Jan. 23, 2015
Contact: Nathan Webber
(503)305-8756/[email protected]
ROOT SPORTS Game of the Week: MSUB at Western Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. – The third of five GNAC women’s
basketball games shown on ROOT SPORTS will air
Saturday, Jan. 24 at 3 p.m. Pacific when Western
Oregon hosts Montana State Billings.
These two schools will be making their 2015 debut on
the network.
Montana State Billings (10-8, 2-6 GNAC) just halted a
four-game slide against the top teams in the GNAC with
a convincing 22-point win over Northwest Nazarene last
Saturday. The Yellowjackets did fall to Saint Martin’s 6354 on Thursday however.
The 2013-14 regular season conference champions are
one of six teams to have double-figure wins this season.
The Yellowjackets Kayleen Goggins is second in the
GNAC, and 27th nationally, in scoring at 19.4 points per
game while sophomore Alisha Breen ranks in the top
five in the conference in scoring and rebounding. Senior
Quinn Peoples is also only 11 points away from
becoming the second Yellowjacket this season to reach
1,000-points, joining Goggins.
WOU (5-11, 2-6 GNAC) has struggled to put the ball in
the hoop this season, averaging 61.2 points per game.
The Wolves boast a strong defense allowing just 67.6
points a contest.
The Wolves have been without one of their top players,
and the GNAC’s, the past two weeks in Dana Goularte,
due to injury. Goularte, the fifth leading scorer in the
conference, returned in Thursday’s 67-62 win over SPU,
recording 10 points and six assists on a perfect 4-4
shooting night in 20 minutes.
Underclassmen Jordan Mottershaw and Sami Osborne
were picking up the slack after the Goularte injury,
combining for nearly half of the Wolves points and a
third of their assists the previous four games. The two
added 22 points and five rebounds in the win.
The last time these two teams met in Monmouth was
Feb. 20 of last year when the Yellowjackets held the No.
25 ranking in the country. MSUB won the game 77-67.
Montana State Billings holds the GNAC series record
winning 11 of 14 games played. The Wolves last win
against MSUB at home was in the 2012-13 season.
Standings and Schedule
GNAC
Team
#3 Alaska Anchorage
#8 Seattle Pacific
Simon Fraser
Western Washington
Alaska
Central Washington
MSU Billings
Saint Martin’s
Western Oregon
Northwest Nazarene
Overall
W
7
6
6
5
4
4
2
2
2
2
W
L
17 1
14 2
10 6
11 6
12 6
9 7
10 8
5 11
5 11
4 13
L
1
2
2
3
4
4
6
6
6
6
UPCOMING GAMES
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
Central Washington at Northwest Nazarene, 2 p.m.
*Montana State Billings at Western Oregon, 3 p.m.
Western Washington at Alaska, 5:15 p.m.
Simon Fraser at Alaska Anchorage, 5:15 p.m.
Seattle Pacific at Saint Martin’s, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, JAN. 29
Alaska at Northwest Nazarene, 6 p.m.
Western Washington at Montana State Billings, 7 p.m.
Alaska Anchorage at Central Washington, 7 p.m.
Simon Fraser at Seattle Pacific, 7 p.m.
*ROOT SPORTS Game of the Week
Around the GNAC
Simon Fraser head coach Bruce Langford became the Clan’s
all-time wins leader after their 76-56 home win over Saint
Martin’s Saturday. With 366 victories counting Thursday’s
win over Alaska,, Langford surpasses his predecessor,
Allison McNeill, who raked-up 364 victories in her tenure.
Langford, who is in his 14th year coaching the Clan, has
seven 30+ winning seasons and five CIS championships.
Three GNAC players are at the door of joining the 1,000 point club. MSUB’s Quinn Peoples is only 11 points away
while Central Washington’s Courtney Johnson and Seattle
Pacific’s Aubree Callen are within 63 points of the feat.
Western Washington’s Sydney Donaldson was selected as
the GNAC Player of the Week after her 41 point, 17
rebound performances in wins against WOU and Saint
Martin’s last week.