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Women’s Basketball Seattle Pacific University Mark Moschetti, Assistant SID ● (206) 281-2772 ● [email protected] ● Fax: (206) 281-2266 November 14, 2018 A pair of West’s best visit for Sodexo 2018-19 SCHEDULE / RESULTS Seeking first win of season, Falcons welcome Azusa Pacific, UC San Diego (0-2, 0-0 GNAC) SODEXO CLASSIC SCHEDULE Nov. 3 George Fox (exhibition) L, 74-75 All games in Brougham Pavilion (2,650) / Seattle, Wash. Western Washington West Region Classic Nov. 9 Fresno Pacific L, 69-80 Friday, Nov. 16: Nov. 10 Humboldt State L, 77-79 UC San Diego vs. W. Washington, 1:00 p.m. Sodexo Classic (Brougham Pavilion) Seattle Pacific vs. Azusa Pacific, 5:00 p.m. Nov. 16 Azusa Pacific 5;00 p.m. Nov. 17 UC San Diego 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17: Nov. 20 Holy Names 7:00 p.m. Nov. 29 *Concordia-Portland 5:15 p.m. Azusa Pacific vs. Western Washington, 1:00 p.m. Dec. 1 *Western Oregon 5:15 p.m. Seattle Pacific vs. UC San Diego, 5:00 p.m. Dec. 12 Academy of Art 2:00 p.m. Dec. 17 at Cal State Los Angeles 7:00 p.m. LIVE WEBCASTS (all games): https://tinyurl.com/y7cxm65j Dec. 19 at Concordia Irvine 1:00 p.m. LIVE STATS (all games): https://spufalcons.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary Jan. 1 *at Saint Martin’s 7:00 p.m. Jan. 5 *at Montana State Billings 1:00 p.m. Jan. 10 *at Northwest Nazarene 4:15 p.m. Jan. 12 *at Central Washington 7:00 p.m. SEATTLE – The Seattle Pacific Falcons are hoping their home court might be more Jan. 17 *Western Washington 7:00 p.m. Jan. 19 *Simon Fraser 4:00 p.m. favorable toward them than what they experienced last weekend in Bellingham. Jan. 24 *at Alaska Fairbanks 8:00 p.m. This week’s two opponents, however, might have other ideas. Jan. 26 *at Alaska Anchorage 8:00 p.m. Jan. 29 *Saint Martin’s 7:00 p.m. After two tough season-opening losses to Fresno Jan. 31 *Montana State Billings 7:30 p.m. CICI WEST AMONG THE TOP Pacific and Humboldt State last week, SPU will Feb. 7 *Central Washington 7:00 p.m. PLAYERS AT CROSSOVER aiming for the win column when it hosts the Feb. 9 *Northwest Nazarene 2:00 p.m. Feb. 14 *at Simon Fraser 7:00 p.m. Falcons redshirt senior Cici West annual Sodexo Classic on Friday and Saturday in Brougham Pavilion. Feb. 16 *at Western Washington 7:00 p.m. was named to the All-Tournament Feb. 21 *Alaska Anchorage 7:30 p.m. team at last weekend’s WWU West The Falcons will be across the court from two Feb. 23 *Alaska Fairbanks 4:00 p.m. Region Crossover. of the West Region’s best teams. They’ll tip off Feb. 28 *at Western Oregon 6:00 p.m. against Pacific West Conference preseason March 2 at Concordia-Portland 2:00 p.m. The 5-foot-10 forward / guard favorite Azusa Pacific on Friday at 5:00 p.m. scored 23 points and pulled down GNAC Tournament (at Western Washington) Then on Saturday at 5, California Collegiate March 7 First round Noon or 2:15 p.m. 19 rebounds in the two games Athletic Association preseason pick UC San March 8 Semifinals Noon or 2:15 p.m. combined. That included her first Diego will be waiting. March 9 Championship 5:15 p.m. SPU double-double, as she had Western Washington will play the opposite Home games in bold * GNAC game All times Pacific 13 points and 10 boards against team in the 1:00 p.m. game each day. Humboldt State on Saturday. GNAC Standings West shot a sizzling 62.5 percent FOLLOW IT LIVE GNAC Overall for the weekend, draining 5 of 6 1. Alaska Anchorage 0-0 2-0 against Fresno and 5 of 10 against All eight games will have live stats and free 1. Alaska Fairbanks 0-0 2-0 live Webcasts. Veteran broadcaster and public 1. Central Washington 0-0 2-0 Humboldt. She dished four assists address announcer Mark Aucutt will call the 1. Concordia-Portland 0-0 2-0 and came up with two steals. 1. Northwest Nazarene 0-0 2-0 play-by-play for the two Friday afternoon games 1. Montana State Billings 0-0 1-0 and all four Saturday contests. Alex Payton is 1. Saint Maritn’s 0-0 1-0 behind the mic for SPU’s games on Friday. 