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Contact: Mark Rivera | [email protected] | Office: (907) 474-6805 | Cell: (907) 699-6116 Nov. 13, 2013 Weekly Release 2013-14 Schedule/Results Record: 0-0, 0-0 GNAC What: 2013 AT&T Jamboree Regis November Rangers 8 Northwest Indian College # W, 102-72 When: Friday, Nov. 15 – 5 p.m. AKST 9 Northwest Indian College # L, 82-94 0-0, 0-0 RMAC Saturday, Nov. 16 – 1 p.m. AKST AT&T Jamboree 15 Regis 5 p.m. Where: Wells Fargo Sports Complex 16 Holy Names 1 p.m. Anchorage, Alaska GCI Alaska Invitational Holy Names 21 Fresno Pacific vs. Emporia State 5 p.m. Hawks All-time series: Regis leads, 1-0 21 University of Mary 7 p.m. 0-1, 0-0 PacWest Holy Names (First Meeting) 22 University of Mary vs. Fresno Pacific 5 p.m. 22 Emporia State 7 p.m. Live Audio: Both of the Nanooks’ games will be broadcast live on KCBF-AM 820. Karl 23 Emporia State vs. University of Mary 5 p.m. 23 Fresno Pacific 7 p.m. Pulliam will be on the call with play-by-play and color commentary. Cal Baptist Tournament Live Stats: Live stats for both games will be provided through the Seawolves’ Stretch 29 Azusa Pacific 5 p.m. Internet channel at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/uaa.portal. 30 at Cal Baptist 7 p.m. December Live Video: Both of this weekend’s games will be streamed live on the Seawolves’ video 7 at R/V Alaska Anchorage* 7 p.m. network at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/uaa.portal. No audio 19 Northland International 7 p.m. commentary will be provided through the video stream. January 2 Simon Fraser* 7 p.m. NANOOKS BEGIN SEASON AT AT&T JAMBOREE 4 #10 Western Washington* 3 p.m. 9 at #2 Seattle Pacific* 6 p.m. The Alaska men’s basketball team officially begins its 2013-14 season this week- 11 at Montana State Billings* 5 p.m. end on the road at the AT&T Jamboree in Anchorage. There, the Nanooks will face Regis 16 Central Washington* 7 p.m. University and Holy Names University. ... It is the third season in a row that the Nanooks 18 Northwest Nazarene* 7:30 p.m. (0-0) have begun their season on the road at a tournament. In 2011-12 the team traveled to 23 at Saint Martin’s* 6 p.m. Chico, Calif., for the Chico State Invitational. This is the second consecutive season the Na- 25 at Western Oregon* 1 p.m. 30 at #10 Western Washington* 6:30 p.m. nooks begin their year in Anchorage after taking part in the 2012 AT&T Jamboree. February SCOUTING THE NANOOKS 1 at Simon Fraser* 6:30 p.m. 6 Montana State Billings* 7 p.m. Alaska features four of its top six scorers from last season, including two starters 8 #2 Seattle Pacific* 7 p.m. – senior center Sergej Pucar and senior guard Ronnie Baker. Pucar was a second team all- 13 at Northwest Nazarene 5 p.m. conference selection in 2012-13 and was a unanimous Preseason All-GNAC 15 at Central Washington* 6 p.m. Team honoree this year after averaging 10.8 points and 6.6 rebounds a game. 20 Western Oregon* 5:15 p.m. Baker netted 8.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game and also ranked 10th in 22 Saint Martin’s* 5:15 p.m. the conference in steals, averaging 1.3. Senior forward Andrew Kelly was the 27 R/V Alaska Anchorage 5 p.m. team’s go-to player during both exhibition games against Northwest Indian March College, posting double-doubles in both matchups to lead the Nanooks. 