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SEATTLE – (Nov. 16) Seattle University women’s basketball makes its first road trip of the season, playing at UCSB on Friday night.
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ABOUT THE GAME
- Seattle U (0-2) at UC Santa Barbara (1-1)
- All-time series-SU leads, 3-2
- Home-Seattle U leads, 3-0
- Away-UCSB leads, 2-0
- Neutral-N/A
- Last meeting-Seattle U won, 58-53, at SU (Nov. 18, 2016)
NEWS AND NOTES
- Seattle U hits the road for the first time this season, playing at UC Santa Barbara Friday night.
- SU is coming off a 73-58 setback to Hawaii on Nov. 12. Alexis Montgomery and Kamira Sanders both scored in double figures in the contest.
- In the season opener, the Redhawks fell to Idaho State, 74-69, on Nov. 10 Alexis Montgomery scored a career-high 31 points in the setback.
- SU scored 45 points in the first half against Idaho State, the most by a Redhawk team since Dec. 15, 2015, when Seattle U dropped 46 in the first 20 minutes against Portland State.
- Alexis Montgomery’s 31 points on Nov. 10 are the most by a Redhawk since Chelcie Morrison scored 35 points against Montana State Billings on Feb. 16, 2008.
- Kamira Sanders tied a career high with nine rebounds against Idaho State. She pulled down nine boards last season against CSUN on Dec. 29, 2016.
- UCSB is 1-1 this season, including a 68-63 loss at Santa Clara on Tuesday. Drew Edelman led the Gauchos with 23 points on 8-16 field-goal shooting.
- In its season opener, UC Santa Barbara beat Northern Arizona, 96-93. Sarah Bates scored 25 points and Drew Edelman logged 24 points and seven rebounds in the win.
- Alexis Montgomery is the WAC Preseason Player of the Year. She earned All-WAC First Team honors after leading Seattle U in points, rebounds, and assists last season.
- SU was voted to finish second in the WAC preseason media poll and third in the WAC preseason coaches’ poll.
- Kamira Sanders returns after winning WAC Freshman of the Year last season. She paced conference rookies in points, assists, steals, and minutes played in 2015-16.
- Coach Suzy Barcomb took Seattle U from a predicted seventh-place finish to the WAC Championship game last season. In her first season at SU, Barcomb guided the Redhawks to a WNIT appearance for the second time in program history.
- SU features six newcomers this season, with five freshmen and one junior transfer joining the roster.
- The Gauchos went 16-16 last season. It advanced to the Big West Tournament Championship game, losing to Long Beach State, 56-55.
- Drew Edelman was named to the Big West Preseason All-Conference Team. The Gauchos were chosen to finish third in the Big West preseason poll.
- Bonnie Hendrickson is in her second season at UCSB. She guided the team to the Big West Tournament Championship game last year.