Jan. 10, 2015
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Seattle Pacific, WWU Game on ROOT Sports Saturday Night
GNAC
Western Oregon
Seattle Pacific
Central Washington
Alaska Anchorage
Alaska
Northwest Nazarene
Saint Martin’s
Western Washington
Simon Fraser
MSU Billings
Conf.
W
L
4
1
4
1
3
1
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
3
1
3
0
5
All
W
12
12
8
7
5
4
5
8
6
2
L
3
3
3
7
7
10
10
6
6
13
H
7-1
5-1
5-1
6-4
4-2
1-3
3-3
7-0
5-1
1-5
Falcons return to Sam Carver Gym this Saturday for a
regionally-televised game on ROOT Sports.
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N
4-2 1-0
3-2 4-0
1-1 2-1
1-2 0-1
1-2 1-3
2-4 1-3
2-2 0-5
0-4 1-2
0-5 1-0
0-6 0-2
Tip-off will be at 9 p.m. (Pacific).
SPU (12-3, 4-1), which is in a tie for first-place with
Western Oregon (12-3, 4-1), handed Simon Fraser its first
home loss Thursday defeating the Clan 115-81.
Simon Fraser (6-6, 1-3) came into the game as the NCAA
Division II national leaders in scoring (124.3), threepointers made (16.2), steals (17.1), and turnover margin
(11.8) and second in offensive rebounds averaging 17.4.
THIS WEEK: Thursday – Central Washington 70 at Saint Martin’s
68; MSU Billings 68 at Western Washington 86; Northwest
Nazarene 59 at Western Oregon 66; Seattle Pacific 115 at Simon
Fraser 81. Saturday – Alaska Anchorage at Alaska; Central
Washington at Western Oregon, 7:30 p.m.; MSU Billings at Simon
Fraser; Northwest Nazarene at Saint Martin’s, 7:30 p.m.; Seattle
Pacific at Western Washington.
SPU, however, held SFU 43 points below its season
average.
The Falcons came out of the game ranked in the Top 25 in
four categories, including second in field goal percentage
(53.6) third in rebounding (13.6), sixth in scoring margin
(20.5) and 25th in three-point percentage (41.4).
NEXT 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.
Western Washington (8-6 overall) was the GNAC coaches’
pre-season choice to win the conference title, but is off to
a 1-3 league start, losing three road games by a combined
margin of 10 points before Thursday’s win.
Vikings Takes 11-Game Home Win Streak Into
Regionally-Televised Game
Thee Vikings are ranked third in blocked shots (6.4), 13th in
offensive rebounds (15.4) and 18th in rebound margin
(8.2).
PORTLAND, Ore. - Over the past four seasons, Western
Washington has been nearly unbeatable at home winning
47 of 48 contests.
The Seattle Pacific-Western Washington game is one of
five on Saturday’s schedule.
WWU extended its latest home win streak to 11 Thursday
as Joey Schreiber came off the bench to score 38 points
Thursday in a 88-68 win against Montana State Billings.
Central Washington (8-3, 3-1) which is tied for third-place
with Alaska Anchorage (7-7, 3-1), plays at Western
Oregon.
That was the most points ever by a Viking in a reserve role
and it tied the GNAC record set by Marcus Robinson of
Alaska Anchorage against Seattle Pacific on Feb. 19, 2005
in a 117-112 Falcon victory.
The Seawolves, meanwhile, are in Fairbanks for a game
with Alaska (5-7, 2-2) at The Patty Center.
WWU’s last home loss (76-60) came 51 weeks ago (on Jan.
15) to Seattle Pacific. The defending GNAC champion
MSU Billings plays at Simon Fraser and Northwest
Nazarene visits Saint Martin’s to complete the schedule.
All four of those schools are coming off losses Thursday.
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