SEATTLE – This week in Seattle Pacific University Athletics, the men's and women's basketball teams travel to the Last Frontier for Great Northwest Athletic Conference games against Alaska Anchorage on Thursday, followed by meetings with Alaska Fairbanks on Saturday.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Jan. 22 – 8:30 p.m. PST
at Alaska Anchorage –
watch –
live stats
Jan. 24 – 3:15 p.m. PST
at Alaska Fairbanks –
watch –
live stats
FROM THE COACH
"As we know, the road in our conference is very challenging," head coach
Keffrey Fazio said. "We will need to play well against both Alaska schools to come out on top. We are in the thick of GNAC play, and we are fighting for as many wins as we can get. Hopefully, this weekend, we can add to the win column."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons withstood a comeback attempt from Central Washington to beat the Wildcats 66-63 last Thursday.
- The Falcons went 28-for-64 (43.8 percent) from the field and made five 3-pointers on Thursday night.
- Trace Evans led the Falcons with 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds while adding three assists and three blocks, including the one that secured the game.
- Theo McMillan scored 16 points with a game-high nine rebounds while leading the Falcons with six assists.
- Connor Drinkwine finished with career-high 16 points on an efficient 7-for-9 shooting from the field.
- Julian Mora sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with seven seconds left against Northwest Nazarene last Saturday, but the Nighthawks beat the buzzer to take the game 72-71.
- The Falcons shot 57.8 percent (26-for-45) from the field and went 11-for-21 from 3-point range.
- McMillan scored an SPU career-high 18 points for the Falcons on Saturday.
- He made a career-high eight field goals for SPU on Saturday as well.
- Mora finished with 16 points while going 4-for-5 from 3-point range.
- Drinkwine scored 11 points for the Falcons while going 4-for-5 from the field.
- The Falcons are holding opponents to 67.6 points per game, the third-best mark in the GNAC.
- They rank second in the conference in opponent field goal percentage, as teams are hitting 41.3 percent of their attempts against the Falcons.
- SPU leads the GNAC in field goal percentage, hitting 49.4 percent of their attempts this season.
- The Falcons lead the GNAC from 3-point range, hitting 40.2 percent of their 3-point attempts.
- Mora leads the Falcons with 13.9 points per game and ranks 13th in the GNAC in scoring.
- McMillan leads SPU with 5.9 rebounds per game and ranks 11th in the GNAC in rebounds per game.
- McMillan is shooting 55.7 percent from the field, the fourth-best mark in the conference.
- McMillan leads the conference in assists, dishing out 5.5 per game.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Jan. 22 – 8:30 p.m. PST
at Alaska Anchorage –
watch –
live stats
Jan. 24 – 3:15 p.m. PST
at Alaska Fairbanks –
watch –
live stats
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons faced a challenge in 14th-ranked Central Washington last Thursday, falling 88-56.
- Grace Leasure led the Falcons with 17 points scored while grabbing a team-high four rebounds and six steals.
- Layne Kearns scored 10 points with three rebounds.
- Grace Turley led the Falcons with three assists.
- Kearns led the Falcons 17 points and a team-high eight rebounds against Northwest Nazarene last Saturday, but the Nighthawks took the game 72-62.
- Leasure finished with 15 points and four rebounds for SPU.
- Turley scored 13 points and made two 3-pointers for the Falcons.
- The Falcons turned the ball over 25 times, leading to 22 points off turnovers for the Nighthawks.
- The Falcons are shooting 72.5 percent from the free throw line, the fourth-best in the GNAC.
- Kearns leads the Falcons in scoring with 10.8 points per game.
- She also leads the team in rebounding with 5.5 per game.
- Leasure leads the team in field goal percentage, shooting 48.4 percent, the seventh best in the GNAC.
- Haylie-Anne Ohta is dishing out 3.3 assists per game, seventh best in the GNAC.
- Leasure leads the GNAC in blocked shots, averaging 2.1 per game.
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