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GAMEDAY: MBB vs Utah Valley

Men's basketball hosts a third consecutive WAC home game on Tuesday, Feb. 26, facing off against Utah Valley at 7 p.m. in the Redhawk Center.

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SEATTLE ? Seattle University men's basketball (15-12, 3-9 WAC) seeks a third straight win at home with a rare Tuesday contest, hosting Western Athletic Conference opponent Utah Valley (19-8, 8-4 WAC). The game is a rescheduled affair that was originally scheduled for Feb. 9 but postponed due to a winter snow storm that hit the Seattle area. Tip off from the Redhawk Center is set for 7 p.m. The game will stream live on the WAC Digital Network at wacdigitalnetwork.com. Fans can also tune in to KTTH 770 AM in Seattle or at mynorthwest.com.

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ABOUT THE SERIES VS UTAH VALLEY
 Seattle U and Utah Valley are meeting for the 19th time, with the teams tied 9-9 in the all-time series. The teams have split the home-and-home series during the past two season, each winning on their home court. On Jan. 12 of this season, Utah Valley clinched an 88-78 win over the Redhawks in Orem. The game was a tale of two halves as Seattle U led 50-37 at the half, but struggled to find its mark in the second frame as was outscored 51-28. Morgan Means had 20 points in the game while Myles Carter, Delante Jones and Terrell Brown had 16 apiece. The Redhawks won the first meeting of 2017-18, a 55-54 final on Homecoming at KeyArena on February 3. Aaron Menzies had 15 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high six blocks in the win, while Richaud Gittens hit the go-ahead free throws with 16 ticks on the clock. Utah Valley responded with a 73-47 win on its Senior Day.

LAST TIME OUT
The Redhawks won their second straight at home on Saturday, topping Chicago State, 77-57. Terrell Brown dropped 20 points with four rebounds and four assists, Morgan Means put up 12 of his own with five assists and Mattia Da Campo and Delante Jones each chipped in 10. Following a back-and-forth first half that saw the Redhawks eventually take a 33-27 lead into the break, Seattle U opened things up in the second half. A 26-15 advantage on the boards, including 13 offensive rebounds for 15 second-chance points helped the Redhawks pull away. A 7-0 spurt midway through the frame helped Seattle U open up a 14-point, 51-37 advantage with 9:13 to play. After a Delshon Strickland jumper made it 55-43 Redhawks, the home team reeled off a 22-6 run that put the game away. Aggressive defensive pressure from the visitors worked in Seattle U's favor as the Redhawks went 12-13 from the free-throw line in the second half and 13-16 on the day. SU has shot 80 percent from the charity stripe the past two games. Chicago State took advantage of Redhawk turnovers and incomplete play execution to jump out to a 10-4 lead five minutes into the first half. The Cougars utilized sharp mid-range shooting to bypass the size of Myles Carter and Da Campo in the post. Seattle U gained its first lead of the night through Matej Kavas. Kavas, who had been sidelined most of the WAC campaign due to injury, nailed back-to-back triples to make it a 20-16 Redhawk advantage at the 9:22 mark in the first half. On the opposite side of the court, the visitors had no answer for the physicality of Carter and Da Campo under the hoop. Da Campo went on a personal 4-0 spurt to open the scoring for the Redhawks while Carter added six of his own, going 3-5 from the field for his efforts and keeping SU in the game. The Redhawks got hot in the mid-range as well, with Riley Grigsby and Brown muscling their way to the rack, combining for 17 points off 72 percent paired shooting in the first. A personal 8-0 run by Brown aided in closing out the half for SU. With the Redhawk offense coming from the hands of Brown, the redshirt sophomore used his speed off the dribble to create separation from his man and get open shots. The home side held a 33-27 advantage at the halftime break. SU tallied 15 offensive boards on the day compared to the Cougars' eight. The Redhawks used their rebounds with purpose, finishing with 18 second-chance points.?

BROWN EARNS FIRST CAREER WAC HONOR
Terrell Brown has been named WAC Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 18-24. This is his first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor. The Seattle native averaged 20.5 points 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game to lead Seattle U to a 2-0 record last week. Brown, who has scored 20 or more points in five of the Redhawks' last six games, poured in a game-high 21 points to go along with eight rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 69-64 win over Kansas City last Thursday. Two days later, he shot 9-of-13 (69.2 percent) from the field on his way to 20 points to go with four rebounds, four assists and two steals, in a 77-57 win over Chicago State. Brown's performance helped give Seattle U its first back-to-back wins in WAC play this season.

FOUR IN DOUBLE FIGURES

Seattle U had four players score in double figures on Saturday, Feb. 23, marking the second consecutive game that the team has achieved the feat. The back-to-back games were the first since Jan. 24 at Chicago State. The Redhawks are now 10-3 on the season when four or more players score in double-figures.

REDHAWK RUNDOWN

  • The Redhawks completed the season sweep of Chicago State on Saturday, Feb. 23, beating the Cougars 77-57 in the Redhawk Center.
  • The win over the Cougars also gave Seattle U its first back-to-back WAC wins this season.
  • Terrell Brown has had 20+ point outings in five of the Redhawks' last six outings. He scored 22 at Kansas City on Jan. 26, followed with a 24-point effort on Feb. 2 versus California Baptist, added a game-high 25 points at New Mexico State on Feb. 16, poured in 21 points on Feb. 21 versus Kansas City. and tallied 20 on Feb. 23 versus Chicago State. Brown's season-high is 26 points, set on Nov. 28 versus Northwest.
  • Matej Kavas and Delante Jones returned to the Redhawk lineup on Feb. 21 versus Kansas City after missing eight and five games, respectively. The duo would not score in their limited action against the Roos, but both got their offense going on Feb. 23 against Chicago State. Jones had 10 points in 19 minutes of action and Kavas drained a pair of threes in 12 minutes of action.
  • Myles Carter had nine points and 10 rebounds on Feb. 23 against Chicago State, finishing one point shy of his 10th double-double of the season.
  • Seattle U ranks first in the WAC in FG percentage defense (40.6), blocks (3.6 per game), second in 3-pt FG percentage (38.5) in 3-pt FG percentage defense (33.3) and third in scoring defense (68.6 ppg).
  • With five players averaging double-figures, four rank in the WAC's top-20 for scoring as Myles Carter is seventh (14.0 ppg), Morgan Means is eighth (14.0 ppg), Terrell Brown is ninth (13.3 ppg) and Delante Jones is 14th (12.0 ppg).
  • Brown also ranks third in assists (4.5 per game), sixth in rebounds (6.7 per game) and fourth in assist/turnover ratio (1.9).
  • Carter ranks second in rebounds (8.0), sixth in FG% (50.2%) and first in blocks (2.0).
  • Means ranks first in minutes played (34.5 per game).

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