Jan. 10, 2015
Contact: Bob Guptill ([email protected])
503-305-8756 / www.gnacsports.com
Vikings, Wildcats on Root Sports Wednesday For 6th Year In a Row
GNAC
Western Oregon
Alaska Anchorage
Seattle Pacific
Central Washington
Northwest Nazarene
Western Washington
Alaska
Saint Martin’s
Simon Fraser
MSU Billings
Conf.
W
L
5
1
4
1
4
2
3
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
4
1
4
1
5
All
W
13
8
12
8
5
9
5
5
6
3
L
3
7
4
4
10
6
8
11
7
13
H
8-1
6-4
5-1
5-1
1-3
8-0
4-3
3-4
5-2
1-5
A
4-2
2-2
3-3
1-2
3-4
0-4
1-2
2-2
0-5
01-6
Western Washington comes into the game off another
buzzer-beater ROOT SPORTS victory – a 68-66 victory
Saturday over Seattle Pacific on a layup by Ricardo
Maxwell.
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1-0
0-1
4-0
2-1
1-3
1-2
1-3
0-5
1-0
0-2
That was WWU’s 11th straight home victory. The Vikings
(9-6, 2-3) are 8-0 at Carver this season, but are only 1-6 on
the road.
Maxwell, who has missed six of WWU’s 15 games, led the
Vikings with 17 points and is averaging 15.7. Jaamon
Echols, who has sat out five games, is averaging a teambest 19. 2 points.
LAST WEEK:
Thursday – Central Washington 70 at Saint
Martin’s 68; MSU Billings 68 at Western Washington 88;
Northwest Nazarene 59 at Western Oregon 66; Seattle Pacific 115
at Simon Fraser 81. Saturday – Alaska Anchorage 76 at Alaska 64;
Central Washington 74 at Western Oregon 78; MSU Billings 111 at
Simon Fraser 104; Northwest Nazarene 72 at Saint Martin’s 68
(ot); Seattle Pacific 66 at Western Washington 68.
Jeffrey Parker is scoring 15 points per game and Joey
Schreiber is averaging 12.6. Schreiber had 38 points
Thursday in a 88-68 home win over MSU Billings, tying a
GNAC single-game record for most points by a non-starter.
THIS WEEK: Wednesday – Western Washington at Central
Washington, 8 p.m. Thursday – Alaska at MSU Billings, 7:30 p.m.;
Alaska Anchorage at Seattle Pacific, 7:30 p.m.; Simon Fraser at
Northwest Nazarene. Saturday – Alaska at Seattle Pacific, 5:15
p.m.; Alaska Anchorage at MSU Billings, 7:30 p.m.; Simon Fraser at
Central Washington; Western Washington at Northwest
Nazarene; Saint Martin’s at Western Oregon.
Anye Turner is also a key player for the Vikings leading the
GNAC in rebounding (8.2) and blocked shots (3.4).
Central Washington (8-4, 3-2), which split two games last
weekend, is led in scoring by Dom Williams who is
averaging 17.5 points.
Fantastic Finishes Have Highlighted TV Contests
Also averaging in double figures are Jordan Russell (12.0),
Gary Jacobs (11.3) and Joseph Stroud (10.2).
PORTLAND, Ore. – If nothing else, Central Washington and
Western Washington make great television.
Stroud leads the GNAC in field goal percentage at 72.5 (the
all-time conference record is 72.9) and the Wildcats in
rebounding (5.3) and blocked shots (32).
For the sixth year in a row a game between the two longtime rivals will be televised regionally on ROOT SPORTS
Wednesday. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. at Nicholson Pavilion.
WWU-CWU TV Games: Feb. 28, 2010 – WWU 90, CWU 86. Feb.
16, 2011 – WWU 66, CWU 62. Jan. 18, 2012 – WWU 99, CWU 86.
Jan. 10, 2013 – WWU 86, CWU 85. Feb. 22, 2014 – WWU 94,
CWU 91.
Four of the five previous TV games, which were all played
at Sam Carver Gymnasium in Bellingham, have been
decided by four points or less.
League Leaders Host Saints
WWU won the last two in the final seconds – 86-85 two
years ago on a shot by Paul Jones and 94-91 last February
on a half-court buzzer beater by Richard Woodworth.
Western Oregon (13-3, 5-1), which has won 12 of its last
13 games, hosts Saint Martin’s Saturday in its only game
of the week.
The Vikings also beat CWU 90-86 in 2010, 66-62 in 2011
and 99-86 in 2012 in televised games.
The Wolves lead second-place Alaska Anchorage (8-7, 4-1)
by one-half game.
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