SEATTLE – This week in Seattle Pacific University Athletics, it's a busy weekend in Seattle with men's and women's basketball hosting home games on Thursday and Saturday, while track & field competes at the UW Preview in Dempsey Indoor on Friday and Saturday.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Jan. 15 – 5:15 p.m.
vs. #16 Central Washington –
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Jan. 17 – 4:15 p.m.
vs. Northwest Nazarene –
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FROM THE COACH
"On Saturday, we put together a consistent four quarters of gameplay," head coach
Karen Byers said. "The team played together, and we had our mindset on point. We will continue to focus on defense, rebounding, and minimizing turnovers. I look forward to this week and playing in our own gym."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons split a pair of road conference games last weekend.
- SPU fell 83-43 at Saint Martin's last Thursday night.
- Grace Leasure's 19 points were the most she's scored in a single game in her career.
- She also set a career-high with seven made field goals.
- Layne Kearns had a team-high seven rebounds for the Falcons against the Saints.
- The Falcons picked up their first GNAC victory of the season last Saturday against Western Oregon, 80-58.
- The Falcons went 28-for-64 (43.8 percent) from the field, with five players scoring in double-figures.
- SPU scored the most points in a single game this season against Western Oregon last Saturday.
- 22 points is the largest margin of victory in a game for the Falcons this season.
- The Falcons knocked down 11 3-pointers on Saturday, the most in a single game this season.
- Leasure was spectacular for the Falcons, leading the team in points (16) and rebounds (9), while dishing out six assists, blocking three shots, and nabbing two steals.
- Leasure grabbed a career-high nine rebounds for the Falcons on Saturday.
- Kearns scored 15 points with six rebounds for the Falcons.
- Grace Mertes, Grace Turley, and Layla Senderson scored 10 points each for the Falcons.
- L. Senderson (10) and Jadlyn Senderson (7) set new career-highs in points scored for the Falcons on Saturday.
- Haylie-Anne Ohta dished out a career-high eight assists on Saturday for the Falcons.
- Leasure was named the GNAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.
- She scored 35 points, grabbed 15 rebounds, dished out six assists, blocked five shots, and had three steals in two games.
- Leasure leads the conference with 2.2 blocks per game.
- She leads the team in field goal percentage by shooting 51 percent, is averaging the third-most points per game with 9.1, and is third on the team in rebounds with 4.9 per game.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Jan. 15 – 7:30 p.m.
vs. Central Washington –
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Jan. 17 – 2:00 p.m.
vs. Northwest Nazarene –
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FROM THE COACH
"We are glad we were able to split the road trip up north," head coach
Keffrey Fazio said. "We're hoping to use some of that momentum this week at home against two really good teams. Our conference, you have to be ready to battle every night, and we will prepare to do just that on Thursday, beginning with Central Washington."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons split a pair of road conference games last weekend.
- The Falcons had a 13-point lead early in the second half on the road against Western Washington last Thursday night, but the Vikings found a way to get back into the game and take it away from the Falcons, 71-66.
- The Falcons went 26-for-54 (48.1 percent) from the field in Thursday's game.
- Grant Coleman led the Falcons with 15 points on five 3-pointers against the Vikings.
- Coleman set a new career-high in 3-pointers made last Thursday night with five.
- Trace Evans was efficient, shooting 6-for-7 from the field with 14 points.
- Julian Mora finished the game with 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
- Mora grabbed a season-high seven rebounds for the Falcons on Thursday.
- Theo McMillan scored 10 points for SPU with four rebounds while tying Mora with a team-high four assists.
- The Falcons used a 7-0 run in the final 31 seconds over regulation to force overtime against Simon Fraser last Saturday night, then turned to a 10-0 run over the final 2:06 to secure a 72-69 victory over the Red Leafs.
- Brant Heppner was the hero for the Falcons, hitting a 3-pointer in overtime with 27 seconds left to give SPU the lead, before blocking a shot on the next possession to help close out the game.
- Mora finished with a game-high 17 points and tied for a team-high six rebounds against the Red Leafs.
- Evans helped the Falcons off the bench with 14 points and tied Mora with a team-high six rebounds.
- Connor Drinkwine scored 12 points while Coleman added 11 points for the Falcons on Saturday.
- McMillan tied for a game-high six assists for the Falcons on Saturday.
TRACK & FIELD
Jan. 16 – 1:00 p.m. | Jan. 17 – 9:00 a.m.
at UW Preview
FROM THE COACH
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons return to competition for the first time since the Spokane Invitational on Dec. 13 this weekend at the UW Preview in Seattle.
- Newcomer Tawaf Aboudou set school records in the 60-meter dash and the long jump at the Spokane Invitational.
- Tawaf Aboudou broke the SPU men's indoor track & field 60-meter dash record with a 6.86.
- Robert Joshua broke the previous record at last year's GNAC Championships.
- Aboudou joined Joshua as the only SPU men's sprinters to go sub seven seconds in the 60-meter dash.
- Aboudou wasn't finished, adding a school record in the long jump with a leap of 23-06.00.
- Aboudou 23-6 long jump beat a school record that had stood since 2009, beating out Justin Felt's jump of 23-2.75.
- Alexa Gossett turned in a solid performance in the 5,000-meter run, taking first place with a time of 18:30.08.
- Hannah Chang picked up the new indoor season where she left off last season, winning the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.76.
- Justin Brooks took home the 400-meter dash victory for the Falcons with a 48.38.
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