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SEATTLE – (Nov. 18) Seattle University women’s basketball wraps up a weekend road swing at Pepperdine on Sunday afternoon.
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ABOUT THE GAME
- Seattle U (1-2) at Pepperdine (2-1)
- All-time series-Pepperdine leads, 2-0
- Home-Pepperdine leads, 1-0
- Away-Pepperdine leads, 1-0
- Neutral-N/A
- Last meeting-Pepperdine won, 84-73, at SU (Nov. 8, 2013)
NEWS AND NOTES
- Seattle U is coming off its first win of the season, a 77-71 win at UC Santa Barbara Friday. The Redhawks came back from a 21-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Gauchos.
- Kamira Sanders recorded 21 points, including 13 in the fourth period, on 8-10 field-goal shooting against UCSB. She tied a career high with nine rebounds and set a new personal best with six assists in the win.
- Against UCSB, Alexis Montgomery logged a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds. She now has 12 career double-doubles as a Redhawk.
- SU dropped 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.
- Pepperdine sports a 2-1 record after a 77-72 win at Nevada on Nov. 15. Yasmine Robinson-Bacote led four Waves in double figures with 19 points. She also grabbed 10 rebounds.
- The Waves have been balanced through three games this season, with at least three players scoring double figures in all three outings so far.
- 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 Waves went 7-23 last season.
- Yasmine Robinson-Bacote was chosen All-West Coast Conference Preseason after earning All-WCC First Team honors last season.
- DeLisha Milton-Jones is in her first season as Pepperdine head coach. After a stellar playing career at Florida, she put together a 17-year career in the WNBA.