THIS WEEK IN SEAWOLF BASKETBALL...
Friday, Nov. 21 – 5:15 pm AST – Alaska Airlines Center
Northwest Indian (0-6) at Alaska Anchorage (0-4)
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Saturday, Nov. 22 – 2 pm AST – Alaska Airlines Center
Northwest Indian at Alaska Anchorage
ON TV: GCI broadcasts all UAA regular-season home games live statewide (check local listings for channel number), except for the Anchorage and Mat-Su viewing areas. In Anchorage and Mat-Su, this week’s tape-delayed broadcasts will air on GCI Ch. 1 at 7 a.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday.
ON RADIO: FM-93.7 KAFC
ONLINE: Find links to Live Stats and free Live Video at GoSeawolves.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Get periodic game updates by following the @UAAMBB Twitter feed or like UAA’s main Facebook page (Alaska Anchorage Seawolves).
WHAT LIES AHEAD: UAA hosts a pair of games at the Alaska Airlines Center against Northwest Indian College, an independent program located in Bellingham, Wash. ... the Eagles have played six games against 4-year NCAA or NAIA institutions, most recently dropping a pair of games at fellow Great Northwest Athletic Conference program Simon Fraser, Nov. 14-15 (160-99 and 135-103).
THE SERIES vs. NW INDIAN: UAA leads 1-0 (1-0 at home)
Last: UAA 111-81 (12/15/12 at UAA)
UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2014-15 stats)
G—Brian McGill, 6-2, Jr. (16.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.5 apg, .639 FG, .682 FT)
G—Travis Thompson, 6-1, Sr. (13.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, .391 3FG, .692 FT)
F—Derrick Fain, 6-4, Sr. (9.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.8 spg, .346 3FG)
F—Sjur Berg, 6-7, Fr. (6.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, .600 FG, 8-9 FT)
C—Kalidou Diouf, 6-9, Fr. (6.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.0 bpg, .550 FG)
CALIFORNIA RECAP: The Seawolves came up shy in their first two games against NCAA Div. II West Region competition this season, losing 74-66 at Sonoma State and 74-64 to defending regional champion and 19th-ranked Chico State on Nov. 14-15 in Rohnert Park, Calif. ... against Sonoma State, Jr. PG Brian McGill had a team-season-high 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting (3-5 3FG), while Sr. G Travis Thompson had 21 points, 4 assists and 3 steals ... UAA came back from a 17-point deficit to get within 62-57 with 3 minutes remaining, but the hosts hung on thanks to 58 percent overall and 60 percent three-point shooting ... against Chico, Fr. C Kalidou Diouf tallied 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, while Jr. G Dom Hunter had 14 points (6-6 FT) in just his second game since being activated from redshirt status ... McGill had 10 points and 6 assists but no other Seawolf scored more than seven as the team shot just 39 percent ... UAA took a 35-34 early in the second half before the Wildcats used an 8-0 lead to pull away.
TEAM NOTES: The Seawolves are 0-4 for just the second time in program history and the first time since starting 0-6 in 2001-02 ... UAA is aiming for the program’s 10th straight winning season and the program’s 32nd in 38 years … the Seawolves have also earned a plus-.500 league record for 26 of 32 years of conference membership.
TERRIFIC THOMPSON: Sr. G Travis Thompson was a unanimous selection for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year in voting by the league’s head coaches last month ... a First Team All-GNAC pick last year and a Second Teamer in 2011-12, he has also been tabbed a Div. II Bulletin ‘Super 16’ Preseason All-American this fall ... the former Dimond High star led UAA with 21.3 points per game, .892 free-throw shooting and 1.2 steals per game in 2013-14, finishing among the GNAC leaders in scoring (2nd), FT% (2nd), 3FGs made per game (2nd, 3.6), 3FG% (7th, .421), assist-turnover ratio (8th, 2.1), assists per game (11th, 3.2) and steals (13th); in the in NCAA Div. II national stats he was 6th in 3FGs/gm, 19th in FT%, 25th in scoring and 36th in 3FG% … four games into his senior season, Thompson holds UAA career ranks of 8th in scoring (1,251 pts), 10th in assists (257), 4th in 3FGs made (225), 8th in FTs made (244), 4th in FT% (.862) and 7th in 3FG% (.441).
