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Dan Lepse, SID Mark Moschetti, Assistant SID, 206.281.2772 | 206.281.2266 fax | [email protected] | www.spufalcons.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • November 7, 2013 ’13 WOMEN’S Falcons off to California for season tip-off BASKETBALL ’14 Humboldt State, Fresno Pacific will test SPU in season-opening tournament (0-0, 0-0 GNAC) WEST REGION CROSSOVER CLASSIC SCHEDULE At Fresno Pacific University West Region Crossover Classic (at Fresno Pacific) Nov. 8 Humboldt State 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 Fresno Pacific 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8: Seattle Pacific vs. Humboldt State, 7:30 p.m. Special Events Center / Fresno, Calif. Sodexo Tip-Off Classic (Brougham Pavilion) Live stats and live Webcast: Nov. 15 Montana Tech 5:00 p.m. http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/fpu.portal# Nov. 16 Point Loma Nazarene 5:00 p.m. Azusa Pacific Crossover Classic (at Azusa Pacific) Saturday, Nov. 9: Seattle Pacific vs. Fresno Pacific, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 UC San Diego 5:30 p.m. Special Events Center / Fresno, Calif. Nov. 23 Azusa Pacific 5:30 p.m. Live stats and live Webcast: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/fpu.portal# Dec. 5 *Alaska Fairbanks 8:00 p.m. Dec. 7 *Alaska Anchorage 6:15 p.m. Dec. 14 Warner Pacific (exhibition) 7:00 p.m. SEATTLE – Four returning starters. A key veteran back from a season-long injury. Four Dec. 19 South Dakota School of Mines 7:30 p.m. other veterans, ranging from sophomore to senior. Five talented freshmen eager to show Dec. 21 West Texas A&M 2:30 p.m. they can contribute. Jan. 2 *Western Washington 7:00 p.m. High hopes. High expectations, too. Jan. 4 *Simon Fraser 7:00 p.m. For the past three weeks, all of that has been the Jan. 11 *Montana State Billings 5:15 p.m. Seattle Pacific Falcons on paper. This weekend, Jan. 16 *at Northwest Nazarene 6:00 p.m. NEXT WIN IS ONE FOR THE BOOK they take it to the court, tipping off the 2013-14 Jan. 18 *at Central Washington 7:00 p.m. When the Falcons record their women’s basketball season in Fresno, Calif., at Jan. 23 *Western Oregon 7:00 p.m. first victory this season, it will be the West Region Crossover Classic. Jan. 25 *Saint Martin’s 7:00 p.m. a milestone: the 700th in program The Falcons, Humboldt State, Western Jan. 30 *at Simon Fraser 7:30 p.m. history. Washington, and host Fresno Pacific Feb. 1 *at Western Washington 5:15 p.m. SPU starts the new campaign will gather in FPU’s Special Events Center for Feb. 8 *at Montana State Billings 6:00 p.m. Feb. 13 *Central Washington 5:15 p.m. with an all-time record of 699-365, back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday. Feb. 15 *Northwest Nazarene 5:15 p.m. a winning percentage of .657. SPU has the 7:30 time slot both nights, facing Feb. 20 *at Saint Martin’s 7:00 p.m. Humboldt State on Friday and the host Sunbirds Coach Julie Heisey, beginning Feb. 22 *at Western Oregon 2:00 p.m. her ninth season at the Seattle on Saturday. Feb. 27 *Alaska Anchorage 7:00 p.m. Pacific helm, is responsible for This is the first of three straight weekends of pre- March 1 *Alaska Fairbanks (Senior Night) 7:00 p.m. 177 of those 699 victories. Her season tournament play for SPU. * GNAC game All times Pacific 2008-09 team recorded the 600th program win, a 76-56 decision FALCONS PICKED FOR 2ND IN GNAC FINAL 2012-13 GNAC Standings at Chico State on Dec. 13, 2008, the final night of the GNAC-CCAA With its talented core of returners, Seattle Pacific GNAC Overall has earned plenty of respect around the GNAC. 1. Western Washington 17-1 29-4 Challenge preseason tournament. 2. Simon Fraser 15-3 25-6 Conference coaches tabbed them for a second- 3. Northwest Nazarene 11-7 20-9 place finish in their preseason poll. 3. Alaska Anchorage 11-7 17-10 SPU received one first-place vote and 80 points in the polling. Montana State Billings, 3. Montana State Billings 11-7 17-10 6. Seattle Pacific 10-8 17-11 with three returning All-GNAC players and the addition of 6-foot-4 post player Chelsea 7. Saint Martin’s 5-13 12-16 Banis from Division I Montana State University, collected six first-place votes and 90 points. 8. Central Washington 4-14 9-17 Defending champion Western Washington, coming off a trip to the NCAA D2 semifinals 9. Western Oregon 3-15 8-20 last spring, got the other three first-place votes and 78 points to rank third. 