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SEATTLE – Seattle University women’s basketball tips off the 2019-20 regular season with a home game against Saint Martin’s on Wednesday night.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
• Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m.
• vs. Saint Martin’s (Redhawk Center)
ABOUT THE GAME
• Seattle U (0-0) vs. Saint Martin’s (0-0)
• All-time series-First meeting in SU’s Division I history
• Home-N/A
• Away-N/A
• Neutral-N/A
• Last meeting-N/A
NEWS AND NOTES
• Seattle U was voted to finish eighth in both the WAC preseason polls. Senior Kamira Sanders was named Preseason All-WAC First Team by the media and Preseason All-WAC Second Team by the coaches. Joana Alves picked up Preseason All-WAC honors from the coaches.
• Kamira Sanders has scored 944 points in her first three seasons at Seattle U. She earned 2017 WAC Freshman of the Year and 2018 WAC Tournament MVP and will look to cap her career with a strong senior campaign.
• Joana Alves was a 2018 All-WAC Second Team selection after a stellar junior season. She averaged 13.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in 2018-19.
• Saint Martin’s went 7-21 last season, including a 5-15 record in the GNAC. The Saints are led by sophomore Claire Dingus, who averaged 13.5 points and 7.4 boards per game in the 2018-19 season. She won GNAC Freshman of the Year and was picked to the GNAC Preseason All-Conference Team entering the new campaign.
• Coach Suzy Barcomb is in her fourth season at Seattle U. She is one of two active NCAA coaches to have taken a team to the NCAA Tournament in all three division levels. NC State’s Wes Moore is the only other coach to accomplish the feat.
• SU features six international players on this year’s roster, including three from Australia (Georgia Kehoe, Courtney Murphy, Maddy Phillips).
• Freshman Raneem Elbarky is one of just five Egpytian-born players in Division I women’s basketball this season.