5 GNAC Tournament Quarterfinals 1 TBA 6 GNAC Tournament Semifinals 1 TBA 8 GNAC Tournament Championship 1 TBA ALASKA NANOOKS PROBABLE STARTERS 15-18 NCAA West Region Tournament TBA 2 (2012-13 Season Stats) 26-29 NCAA Division II Championship TBA No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. PPG FG % 3-pt % FT % Assists Steals Blks Home games are in Bold All times Alaskan (AKT) 10 Stefan Tica F R-Sr. 6-7 8.6 41.0 33.1 72.2 35 10 9 Neutral site games are in Italics # Exhibition 11 Ronnie Baker G Sr. 6-3 8.9 38.6 26.7 66.7 43 36 0 20 Joe Slocum G Jr. 6-3 – – – – – – – * Great Northwest Athletic Conference match 1 at Lacey, Wash. (Saint Martin’s) 21 Andrew Kelly F Sr. 6-7 6.9 59.4 0.0 70.0 44 33 23 2 at Evansville, Ind. (Southern Indiana) 35 Sergej Pucar C Sr. 6-11 10.8 43.1 42.3 76.1 38 29 23

1 www.alaskananooks.com Nanooks Leaders Points Per Game Free-Throw Percentage 1. 1. Quick Facts 2. 2. 3. 3. Founded:...... 1917 4. 4. Enrollment:...... 10,799 5. 5. Affiliation:...... NCAA Division II Field Goal Percentage Assists Conference:...... Great Northwest 1. 1. Region:...... West 2. 2. Nickname:...... Nanooks 3. 3. Colors:...... Blue and Gold 4. 4. Arena (Cap.):...... Patty Center (2,000) 5. 5. 3-point Percentage Steals Chancellor:...... Brian Rogers 1. 1. Athletic Director:...... Dr. Gary R. Gray 2. 2. Assistant AD/SWA...... Sheena Cummings 3. 3. Faculty Athletic Rep.:...... Dr. Dani Sheppard 4. 4. 5. 5. Head Coach:...... Mick Durham Alma Mater:...... Montana State, ’79 2013 Alphabetical Roster Alaska Record (Year):...... 21‑35 (3rd) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Overall Record (Year):...... 267‑248 (19th) 3 Rashaad Allen G 6-1 170 Jr. Fairfield, Calif./College of Marin Office Phone:...... (408) 924‑5937 11 Ronnie Baker G 6-3 190 Sr. Vallejo, Calif./Diablo Valley CC 13 Dallen Bills F 6-5 210 Sr. Inkom, Idaho/Walla Walla CC 2012 Overall Record:...... 16-12 RS Aquino Brinson G 5-10 140 Fr. Juneau, Alaska/Juneau-Douglas 2012 GNAC Record/Finish...... 10-8 (5th) 22 Damon Cikanek G 6-1 170 Fr. Anchorage, Alaska/Dimond Best GNAC Finish (Last):...... t-1st (2005) 21 Andrew Kelly F 6-7 190 Sr. Gilbert, Ariz./Chandler-Gilbert CC NCAA Appearances (Last):...... 3 (2005) 31 Cody Pierson G 6-1 170 So. Twin Bridges, Mont./Twin Bridges Starters Returning/Lost...... 3/2 35 Sergej Pucar C 6-11 265 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia/Jacksonville College Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 8/4 2 Anthony Reese G 5-11 180 Jr. Everson, Wash./Nooksack Valley Newcomers...... 6 50 John Renfro F 6-7 219 R-So. Fairbanks, Alaska/Southern Utah 20 Joe Slocum G 6-3 190 Jr. San Francisco, Calif./City Col. of San Francisco Key Returners: 34 Mike Stepovich 6-7 210 F R-Sr. Fairbanks, Alaska / Post University Sergej Pucar, C 10 Stefan Tica 6-7 205 F R-Sr. Belgrade, Serbia / Panola College ...... 10.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 42.3 3-pt %, 23 blocks 24 Pat Voeut 5-11 170 G Sr. Bellingham, Wash./Whatcom CC ...... 