Jan. 20, 2015
Contact: Bob Guptill ([email protected])
503-305-8756 / www.gnacsports.com
5 Teams Separated by One Game as GNAC Race Nears Midway Point
GNAC
Western Oregon
Seattle Pacific
Central Washington
Alaska Anchorage
Northwest Nazarene
Western Washington
Alaska
Saint Martin’s
MSU Billings
Simon Fraser
Conf.
W
L
6
1
6
2
5
2
5
2
5
2
2
5
2
5
2
5
2
6
1
6
All
W
14
14
10
9
7
9
5
5
4
6
L
3
4
4
8
10
8
10
12
14
9
H
9-1
7-1
7-1
6-4
4-3
8-0
4-3
3-4
2-6
5-2
A
N
4-2 1-0
3-3 4-0
1-2 2-1
3-3 0-1
3-4 1-3
0-6 1-2
1-4 1-3
2-3 0-5
2-6 0-2
0-7 1-0
Seattle Pacific (14-4, 6-2), meanwhile, has Thursday off
before playing at Montana State Billings (4-14, 2-6) in its
travel partner game Saturday.
Alaska Anchorage (9-8, 5-2) hosts Central Washington (104, 5-2) Thursday and Northwest Nazarene (7-10, 5-2)
Saturday as the teams jockey for third place.
The weekend schedule will also feature games between
Alaska (5-10, 2-5) and NNU and CWU and between Saint
Martin’s (5-12, 2-5) and Western Washington and Simon
Fraser.
LAST WEEK: Wednesday – Western Washington 71 at Central
Washington 74. Thursday – Alaska 78 at MSU Billings 83; Alaska
Anchorage 51 at Seattle Pacific 73; Simon Fraser 103 at
Northwest Nazarene 107. Saturday – Alaska 64 at Seattle Pacific
76; Alaska Anchorage 70 at MSU Billings 62; Simon Fraser 95 at
Central Washington 104; Western Washington 73 at Northwest
Nazarene 80; Saint Martin’s 68 at Western Oregon 82.
Western Oregon Slips Past SPU In D2SIDA Poll
The top four teams in this week’s D2SIDA West Regional
poll all come from the PacWest Conference led by No. 1
Cal Baptist.
THIS WEEK: Thursday – Northwest Nazarene at Alaska, 7:30 p.m.;
Central Washington at Alaska Anchorage, 7:30 p.m.; Saint
Martin’s at Western Washington; Western Oregon at Simon
Fraser. Saturday – Central Washington at Alaska, 7:30 p.m.;
Northwest Nazarene at Alaska Anchorage, 7:30 p.m.; Seattle
Pacific at MSU Billings; Saint Martin’s at Simon Fraser; Western
Oregon at Western Washington.
Western Oregon is in fifth after leapfrogging over No. 6
Seattle Pacific this week. The Wolves were seventh in last
week’s poll.
The poll is unofficial as the NCAA will beginning producing
its own official NCAA regional poll beginning next month
to determine which five at-large teams will eventually join
the GNAC, PacWest and CCAA champions in the regional
playoffs.
PORTLAND, Ore. –
As the Great Northwest Athletic
Conference basketball race approaches the halfway point
this weekend, there is perfect symmetry to the conference
standings.
In this week’s NABC National poll, both Western Oregon
and Seattle Pacific were among ‘’others receiving votes”
and are 28th and 33rd overall.
One team – Western Oregon – is 6-1 and one team is 1-6.
One team – Seattle Pacific – is 6-2 and one team is 2-6.
Three teams – Central Washington, Alaska Anchorage and
Northwest Nazarene – are all 5-2 and three others are 2-5.
The NBAC poll is also unofficial and will have no impact on
the selection of playoff teams.
With five teams separated by just one game – and the
three 5-2 teams squaring off in Alaska – it could be a big
weekend as the teams begin jostling for the six playoff
positions.
D2SIDA West Regional Poll (records through Jan. 19) – 1. Cal
Baptist (14-1); 2. Azusa Pacific (15-2); 3. BYU-Hawaii (11-2); 4.
Point Loma (13-3); 5. Western Oregon (14-3); 6. Seattle Pacific
(14-4); 7. Cal Poly Pomona (11-4); Western Oregon (13-3); 8. Cal
State Stanislaus (11-4); 9. Dixie State (10-5); 10. UC San Diego (95).
Western Oregon (14-3, 6-1) takes its ½ game lead over
Seattle Pacific (14-4, 6-2) north for games with Simon
Fraser (6-9, 1-6) Thursday and Western Washington (9-8,
2-5) Saturday.
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