).
The Falcons finish their regular-season with three home
games, including a key contest next Thursday against
Central Washington.
Alaska Anchorage plays at Northwest Nazarene Saturday
before finishing its campaign with home games next week
against Western Oregon and Saint Martin’s (6-19, 3-12).
Field Set For 2015 GNAC Men’s Basketball Tournament
Central Washington hosts Alaska (6-17, 3-12) Saturday,
then completes its regular-season next week at SPU and
MSUB. NNU plays the same two teams in reverse order.
PORTLAND, Ore. – With more than a week left in the
regular-season, the field is set for the 2015 Great
Northwest Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball
Championships.
In addition to the MSUB-SPU, UAA-NNU and UAF-CWU
games, Saturday’s schedule also sends Simon Fraser (1113, 6-10) to Monmouth to take on Western Oregon in a 4
p.m. contest and Western Washington to Saint Martin’s
for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
Northwest Nazarene (11-14, 9-6) and Western Washington
(16-10, 9-7) secured the final two berths for the six-team
tournament, which begins Thursday, Mar. 5 at Billings,
Mont., with wins Thursday.
The Vikings will take a six-game win streak into its game at
Lacey, the current longest in the conference, against the
Saints who lost at home Thursday to Simon Fraser 103-87.
The Crusader, who are currently in fifth-place, earned their
trip to Billings with a 67-56 win against Alaska on ROOT
SPORTS.
It was the 12th time this season the Clan has scored 100 or
more points, but the first time in its last 10 contests.
Western Washington, meanwhile, had a convincing road
victory at Monmouth, scoring 16 consecutive points in the
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