(48.6 percent), including 9-of-14 three-pointers. He also
converted on 5-of-6 foul shots.
GNAC Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week
Nov. 10-16
Nov. 17-23
Nov. 24-30
Dec. 1-7
Dec. 8-14
Dec. 15-21
Player
Jeffrey Parker, Western Washington
Joseph Stroud, Central Washington
Ruben Silvas, Alaska
Julian Nichols, Western Oregon
Dom Williams, Central Washington
Mitch Penner, Seattle Pacific
Shawn Reid, Seattle Pacific
Dec. 8-14: Mitch Penner, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-5, Jr., Seattle,
WA – Kennedy) scored 26 points and also had 11
rebounds, three steals and two blocks to lead the Falcons
to a 100-67 win over George Fox. Penner, who made 7-of12 field goal attempts, was perfect from the foul line
connecting on 11-of-11.
Dec. 15-21: Shawn Reid, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-4, Sr., Post
Falls, ID) scored a team-best 36 points shooting 71.4
percent in leading the Falcons to wins over Dixie State (7666) and Rollins (74-54) in the Las Vegas Challenge. Reid
made 15-of-21 shots, including 5-of-9 three-pointers. He
also led the Falcons with three steals. Reid came off the
bench against Dixie State with SPU trailing 17-2 and scored
30 points in just 18 minutes to rally SPU to the 10-point
win. Reid, whose previous SPU career-high was 13, made
12 of 15 shots, including 5-of-7 from the arc.
Players of the Week – Week By Week
Nov. 10-16 – Jeffrey Parker, Western Washington (F, 6-6,
So., Richmond, CA – Salesian) and Joseph Stroud, Central
Washington (F, 6-8, Jr., Las Vegas, NV – Sierra Visa/Pierce
College) ... Parker scored 43 points and also had 18
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rebounds leading the Vikings to two wins in the 13 Chuck
Randall Classic. Parker made seven of 17 3-pointers and
shot 51.7 percent overall, cashing in on 15-of-29. He was
named the tournament’s MVP ... Stroud earned alltournament honors leading the Wildcats to two wins in
the Seattle Pacific Sodexo Tip-Off tournament. He came
off the bench to score 24 points, making nine of 10 shots.
He also led CWU in rebounds (11) and blocked shots (7).
His last basket with one second half came on a dunk to
break a 68-68 tie in Saturday’s 70-68 win over Academy of
Art.
2014-15 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS: Seattle Pacific (Nov.
14-15) – Cory Hutson, SPU; Mitch Penner, SPU; Jordan
Russell, CWU; Joseph Stroud, CWU. Dominican (Nov. 1415) – Antoine Hosley, MSUB. Sonoma State (Nov. 14-15) –
Brian McGill, UAA. Western Washington (Nov. 14-15) –
Jeffrey Parker, WWU (MVP); Anye Turner, WWU; Joey
Schreiber, WWU; Erik Kinney, NNU. Alaska (Nov. 20-22) –
Ruben Silvas, Alaska. WOU (Nov. 21-22) – Trey Ingram,
SMU; Lewis Thomas, WOU. Great Alaska Shootout (Nov.
26-29) – Travis Thompson, UAA*. (*UAA played Shootout
games as exhibitions). UAA Seawolf Jamboree (Dec. 1213) – Kalidou Diouf, UAA; Travis Thompson, UAA.
Nov. 17-23: Ruben Silvas, Alaska (G, 6-3, 175, Jr., Tucson,
AZ) had 33 points, shooting 62.5 percent (15-of-24) as the
Nanooks made their 2014-15 season debut in the GCI
Alaska Invitational. The JC transfer from Arizona also had
16 rebounds, two assists and a steal and wasn’t charged
with a turnover in earning all-tournament honors as the
Nanooks won one of three contests.
Team Notes
Alaska: Kyle Tomlinson led six players in double figures
with 18 points in the Nanooks’ 88-74 counting victory over
Portland Bible Dec. 19. UAF completed a two-game sweep
of the bible college with a 62-59 exhibition win on Dec. 20.
Ruben Silvas made all six of his shots and also had six
rebounds, five assists and two blocks in the counting win.
Nov. 24-30: Julian Nichols, Western Oregon (G, 6-2, 175,
Jr. Upland, CA) scored 51 points and also 10 rebounds, a
team-high 14 assists and six steals in leading the Wolves to
three road West Region victories, including a 67-52 win at
2014 playoff qualifier Dixie State. Nichols made 15 of 31
field goal attempts and also converted on 19 of 20 foul
shots. Twenty-six of his points came in Saturday’s 83-73
win at the Academy of Art.
Alaska Anchorage: Travis Thompson made 7-of-12 threepoint shots increasing his career total to 254 in a 91-52 win
over Portland Bible. Thompson ranks sixth in GNAC history
in tre ys. Thompson finished the contest with 23 points.
Dec. 1-7: Dom Williams, Central Washington (G, 5-11, Sr.,
Tacoma, WA – Curtis & Tacoma CC) scored 50 points and
also had 10 assists and just one turnover in wins over
Montana State Billings and defending GNAC champion
Seattle Pacific. He had a career-high 31 points and five
assists in a 88-79 win over MSUB Thursday, connecting on
11 of 20 shots, including 5-of-7 three-pointers. Williams
then added 19 points and five assists in a 73-67 victory
against SPU Saturday, converting on 4-of-7 three-point
shots. The win snapped a four-game CWU losing streak to
the Falcons. For the week, Williams made 18-of-37 shots
Central Washington: Jordan Russell exploded for 30 points
and also had eight rebounds and five assists in a 125-68
win over Multnomah. Dom Williams made 5-of-8 threepointers and scored 22 points.
Montana State Billings: Momir Gataric led the
Yellowjackets with 34 points and Emmanuel Johnson had
28 points and 18 rebounds as the Yellowjackets posted a
1-2 record in Hawaii.
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