2012-13 All-GNAC Second Team Ronnie Baker, G ...... 8.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 36 steals, 43 assists Pronunciation Guide RASHAAD Allen...... Ruh-SHOD Key Loses: STEFAN TICA...... Steph-un TEET-sa DALLEN Bills...... DAL-in (Rhymes with “Allen”) Dominique Brinson, G Joe SLOCUM...... SLOW-come ...... 12.4 ppg, 79.8 FT %, 39.4 3-pt % Damon CIKANEK...... SUH-CAN-ECK Zach Ngawaka, F Cody PIERSON...... PEER-son ...... 5.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 51.3 FG % Mike STEPOVICH...... STEP-UH-VITCH SERGEJ PUCAR...... SIR-GAY POOT-ZAR

Coaches Mick DURHAM...... DUR-um ONDREJ PALECEK...... ON-dre PAL-uh-CHECK

2 2013 Alaska Nanooks Volleyball NANOOKS’ RECORD WHEN... SCOUTING THE RANGERS The Rangers (0-0) open their season Friday against the Nanooks after At home...... 0-0 playing two exhibitions against NCAA Division I teams earlier this Away...... 0-0 month. Regis fell at Colorado State on Nov. 2 by one point, 70-69, in an exhibition before beating Air Force on the road 70-65 on Nov. 3. Neutral...... 0-0 The team went 9-16 overall and 8-14 in the RMAC last season. GNAC Games...... 0-0 Regis returns four starters from a year ago including Third At a tournament...... 0-0 Team All-RMAC performer in point guard Keven Marshall. He was second on the Against ranked opponents...... 0-0 team in scoring at 11.4 and led the team with a 3.5 assist average. Jarrett Green comes off a season in which he led the Rangers with a 12.1 scoring average and Overtime games...... 0-0 connected on a team best 40.2 percent from long range. Games decided by 5 or less...... 0-0 SCOUTING THE HAWKS Games after a win...... 0-0 The Hawks (0-1) opened their season Saturday with a 75-43 defeat at Games after a loss...... 0-0 Chico State. They also played NCAA Division I member UC Davis Monday in an exhibition, falling 80-54. Holy Names was chosen to Leading at halftime...... 0-0 finish last in the Pacific West Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. Trailing at halftime...... 0-0 Yasin Vernaza led the Hawks in scoring against Chico State Tied at halftime...... 0-0 with nine points. Harold Perry Jr. was HNU’s leading rebounder, pulling down six boards in the loss. Leading in rebounds...... 0-0 Trailing in rebounds...... 0-0 NANOOKS SPLIT EXHIBITION SERIES WITH NWIC Tied in rebounds...... 0-0 The Nanooks have had three unofficial games to prepare for their season- opener. They traveled north to Barrow to face Post University in a scrimmage on Fewer No. of turnovers...... 0-0 Oct. 30, then hosted Northwest Indian College for back-to-back exhibitions on More turnovers than opponent..... 0-0 Friday and Saturday. Alaska won the first matchup against the Eagles 102-72 but Equal number of turnovers...... 0-0 dropped Saturday’s game 94-82. Shoot higher % than opponent...... 0-0 NANOOKS PICKED 5th IN GNAC PRESEASON POLL Shoot lower % than opponent...... 0-0 If Alaska sees a similar jump in improvement this season that it did in Shoot equal % as opponent...... 0-0 2012-13 – it may find itself among the conference’s elite. The Nanooks were se- lected to finish fifth in this season’s Great Northwest Athletic Conference coaches’ Shooting 60% or above...... 