Seattle U to Take First Road Trip of 2015: Seattle University women’s basketball opens Western Athletic Conference road play and takes their first road trip of 2015. The Redhawks will face UTPA on Thursday, Jan. 15 and New Mexico State on Saturday, Jan. 17 before returning home for three straight contests to finish the month of January.
Home Sweet Home: With a record-high 20 home games this season, SU is already through 14 games of their 2014-15 home schedule, completing 10 of 20 (including exhibitions) prior to the Christmas holiday. The Redhawks just finished a stretch in which they played 11 of 12 on their home court (Nov. 29-Jan. 10).
Crystal Allen Named WAC Player of the Week: Freshman Crystal Allen was named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week (Jan. 5-11) for her career high 21 points and eight rebounds in the Redhawks’ WAC opening win vs. Utah Valley on Jan. 10. Allen became the first freshman in Seattle U women’s basketball history to win WAC Player of the Week.
Scouting UTPA (8-8): UTPA opened their WAC schedule with a 75-60 win at Chicago State, dropping their previous two contests at VCU and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Shawnte’ Goff leads the team with 15.7 ppg, nearly double that of the next highest point scorer (Brittany Bush with 7.9 ppg). As each of their games thus far this season has been either within five points or a lopsided victory/loss, their points per game (62.5) are nearly equal their opponents (62.4) and they are being outrebounded, 44.8-38.8. Last season, the Redhawks won both meetings with the Broncs (84-62 in Seattle on Jan. 11 and 75-68 in OT in Edinburg on Feb. 6).
Scouting New Mexico State (8-6): NM State opened conference play with a 60-48 win at Kansas City last weekend and have won eight of their last nine contests going into this weekend. Sasha Weber (13.4 ppg) and Shanice Davis (11.3 ppg) lead the Aggies in scoring and NMSU is outscoring their opponents, 71.4-64.5. The Redhawks are 4-1 vs. the Aggies in conference play the past two seasons, including in the WAC tournament as SU ended NMSU’s season in 2012-13. The teams split meetings last year as the Redhawks won, 61-51, in Seattle on Jan. 9 and the Aggies won, 86-81, in Las Cruces on Feb. 8.
High Scoring Performances: On Jan. 10 vs. Utah Valley, Crystal Allen scored a career high 21 points and eight rebounds, going 4-for-5 from behind the arc (also a career-high). Renee Dillard-Brown also grabbed a career-high seven rebounds while Taelor Ross dished out a career-high four assists.
WAC Tournament Tickets Now on Sale: All-session tickets for the 2015 Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament (Mar. 11-14) at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas are now on sale by calling (206) 398-GOSU or through the Orleans Arena box office at (702) 284-7777 or www.orleansarena.com. Single-session tickets will not be available until Mar. 11 and will only be available for purchase through the Orleans Arena box office.
Home Sweet Home: With a record-high 20 home games this season, SU is already through 14 games of their 2014-15 home schedule, completing 10 of 20 (including exhibitions) prior to the Christmas holiday. The Redhawks just finished a stretch in which they played 11 of 12 on their home court (Nov. 29-Jan. 10).
Crystal Allen Named WAC Player of the Week: Freshman Crystal Allen was named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week (Jan. 5-11) for her career high 21 points and eight rebounds in the Redhawks’ WAC opening win vs. Utah Valley on Jan. 10. Allen became the first freshman in Seattle U women’s basketball history to win WAC Player of the Week.
Scouting UTPA (8-8): UTPA opened their WAC schedule with a 75-60 win at Chicago State, dropping their previous two contests at VCU and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Shawnte’ Goff leads the team with 15.7 ppg, nearly double that of the next highest point scorer (Brittany Bush with 7.9 ppg). As each of their games thus far this season has been either within five points or a lopsided victory/loss, their points per game (62.5) are nearly equal their opponents (62.4) and they are being outrebounded, 44.8-38.8. Last season, the Redhawks won both meetings with the Broncs (84-62 in Seattle on Jan. 11 and 75-68 in OT in Edinburg on Feb. 6).
Scouting New Mexico State (8-6): NM State opened conference play with a 60-48 win at Kansas City last weekend and have won eight of their last nine contests going into this weekend. Sasha Weber (13.4 ppg) and Shanice Davis (11.3 ppg) lead the Aggies in scoring and NMSU is outscoring their opponents, 71.4-64.5. The Redhawks are 4-1 vs. the Aggies in conference play the past two seasons, including in the WAC tournament as SU ended NMSU’s season in 2012-13. The teams split meetings last year as the Redhawks won, 61-51, in Seattle on Jan. 9 and the Aggies won, 86-81, in Las Cruces on Feb. 8.
High Scoring Performances: On Jan. 10 vs. Utah Valley, Crystal Allen scored a career high 21 points and eight rebounds, going 4-for-5 from behind the arc (also a career-high). Renee Dillard-Brown also grabbed a career-high seven rebounds while Taelor Ross dished out a career-high four assists.
WAC Tournament Tickets Now on Sale: All-session tickets for the 2015 Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament (Mar. 11-14) at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas are now on sale by calling (206) 398-GOSU or through the Orleans Arena box office at (702) 284-7777 or www.orleansarena.com. Single-session tickets will not be available until Mar. 11 and will only be available for purchase through the Orleans Arena box office.