as exhibition). UAA Seawolf Jamboree (Dec. 12-13) –
Kalidou Diouf, UAA; Travis Thompson, UAA.
Northwest Nazarene: Erik Kinney scored 31 points,
including 19 to lead five players in double figures in a 24point win against MSUB. Kevin Rima added 30 points, 16
against MSUB and Alex Birketoft had 26 points. Birketoft
converted on six of eight three-pointers in the two road
contests.
ALL-REGION TEAMS: Capital One Academic All-District Travis Thompson, UAA (Civil Engineering, 3.47, Sr.,
Anchorage, AK); Lee Bailey, Chaminade (Communications,
Sr., 3.39, Detroit, MI); Matt Hayes, Dominican (Chemistry,
3.57, Jr., Yuba City, CA); Adam Kile, UCSD (Bio-Engineering,
So., 4.00, Anchorage, AK); Evan Zeller, CSU Monterey Bay
(Business Administration, So., 3.53. Mission Viejo, CA).
Saint Martin’s: Trey Ingram had 27 points and six steals at
Alaska Fairbanks, making 9 of 10 two-point shots (and 2of-8 three-pointers). He finished the trip to Alaska with 39
points, eight steals and five assists. The Saints also got 25
points from Will Bond and 24 from Isaac Bianchini.
Bianchini ranks seventh in GNAC history in three-point
percentage, shooting 45.9 percent (107-of-123).
ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS: Capital One Academic – 3rd Team
- Travis Thompson, UAA (Civil Engineering, 3.47, Sr.,
Anchorage, AK).
Seattle Pacific: The Falcons limited Central Washington to
one three-pointer in 13 attempts and a 30.6 percent
shooting percentage in Thursday’s 69-47 win. Matt Borton
had 15 points and 17 rebounds, only eight fewer that the
entire CWU team as SPU controlled the backboards 60-25.
Borton had 13 points and 13 rebounds Saturday in a 60-49
win over NNU recording his third consecutive doubledouble and his sixth of the season.
Last Week’s GNAC Team Notes
Alaska: Ashton Edwards scored 38 points, including 27 in a
75-60 loss to Western Oregon after the Nanooks beat
Saint Martin’s 72-68 in overtime Thursday.
Almir
Hadzisehovic had 20 points and Anthony Reese nearly had
a triple-double (10 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists) in the
victory. Hadzisehovic had 30 points and Hadzisehovic and
Reese each had 15 rebounds in the two-game set. Reese
also had 10 assists.
Simon Fraser: Sango Niang scored 20 points in a loss
Thursday at Western Washington increasing his career
total to 979 to finish his career in 65th place on the GNAC
career scoring list. SFU also got 12 points from Hidde Vos
on 4-of-6 three-point shots, 11 from Daniel Deflorimonte
and 10 from Patrick Simon.
Alaska Anchorage: Travis Thompson netted 33 points and
Derrick Fain had 32 points and 11 rebounds as the
Seawolves won two games to finish in a tie for third-place
with Central Washington. Thompson made seven of 18
treys increasing his GNAC-record total to 302. Brian McGill
had 25 points and 17 assists and only two turnovers. …
Christian Leckband scored 13 of his 16 points in the second
half, making all five of his shots, in Thursday’s win over
first-place Western Oregon. UAA shot 55.8 percent,
making 29 of 52 shots, including 12-of-22 from the arc.
Leckband was four-of-four from the three-point line.
Western Oregon: Devon Alexander scored 39 points and
GNAC Player of the Year Andy Avgi had 36 points and 15
rebounds as the Wolves split two games in Alaska. Lewis
Thomas was a force inside, grabbing 18 rebounds and
blocking six shots. WOU controlled the backboards 67-54,
but were outshot 47.6 percent (20-of-42) to 29.2 percent
(14-of-48) from the arc.
Central Washington: Dom Williams had his conferenceleading third 30-point game of the season, scoring 33
points in a 104-99 overtime win at Montana State Billings.
Williams made 7-of-17 shots, including 4-of-8 threepointers. He was also 15-of-18 from the foul line. In two
games, he had 40 points and Stroud, who made 15 of 23
shots, had 39 points. Stroud’s 15 field goals allowed him
to take over the national lead in percentage as he reached
the NCAA minimum requirement of five made per game
for the first time this season.
Western Washington: The Vikings will take an eight-game
win streak as the No. 5 seed in this week’s conference
tournament at Billings, Mont. Jeffrey Parker paced WWU
with 31 points, becoming the fourth GNAC player to have
two or more 30-point games this winter. Parker made 14of-21 shots and was a perfect 11-of-11 inside the arc. He
also had nine rebounds. Joey Schreiber had 22 points and
eight rebounds and Anye Turner had 14 points and 14
rebounds, posting his sixth double-double of the season.
GNAC Players of the Week
MSU Billings: Antoine Hosley is the first GNAC player to
score 50 points in a game (See GNAC Player of the Week),
but is the third Yellowjacket. Reece Gliko scored 54 against
Southern Oregon on Dec. 28, 1996 and Markus
Hallgrimson had games of 51 and 50 in his career. . .
.Emmanuel Johnson had 32 points and 13 rebounds as he
and Johnson combined 59.6 percent (95 of 166) of MSUB’s
scoring.
Week
Nov. 10-16
Nov. 17-23
Nov. 24-30
Dec. 1-7
Dec. 8-14
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Player
Jeffrey Parker, Western Washington
Joseph Stroud, Central Washington
Ruben Silvas, Alaska
Julian Nichols, Western Oregon
Dom Williams, Central Washington
Mitch Penner, Seattle Pacific