1. Simon Fraser 0-0 2-1 1. Western Washington 0-0 1-1 REVVING UP THOSE RESERVES 1. Seattle Pacific 0-0 0-2 1. Western Oregon 0-0 0-2 While the results didn’t go their way, the Falcons did bring back a few positives from Bellingham. One of those was the production from their players off the bench. In the game against Fresno Pacific, six players came in as reserves, and all six combined for 34 of SPU’s 69 points, led by the 10 of junior guard Jade Skidmore. In addition four of the six had at least two rebounds; as a group, they collected 18 of the 42 boards. Against Humboldt State, seven players subbed in, combining for 26 points, five rebounds, eight assists, and nine steals. Skidmore led with seven points and handed out four assists. SCOUTING REPORT FALCON FODDER MOST RECENT SEATTLE PACIFIC STARTERS SO WHAT’S THE STORY THIS WEEK? Nov. 10 vs. Humboldt State (L, 77-79) Totals vs. Humboldt with 2018-19 averages Player Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl. FG -- The Falcons will be trying to F Cici West 13 / 11.5 10 / 9.5 1 / 1.5 0 / 0.0 1 / 1.0 5-10 / .625 bounce out of the team’s first 0-2 C Carly Rataushk 5 / 6.0 0 / 1.5 1 / 1.0 0 / 1.0 0 / 0.0 2-4 / .417 start since 1985. G Jaylee Albert 7 / 3.5 2 / 3.0 2 / 3.5 0 / 0.5 0 / 0.0 3-4 / .300 -- This is the seventh straight year G Hailee Bennett 14 / 11.4 3 / 4.0 4 / 4.5 0 / 0.0 2 / 1.0 4-10 / .364 the Falcons have faced these two G Riley Evans 12 / 10.5 3 / 1.5 0 / 1.0 0 / 0.5 0 / 1.0 4-7 / .429 teams back-to-back in a tournament. SEATTLE PACIFIC 77 / 73.0 29 /35.5 16 / 15.5 1 / 3.0 12 / 8.0 28-59 / .450 -- Through the first six years, SPU has swept the tournament four AZUSA PACIFIC COUGARS: 2-0, 0-0 PAC WEST times (2013, ’14, ’16, and ’17), split once (2012), and lost both once (2015). All-time series: SPU leads, 8-1. Current series -- This is the 14th Sodexo tourney. HOW DO THEY COMPARE? streak: SPU won 2. Last time: SPU 80, APU 69 The food services company took up (GNAC / PWC rank) (Nov. 17, 2017 at Azusa, Calif.). sponsorship in 2005. It was known SPU APU Cougars in a nutshell: Azusa Pacific went 27-5 previous by other sponsor names. 73.0 (T6) Points 71.0 (2) last year, a solid enough record to host the NCAA West Regionals. From that team, two of the biggest -- SPU has a near-perfect record in 79.5 (11) 61.5 (2) Pts. allowed contributors are gone, as Abbigail Goodsell the tournament. The Falcons are 31-1 35.5 (9) Rebounds 39.0 (2) (16.3 points, 4.6 rebounds) and Gabrielle Kaiser overall, including 23-1 during the Sodexo 15.5 (8) Assists 16.5 (1) (14.5 point, 5.9 boards) both graduated. Back is years. 6-foot junior guard Savanna Hanson, who 8.0 (8) Steals 9.0 (3) -- Their only Sodexo loss was in averaged 13.6 points and a team-high 8.9 rebounds. 2015, when Wisconsin Parkside came 3.0 (T4) Blocks 3.0 (5) She had one double-double last weekend (19 points away with a 60-53 victory. 18.0 (6) Turnovers 16.0 (4) and 10 rebounds in a 74-70 win against Cal Poly -- The Falcons have played once at .450 (3) FG pct. .439 (1) Pomona), and nearly had two (11 and 9 in a 68-53 victory vs. Cal State San Bernardino). Also capable home this season, falling one point .270 (10) 3-pt. pct. .278 (5) of filling up the basket is 5-4 junior guard Zoe short of George Fox University, 75-74, in .718 (6) FT pct. .571 (7) March. She popped in 22 and dished seven as- an exhibition game on Nov. 3. sists in the San Bernardino game. Others to watch -- Last year, SPU went 10-1 in are 6-2 sophomore forward Laura Pranger (9.5 Brougham. The only loss was 58-57 to points, 6.5 rebounds) and 6-2 junior forward Cierra Roufasse (11.5 points, 8.5 boards). Northwest Nazarene. -- Unlike 2017 when the Falcons played UC SAN DIEGO TRITONS: 2-0, 0-0 CCAA eight of their first 10 on the road, they have six of their first eight at All-time series: SPU leads, 13-4. Current series home – with those six coming up HOW DO THEY COMPARE? streak: SPU won 2. Last time: SPU 65, UCSD 59 consecutively between now and Dec. 12. (GNAC / CCCA rank) (Nov. 18, 2017 at Azusa, Calif.). -- Among this season’s returners, senior SPU UCSD Tritons in a nutshell: UC San Diego posted a pair guard Jaylee Albert got the start of wins in last weekend’s tournament at Cal State 73.0 (T6) Points 75.5 (2) against Azusa and San San Marcos: 75-70 against Simon Fraser, and 76-64 in the games 79.5 (11) 67.0 (9) Pts.