This Week For the Redhawks: The Seattle University women's basketball team will host a pair of contests before hitting the road for a four-game road swing. On Monday, Dec. 14, SU will host Saint Mary's College (Calif.) in a 7 p.m. game. The following day, the Redhawks will square off with Evergreen State. Tip time is slated for 4:30 p.m. Both games will be played in the Connolly Center on the SeattleU campus.
Last Time Out: After two straight wins at home, the Redhawks were unable to outlast cross-town rival the University of Washington on Dec. 9. SeattleU fell 58-53 to the Huskies, after playing solidly throughout the game. Senior Ashley Brown headlined both offenses with 19 points, including knocking in five behind-the-arc jumpers, in 38 minutes of play. Fellow senior Cassidy Murillo played all but one minute on the floor. She scored a season-high 16 points and made seven assists.
SU's largest lead was by three early in the second half, in a game saw the lead change 10 times and the score tied seven times. In the final half, the Redhawks turned over the ball due to miscommunication and UW took advantage of SeattleU's brief moment of disarray to go on and create a small point cushion that they were able to protect until the end of the game.
On Deck: After three consecutive home games, SU will hit the road for a set of away contests prior to Christmas. SeattleU will head to Oregon State to take on the Beavers on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. They will then travel to Boise, Idaho to play the Broncos of Boise State on Monday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. Both game times are Pacific.
After a brief break for the holidays, SU will reunite in California for a pair of games. They will take on Cal Poly and Loyola Marymount prior to heading back to the Emerald City.
Follow the Game: Fans be sure to log onto www.GoSeattleU.com to follow all your Redhawk women's basketball action. The voice of the Redhawks Brian Abker will be doing live radio play-by-play from courtside. Live stats are available for all home contests.
The Beginning of the Intra-City Rivalry: Despite the result not going in the Redhawks favor, SeattleU was able to compete and keep pace with Pacific-10 and fellow Seattle-based school the University of Washington. The 58-53 loss saw 19 points from Ashley Brown to lead both benches.
Getting Back on Track: After suffering back-to-back heart breaking losses, SeattleU looks to get back on track and into the win column this week. They hope to close out their three-game home stand by putting together consecutive victories.
All But One Minute: Senior Cassidy Murillo played a season-high 39 minutes on Dec. 9, versus the University of Washington. It was the longest a Redhawk player has been on the court this season. In the team-leading time on the floor, she scored a season-high 16 points and made seven assists. Additionally, she had a defensive rebound and a steal.
Points Off of Turnovers: Versus the University of Washington on Dec. 9, SU managed to score 18 points off of UW's 17 turnovers. This season the Redhawks have scored 170 points off of turnovers.
Brown Continues to Knock Them In: After scoring 19 points versus the University of Washington on Dec. 9, senior Ashley Brown continued to display her shooting dominance. This season she is averaging 14.9 points in 28.8 minutes of action. She has been the team's offense leader for a majority of the season.
Scouting Saint Mary's College: The Gaels of Saint Mary's College (6-4) travel to Seattle after earning three consecutive victories. Most recently they handed Boise State their third loss of the season in a 83-72 win at home in Moraga, Calif. Prior to that they beat Washington State 80-70 in Pullman, Wash. on Dec. 3, and dished Idaho State a 74-67 defeat in Moscow, Idaho on Dec. 5.
Versus the BSU Broncos, Jontelle Smith led the SMC offense with 20 points, while Alex Carbonel was the team's top rebounder with 10. Jasmine Smith knocked in 18 points and Louella Tomlinson added 17. The Gaels shot 53.4 percent from the field, while holding Boise State to 32.1 percent.
In 10 straight starts, Tomlinson leads Saint Mary's averaging16.6 points and 10.1 rebounds in 28.7 minutes of action. Jo. Smith, Ashlee Smith and Ja. Smith each are averaging double-digits in points, as well.
The Redhawks are 0-1 all-time versus the Gaels, as they fell in their first meeting last year on Dec. 18, 2008 in Moraga, Calif. SMC defeated SU 84-71, with Tomlinson and Kira Kojola each scoring 18 points. For the Redhawks, Chelsie Morrison led both teams with 21 points and Mercedes Alexander had eight boards.
Scouting Evergreen State: Evergreen State College (4-8) remains on the road for their third straight contest. They opened up their road swing with a 67-65 edging over Linfield on Dec. 11, and followed that with a 78-56 loss at Pacific (Ore.) on Dec. 12.
At Pacific, top-scorer Latrina Woods tallied 13 points and added five boards to lead the Geoducks rebounding efforts too. This season Woods is averaging 13.8 points and 4.6 rebounds in 34.8 minutes on the floor. Brittany Weaver follows, averaging 9.9 points and 4.4 boards in 27.7 minutes of action.
The Redhawks and EVC last faced each other on Dec. 6, 2007 in Olympia. SU defeated the Geoducks 73-53, behind 19 off the bench points from Quinn Brewe. Cassidy Murillo added 14 points and Brewe led the team's rebounding efforts with nine.
This will be the twelfth all-time meeting between SeattleU and Evergreen State. The Redhawks look to preserve their perfect 11-0 all-time record versus the Geoducks.
Game 11 Recap - Washington
Dec. 9, 2009 - L 53-58
The Seattle University women's basketball team showed its year-long improvement by hanging with the University of Washington, but the Huskies were able to convert on some key baskets late in the game to pull out a 58-53 victory Wednesday night in front of a capacity crowd at the Connolly Center.
In a seesaw battle, especially in the second half, two free throws by Ashley Brown put SeattleU ahead, 40-39, with 10:44 remaining in the half. Kristi Kingma would hit a 3-pointer 16 later to put Washington up for good, and back-to-back layups by Sami Whitcomb gave the Huskies the cushion they needed the rest of the way.
Brown led they way with 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers during the game, while Cassidy Murillo went 6-for-9 from the field, including 3-for-3 from the 3-point line, for 16 points and a season-high, along with seven assists.