2022 GNAC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, Wash.)  & 
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.

• Tickets: https://www.gnacsports.com/gnac/tickets/
• Webcasts for all games: https://www.youtube.com/gnacsports
• LiveStats (for SPU games): www.sidearmstats.com/spu/mbball
• LiveStats (for Lacey games): www.smusaints.com/sidearmstats/mbball
 
Wednesday, March 2 (First Round) -- Masks required at all games
Game 1 – (#10) Alaska Fairbanks vs. (#7) Simon Fraser, 4:30 pm PST – Seattle, WA
Game 2 –  (#9) Western Oregon vs. (#8) Western Washington, 4:30 pm PST – Lacey, WA
 
Thursday, March 3 (Quarterfinals)
Game 3 – Winner Game 1 vs. (#2) Northwest Nazarene, 5:15 pm PST – Seattle, WA
Game 4 –  (#5) Central Washington vs. (#4) Montana State Billings, 5:15 pm PST – Lacey, WA
Game 5 –  (#6) Seattle Pacific vs. (#3) Alaska Anchorage, 7:30 pm PST – Seattle, WA
Game 6 – Winner Game 2 vs. (#1) Saint Martin's, 7:30 pm PST – Lacey, WA
 
Friday, March 4 (Semifinals)
Game 7 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5, 5:15 pm PST – Lacey, WA
Game 8 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:30 pm PST – Lacey, WA
 
Saturday, March 5 (Championship)
Game 9 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 7:30 pm PST – Lacey, WA
 
Four-time champion Seattle Pacific seeks to add another GNAC Tournament men's basketball trophy to its collection and has the homecourt advantage in the first game to begin that pursuit. The sixth-seeded Falcons (14-12) start postseason play on Thursday, March 3 with a clash versus No. 3 seed Alaska Anchorage. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. on Iron Coaching Court at Brougham Pavilion. The Seawolves (14-8) and Falcons split the regular-season series, each winning in their own arena. Two-time GNAC Tournament winners Western Oregon and Western Washington are the only multiple titlists with SPU.
 
GNAC Tournament
For the 11th time, the GNAC is hosting a postseason tournament with the winner receiving the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Division II playoffs. A unique feature this year is that all 10 teams will participate instead of the usual six. SPU captured its fourth GNAC Tournament title in 2019, adding a trophy to the display case that includes hardware from three consecutive seasons from 2013-15. Saint Martin's serves as the primary 2022 host with four days of games at Marcus Pavilion in Lacey, Wash. SPU's Iron Coaching Court at Brougham Pavilion will be the site of three men's games during the championships, including a first-round matchup between No. 7 Simon Fraser (12-12) and No. 10 Alaska Fairbanks (8-14) on Wednesday, Mar. 2 at 4:30 p.m. Two quarterfinal contests take place on Thursday, Mar. 3 at SPU. Second-seeded Northwest Nazarene (12-8) meets the Fairbanks/Simon Fraser winner at 5:15 p.m. followed by the SPU/Anchorage contest. Friday's semifinals and Saturday's championship take place in Lacey.
 
Falcons Fast Fact
SPU point guard Divant'e Moffitt has compiled 495 points (19.0 ppg) and needs five more to achieve the 21st 500-point scoring season in school history.
 
SPU in the GNACs
The Falcons have an 11-5 record in all-time GNAC Tournament play, but lost its last outing, 86-85, to Alaska Anchorage in a March 6, 2020 home semifinal encounter. In 2019, then second-seeded SPU got an 89-81 semifinal win over Northwest Nazarene before beating No. 4 seed Western Oregon in the title tilt, 78-66. SPU won three straight championships from 2013-15, defeating Western Washington 72-70 in 2013 on a last-second 3-pointer by Jobi Wall, 65-62 in 2014, and 81-68 in 2015.
 
JACOB MEDJO INTERVIEW

Scouting #3 seed Alaska Anchorage (14-8, 9-6 GNAC
The third-seeded Seawolves won three of their last four games, capped by an 85-76 home win over regular-season champion Saint Martin's on Feb. 26. UAA leads the GNAC with 17.2 assists per game while SPU ranks 10th at 11.0. UAA has 10-1 home record, but is just 3-7 in road outings this season. Tobin Karlberg tops the team with 17.7 points per game. The Falcons hold a 43-40 edge in the all-time series. The teams split the regular-season series, each winning on its own homecourt. Anchorage won 88-83 on Dec. 30 and the Falcons were 91-59 victors in the rematch on Jan. 29 in Seattle. These teams last met in the postseason during the semifinals of the 2020 GNAC Tournament at SPU. The Seawolves won 86-85 behind the 23 points of Oggie Pantovic.
 
Top-10 Scorers
Two players on the current roster rank among the Top-10 all-time scorers in a Falcons uniform. Shooting guard Harry Cavell reached the 1,000-point milestone last season and currently ranks No. 7 among all-time SPU players with 1,499 career points. Point guard Divant'e Moffitt netted his 1,000th career point on Nov. 13 and has increased that to 1,434 points, a figure that ranks No. 8 on the school scoring chart.
 