0-0 preseason poll. Shooting 50-59%...... 0-0 Seattle Pacific is the favorite in the poll for the fourth time in five years. The Falcons, who won the conference post-season tournament a year ago after finishing Shooting 40-49%...... 0-0 second in the regular-season, received nine of 10 first-place votes in the coaches’ Shooting 30-39%...... 0-0 annual pre-season poll. Shooting below 30%...... 0-0 The Last time Alaska... Holding opponents below 30%...... 0-0 Won a game...... vs. Montana State Billings, 3/7/2013 Holding opponents below 40%...... 0-0 Lost a game...... vs. Western Washington, 3/8/2013 Holding opponents below 50%...... 0-0 Won at home...... vs. Simon Fraser, 2/23/2013 Lost at home...... vs. Central Washington, 2/2/2013 Holding opponents below 60%...... 0-0 Won on the road...... at Saint Martin’s, 2/9/2013 Opponent hitting 60% or better..... 0-0 Lost on the road...... at Seattle Pacific, 3/2/2013 Won in overtime...... at Saint Martin’s, 2/9/2013 When scoring less than 50...... 0-0 Lost in overtime...... vs. Lindenwood, 11/19/2011 When scoring 50-59 points...... 0-0 Won in overtime at home...... vs. Central Washington, 12/31/2011 When scoring 60-69 points...... 0-0 Lost in overtime at home...... vs. Lindenwood, 11/19/2011 When scoring 70-79 points...... 0-0 Won in overtime on the road...... at Saint Martin’s, 2/9/2013 When scoring 80+ points...... 0-0 Lost in overtime on the road...... at Montana State Billings, 1/17/2009 Shot 50% or better...... vs. Montana State Billings, 3/7/2013 (58.2%) When allowing less than 50...... 0-0 Shot below 50%...... vs. Western Washington, 3/8/2013 (30.8%) When allowing 50-59 points...... 0-0 Won by 10+...... vs. Montana State Billings, 3/7/2013 (87-73) Lost by 10+...... vs. Western Washington, 3/8/2013 (43-61) When allowing 60-69 points...... 0-0 Beat a GNAC opponent...... vs. Montana State Billings, 3/7/2013 When allowing 70-79 points...... 0-0 Lost to a GNAC opponent...... vs. Western Washington, 3/8/2013 When allowing 80+ points...... 0-0 Beat a ranked opponent...... vs. #2 Western Washington, 2/21/2013 Lost to an unranked opponent...... vs. Montana State Billings, 2/28/2013

4 2013 Alaska Nanooks Volleyball Alaska Nanooks Men's Basketball Alaska Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 15, 2013) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 16-12 10-3 4-5 2-4 CONFERENCE 10-8 6-3 4-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 6-4 4-0 0-0 2-4

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 03 Brinson,Dominique 28-27 878 31.4 112-264 .4 2 4 56-142 .3 9 4 67-84 .7 9 8 14 68 82 2.9 46 1 65 61 4 21 347 12.4 24 Voeut,Pat 28-28 925 33.0 109-242 .4 5 0 28-77 .3 6 4 77-95 .8 1 1 22 66 88 3.1 46 0 150 84 4 46 323 11.5 35 Pucar,Sergej 28-26 691 24.7 109-253 .4 3 1 33-78 .4 2 3 51-67 .7 6 1 40 145 185 6.6 69 1 38 56 23 29 302 10.8 11 Baker,Ronnie 28-21 731 26.1 95-246 .3 8 6 16-60 .2 6 7 44-66 .6 6 7 43 66 109 3.9 58 2 43 52 0 36 250 8.9 10 Tica,Stefan 28-9 633 22.6 86-210 .4 1 0 44-133 .3 3 1 26-36 .7 2 2 15 55 70 2.5 27 1 35 41 9 10 242 8.6 21 Kelly,Andrew 28-6 618 22.1 76-128 .5 9 4 0-1 .0 0 0 42-60 .7 0 0 61 131 192 6.9 90 3 44 45 23 33 194 6.9 50 