10. Alaska Fairbanks 3-15 5-21 AND THAT’S NOT ALL While putting their polling votes in order, the coaches also selected a preseason all- conference team. That 15-player squad included SPU senior forward Katie Benson and senior guard Aubree Callen. Both were unanimous selections. SO WHAT’S THE STORY THIS WEEK? SCOUTING REPORT -- In the 38-year history of the program, SPU has an outstanding record of 29-9 in POTENTIAL SEATTLE PACIFIC STARTERS season-opening games. Last season’s averages -- The Falcons had a streak of 12 straight Player Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl. FG opening-night wins before UC San Diego F Katie Benson 16.4 7.6 1.5 0.9 1.6 .472 halted it with a 68-47 victory in 2011. F Maddey Pflaumer 4.4 3.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 .448 -- However, SPU got back on track last G Aubree Callen 12.8 5.6 3.8 0.3 0.8 .446 year, beating Illinois Springfield in the G Betsy Kingma 10.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 .500 Sodexo Tip-Off Classic, 80-64. G Suzanna Ohlsen 13.0 2.8 3.5 0.2 1.8 .419 -- This will be the second time Seattle Pa- SEATTLE PACIFIC 71.1 39.9 15.1 2.7 7.5 .438 cific has faced Humboldt State in a sea- son opener. The last time was in 1995, when the Falcons won easily, 89-65. HUMBOLDT STATE LUMBERJACKS: 10-18, 6-16 CCAA (11th) -- Humboldt used to be a regular on All-time series: SPU leads, 24-1. Current series SPU’s schedule when both schools were HOW DO THEY COMPARE? streak: SPU won 23. Last time: SPU 74, HSU 62 members of the Pacific West Conference (2012-13 averages) (Nov. 21, 2009 at Seattle). (1999-2001) and then became charter members of the GNAC the following year. SPU HSU Lumberjacks in a nutshell: Humboldt State returns The Lumberjacks left the GNAC after the 71.1 Points 61.1 two starters from last year’s team that started strong, 2005-06 season to join the CCAA. 68.2 Pts. allowed 64.1 with seven wins in its first 10 games, but struggled down the stretch. One of those returners is 5-foot-11 -- Because of that, SPU has played 39.9 Rebounds 39.4 senior guard / forward Kelly Kime, who averaged more games against Humboldt (25) than 15.1 Assists 11.3 8.7 points (third on the team) and 6.4 rebounds (sec- against any other CCAA school. 7.5 Steals 7.3 ond). She was the sharpest shooter from the field for -- The Lumberjacks’only victory in the the Lumberjacks, hitting at a .488 clip (83 of 170). series was 69-67 on its home court in 2.7 Blocks 2.1 Also returning is 6-1 senior center Elle Anderson Arcaca, Calif., on Nov. 27, 1993 in what 19.4 Turnovers 17.6 with her averages of 6.9 points and 5.8 boards. She was just the second meeting between the .438 FG pct. .364 was Humboldt’s second-best overall shooter at .459 teams. SPU has won the 23 games since (78 of 170). The biggest hole that the Lumberjacks .362 3-pt. pct. .275 then. will have to fill is that of graduated guard Lisa .798 FT pct. .714 -- Fresno Pacific, one of four former Petty, who averaged a team-leading 18.9 points members of the NAIA Golden State Con- and 7.5 rebounds. She is now an assistant to head ference to make the move up to NCAA coach Joddie Gleason. Division II recently, has played three times previously against Seattle Pacific – but FRESNO PACIFIC SUNBIRDS: 4-21, 4-14 PACIFIC WEST (tie 12th) not since the 1996-97 season, when the Falcons prevailed, 71-60. All-time series: SPU leads, 2-1. Current series --FPU senior guard Breana Buczek HOW DO THEY COMPARE? streak: SPU won 1. Last time: SPU 71, Fresno 60; (2012-13 averages) played for current SPU assistant coach Dec. 16, 1996 at Seattle). Steve Steele when both were at Brea- SPU FPU Sunbirds in a nutshell: New coach Lindsey Olinda High School. 71.1 Points 61.2 Wilson has two full-time starters returning and two 68.2 Pts. allowed 73.6 players who started more than half of the Sunbirds’ games. The returning group includes leading scorer 39.9 Rebounds 39.8 Keairra White, a 5-6 junior guard who averaged 15.1 Assists 11.4 18.2 points per game – the only FPU player in double POLLING PLACE 7.5 Steals 9.6 figures. Brena Buczek, a 5-10 senior forward, aver- aged 5.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, and was the team’s 2.7 Blocks 2.8 leader at 2.3 assists per game.