Dynamic Divant'e
On Tuesday, senior point guard Divant'e Moffitt was honored as a first-team All-GNAC selection for the second time. He leads the Falcons with 19.0 points per game, the third-highest figure in the GNAC, and 3.8 assists. Moffitt has 495 points this season and is vying to become the 21st 500-point season scorer in SPU history. Moffitt topped all SPU scorers in 16 games this season and in assists on 21 occasions. Moffitt surpassed the 1,000-point plateau on Nov. 13 and currently ranks No. 8 among all-time SPU scorers with 1,434 career points. He erupted for three 30-point performances this season, capped by a career-high 34-point effort at Central Washington on Feb. 26. Moffitt has tallied seven career 30-point games. Moffitt's 99 assists are more than twice as many as any of his teammates have distributed this season (Harry Cavell has 43). He has never had a 100-assist season. Moffitt was named the 2022 GNAC Preseason Player of the Year and was honored as a unanimous first-team All-GNAC selection in 2020.
 
 

Cavell's Career Numbers
Second-team All-GNAC guard Harry Cavell is the 10th player in SPU history to reach both the 1,000-point and 600-rebound milestones. Cavell's 1,499 career points rank No. 7 in school history and he ranks No. 10 in career rebounds with 670. Cavell is one of only four players to currently rank among the Top-10 all-time Falcons in both career points and rebounds, joining Jim Ballard (1970-72), Howard Heppner (1962-66) and Brannon Stone (1998-2002). A graduate student, Cavell was a preseason 2022 All-GNAC selection after garnering second-team and GNAC Defensive Player of the Year acclaim in 2020.
 
Shaw Returns
Shaw Anderson, the 2020 GNAC Freshman of the Year, returned to the court after missing last season. He ranks second among Falcons with 14.0 points per game and his 48 treys are 16 more than any teammate. Anderson was selected as an honorable mention All-GNAC performer on Tuesday. He averaged 12.8 points while shooting 55 percent in 2020. The 6-foot-6 forward was even better outside the arc, nailing 56.3 percent of his 3-pointers (58 of 103). Anderson compiled a streak off 11 straight successful 3-pointers from Jan. 30 to Feb. 8, 2020. He netted a career-high 34 points at Western Oregon (Jan. 11, 2020). Anderson posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. CWU on Feb. 29, 2020.
 
Did You Know?
• The Falcons boast a 9-3 home record and are 3-2 in neutral-site contests, but just 2-7 in road outings
 
• SPU leads the GNAC and ranks No. 3 among all NCAA Division II men's basketball teams in free throw accuracy at 80.5 percent (355-441). Eight of 11 Falcons are shooting better than 75%
 
• SPU was the nation's most accurate free shooting team in both 2020 (80.5%) and 2021 (84.2%)
 
• Divant'e Moffitt ranks 3rd among GNAC scorers (19.0 ppg) and Shaw Anderson is No. 13 (14.0)
 
• SPU players posted 3 double-doubles, 2 of them from Zack Paulsen and 1 from Harry Cavell
 
• Paulsen (2), Cavell (1) & Mehdi El Mardi (1) accounted for SPU's 4 double-digit rebound games
 
• Three Falcons have a 30-point game in their career: Divant'e Moffitt (7), Shaw Anderson (2) & Harry Cavell (1). Moffitt is the only to do so this season, scoring 31 vs. UAA (Jan. 29) & 32 vs MSUB (Feb. 12) & a career-high 34 at Central Washington (Feb. 26)
 
 

Coach Leep
The GNAC's 2020 Coach of the Year Grant Leep, 42, is in his sixth season directing the SPU men's basketball program after seven years as an assistant on the Falcons staff. He has a 97-57 career record. Leep coached the 2021 to a 10-3 record over a schedule abbreviated due to the COVID outbreak. The 2020 team's 22-7 record featured a 14-game winning streak. His Falcons won the 2020 GNAC regular-season championship and qualified for the canceled NCAA West Regional as the No. 5 seed. Leep has strong basketball ties throughout the Northwest as an All-America player at Mount Vernon (Wash.) High School before lettering four years at Washington. Leep still owns the Huskies 3-point accuracy records for a season (52.7% in 2002) and career (42.9%). His coaching resumé includes stops at Eastern Washington and a pair of community colleges. SPU had a 165-51 (.764) record during his time as an assistant.
 
Brougham Pavilion Entry Policies
Fans are welcome back to Brougham Pavilion. In compliance with King County guidelines, spectators must wear face coverings over their nose and mouth while at the venue. Masks may be adjusted while actively eating or drinking. As of March 1, 2022, spectators attending athletic competitions hosted by Seattle Pacific University will no longer be asked to show proof of vaccination or present a negative COVID-19 test. SPU appreciates the continued consideration and adherence to the mask-wearing policy from our supporters to achieve the common goal of sustaining the health and well-being of our student-athletes and the greater campus community.