Ngawaka,Zach 27-21 495 18.3 59-115 .5 1 3 7-23 .3 0 4 34-57 .5 9 6 37 82 119 4.4 50 0 24 27 4 12 159 5.9 13 Bills,Dallen 28-2 433 15.5 61-122 .5 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 28-49 .5 7 1 26 39 65 2.3 53 0 19 25 8 10 150 5.4 22 Robinson,Hank 14-0 80 5.7 8-25 .3 2 0 5-15 .3 3 3 1-4 .2 5 0 7 4 11 0.8 7 0 9 2 0 1 22 1.6 31 Pierson,Cody 20-0 145 7.3 10-17 .5 8 8 4-10 .4 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 3 9 12 0.6 12 0 14 9 1 6 24 1.2 20 Howell,Jordan 3-0 7 2.3 1-3 .3 3 3 0-2 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1 4 5 1.7 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.7 02 Reese,Anthony 5-0 14 2.8 0-2 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1 2 3 0.6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0.0 Team 29 43 72 6 Total...... 28 5650 726-1627 .4 4 6 193-541 .3 5 7 370-519 .7 1 3 299 714 1013 36.2 458 8 443 410 77 205 2015 72.0 Opponents...... 28 5650 693-1624 .4 2 7 189-504 .3 7 5 355-496 .7 1 6 274 662 936 33.4 467 - 320 397 69 187 1930 68.9

TEAM STATISTICS UAF OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2015 1930 11/09/12 vs Colorado State-Pueblo Wot 80-76 100 Points per game 72.0 68.9 11/10/12 vs Colorado Christian L 63-72 55 Scoring margin +3.0 - 11/15/12 CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY W 80-73 365 FIELD GOALS-ATT 726-1627 693-1624 11/16/12 OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE W 77-54 324 Field goal pct .4 4 6 .4 2 7 11/17/12 COLORADO CHRISTIAN W 85-72 352 3 POINT FG-ATT 193-541 189-504 # 11/23/12 vs Southwest Baptist L 63-91 86 3-point FG pct .3 5 7 .3 7 5 # 11/24/12 vs Concordia-St.Paul L 60-65 189 3-pt FG made per game 6.9 6.8 * 11/29/12 SEATTLE PACIFIC L 60-72 253 FREE THROWS-ATT 370-519 355-496 * 12/01/12 MSU BILLINGS W 80-73 228 Free throw pct .7 1 3 .7 1 6 12/17/12 MULTNOMAH W 124-59 239 F-Throws made per game 13.2 12.7 * 01/03/13 at Central Washington W 82-75 938 REBOUNDS 1013 936 * 01/05/13 at Northwest Nazarene W 74-55 622 Rebounds per game 36.2 33.4 * 01/10/13 SAINT MARTIN'S W 81-58 272 Rebounding margin +2.8 - * 01/12/13 WESTERN OREGON W 89-56 420 ASSISTS 443 320 * 01/19/13 ALASKA ANCHORAGE L 60-65 1128 Assists per game 15.8 11.4 * 01/24/13 at Simon Fraser L 54-68 164 TURNOVERS 410 397 * 01/26/13 at Western Washington L 66-79 1725 Turnovers per game 14.6 14.2 * 01/31/13 NORTHWEST NAZARENE W 61-60 405 Turnover margin -0.5 - * 02/02/13 CENTRAL WASHINGTON L 54-71 407 Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.8 * 02/07/13 at Western Oregon W 80-77 482 STEALS 205 187 * 02/09/13 at Saint Martin's Wot 68-67 753 Steals per game 7.3 6.7 * 02/16/13 at Alaska Anchorage L 69-71 779 BLOCKS 77 69 * 02/21/13 WESTERN WASHINGTON W 77-73 430 Blocks per game 2.8 2.5 * 02/23/13 SIMON FRASER W 63-61 387 ATTENDANCE 5210 8109 * 02/28/13 at MSU Billings L 70-80 376 Home games-Avg/Game 13-401 9-703 * 03/02/13 at Seattle Pacific L 65-73 487 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 6-297 03/07/13 vs MSU Billings W 87-73 241 03/08/13 vs Western Washington L 43-61 1112 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Alaska 946 1047 22 2015 * - Conference game Opponents 874 1039 17 1930