McGILL THE THRILL: Jr. PG Brian McGill made a huge impact in his first year of eligibility last season after transferring from Western Oregon, garnering All-GNAC Second Team honors ... this season the Clackamas, Ore., native is a Preseason All-GNAC selection and has already been named to the All-Tournament Team at the Ron Logsdon Classic in California … McGill ranked No. 2 in the league last year with 5.9 apg, along with other GNAC ranks of 11th in scoring (15.6 ppg), 5th in asst-TO ratio (2.4), and 7th in minutes (33.7 mpg) and FT% (.835) … on UAA’s single-season lists, he finished 7th in both assists (177) and assists per game, 10th in FTs made (137) and 18th in FT%.
MORE PLAYER NOTES: Sr. G Derrick Fain got off to a strong start with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 5 stelas in his first two games against Concordia ... he averaged a team-high 24.5 ppg in UAA’s two exhibition games, shooting 61 percent from the field and dishing nine assists with just one turnover ... Fain is completing his collegiate career at UAA after transferring from NAIA program The Master’s in Southern California, where he played the last two seasons ... Fr. F Sjur Berg is one of four freshmen playing a key role in the Seawolf frontcourt, shooting 60 percent (9 of 15) from the field and 8 of 9 at the free-throw line so far ... the Norwegian brings extensive international experience with his national age-group squads and played his senior year at Southern California powerhouse Santa Margarita HS ... So. G/F Travis Parrish made his first to starts on the California trip, collecting 7 points (3-4 FG) and 2 steals in the game against Sonoma State ... Parrish is back on the court for the first time since high school, following a two-year Mormon mission and two years on the football team at Div. I Utah State.
THE OSBORNE FILE: Eleventh-year head coach Rusty Osborne (192-110) has led the Seawolves to nine straight winning seasons, five NCAA Tournaments and a trip to the 2008 NCAA D-II Semifinals in his tenure at the helm … with UAA’s victory over Saint Martin’s on Jan. 25, 2014, he also became the winningest coach in program history, surpassing former mentor Charlie Bruns … Osborne captured his first career GNAC and NABC West District coach-of-the-year awards in 2008 after becoming the second coach to lead UAA to three consecutive NCAA berths (2006-08), and in 2011-12 his Seawolves posted a 24-10 record to equal the 2nd-most victories in program history; Osborne’s 2007-08 club holds that record with a 29-6 mark … before taking over the head job in 2004-05, the Texas native previously served 13 seasons (1991-04) as a UAA assistant, including 11 years as the top assistant … the Seawolves have won over 60 percent of their games with Osborne on the staff, claiming four conference titles and eight trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament. Osborne is assisted by Cameron Turner (4th season) and graduate assistant Tim Mollerstrom (3rd season).
SEAWOLVES TABBED 2ND: The Seawolves were picked to finish second in the 2014 Great Northwest Athletic Conference preseason coaches’ poll, released Oct. 14. Here is a look at the poll:
2014-15 Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Preseason Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll
Rk Team (1st-place votes) 2013-14 Records Pts
1. Western Washington (7) 20-8 (13-5, 2nd) 78
2. Alaska Anchorage (1) 17-13 (10-8, 4th-T) 69
3. Seattle Pacific (2) 26-6 (15-3, 1st) 68
4. Western Oregon 18-12 (10-8, 4th-T) 60
5. Montana State Billings 12-15 (8-10, 6th-T) 41
6. Central Washington 12-14 (8-10, 6th-T) 39
7. Alaska Fairbanks 18-10 (12-6, 3rd) 38
8. Northwest Nazarene 7-19 (5-13, 9th) 21
9. Simon Fraser 10-16 (3-15, 10th) 18
Saint Martin’s 9-17 (6-12, 8th) 18
(Note: Each coach ranked other nine teams. First-place votes in parentheses. Points awarded on 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.).
Nate Sagan
Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 786-1295 / nate@uaa.alaska.edu
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