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GAMEDAY: MBB vs. California Baptist

Fresh off a big road victory, Seattle University men's basketball (11-11, 4-3 WAC) returns home for its final game in the first of two rounds of Western Athletic Conference play. The Redhawks host California Baptist (15-6, 5-2 WAC) on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

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GAMEDAY: MBB vs. California BaptistGAMEDAY: MBB vs. California Baptist
John Shaffer
SEATTLE – Fresh off a big road victory, Seattle University men's basketball (11-11, 4-3 WAC) returns home for its final game in the first of two rounds of Western Athletic Conference play. The Redhawks host California Baptist (15-6, 5-2 WAC) on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash. 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 online at mynorthwest.com.

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ABOUT THE SERIES VS CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
This marks just the fourth all-time meeting between Seattle U and California Baptist and the third as Division I members of the Western Athletic Conference. CBU holds a 2-1 edge in the series. Last year, the teams split the WAC home-and-home, each winning on their opponent's home court. The Lancers won the first meeting of 2018-19, 75-64, on Feb. 2, 2019 in the Redhawk Center. Terrell Brown led all scorers in the game, finishing the night with 24 points. The Redhawks returned the favor on Feb. 28, 2019 in Riverside., Calif., with a 67-65 thrilling victory. Delante Jones hit the game-winner - his only field goal of the night - with seven seconds remaining to secure the Redhawk win. Morgan Means had 21 points to lead SU, while Mattia Da Campo had an 11-point, 14-rebound double-double and Terrell Brown added 18 points. The teams' only previous meeting came during the 1987-88 season at the Hawaii Loa Tournament in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The Lancers won that battle, 71-66, over Seattle U.

QUICK HITS

  • Seattle U earned a big 86-79 win at CSU Bakersfield on Jan. 25, improving to 11-11 on the season and 4-3 in WAC play.
  • The win moves the Redhawks in a three-way tie for third place in the WAC standings entering Saturday's games.
  • Terrell Brown led the Redhawks in scoring with 21 points, his 12th 20-plus-point game of the season.
  • Morgan Means added 19 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, marking his first double-digit rebounding effort.
  • The Redhawks drained 11 three-pointers in the game, marking the fourth time in the last six games they have hit double-digit threes.

SHOWARE SHOWCASE
Seattle U is 7-1 in games played at the accesso ShoWare Center, most recently earning a 73-71 win over Portland on Dec. 7, 2019. The arena opened in 2009 and from 2011 through 2015, the Redhawks hosted an annual ShoWare College Showcase game at the Kent, Wash., arena. Seattle U beat The Evergreen State, 77-54, on Nov. 28, 2011 in the inaugural game. The Redhawks fell 75-74 to CSU Bakersfield on Mar. 6, 2013 and then went on to win three straight at ShoWare – 70-67 versus Norfolk State (Dec. 19, 2013), 72-33 versus Pacific Lutheran (Dec. 1, 2014) and 58-48 versus Great Falls (Nov. 25, 2015). The Redhawks went 2-0 at ShoWare in 2018-29 with an 82-59 victory over Bryant on Nov. 11, 2019 and a 78-69 win over Washington State on Nov. 14, 2019.

SECOND PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR FOR BROWN
Terrell Brown was named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 20 through Jan. 26. This marks the second honor for Brown this season. The redshirt junior guard from Seattle, led the Redhawks on the road in games at Grand Canyon and CSU Bakersfield. Against GCU, the junior scored 31 points to go with four rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in a tight 80-77 loss. He helped SU bounce back on Saturday, putting up 21 points with three rebounds, three assists and a steal in an 86-79 win over the 'Runners. On the year, Brown leads the WAC in scoring at 19.9 points per game and the 6-1 guard is also fourth in rebounding at 6.3 boards per game, second in assists at 4.9 per game and fifth in steals at 1.5 per game.

WAC STATS
The Redhawks' statistical numbers have steadily risen during WAC play. In WAC only games, SU ranks 1st in scoring (82.3 ppg), 1st in FG% defense (.400), 1st in 3-pt FG% defense (.301), 1st in turnover margin (+5.57), 2nd in 3-pt FGs (9.6 per game), 2nd in scoring margin (+10.6), 2nd in FT% (78.6) and 2nd in blocked shots (4.3 per game). In WAC play, the Redhawks have also seen greater offensive balance as four players average double-figures including Terrell Brown (18.7 ppg), Morgan Means (14.0 ppg), Delante Jones (10.7 ppg) and Riley Grigsby (10.4 ppg).

1,000 POINT CLUB
Morgan Means scored seven points on Nov. 26 versus Western Michigan, giving him exactly 1,000 for his career. Most recently, the senior guard scored 19 points (Jan. 25 at GCU), bringing his current career total to 1,186. Means is the third Seattle U player to reach the 1,000-point mark in the modern DI era. Aaron Broussard (2009-12) finished his career with 1,271 while Isiah Umipig (2013-15) scored 1,164 career points.

1,000 POINT CLUB PART II
In just his second season with the Redhawks, Terrell Brown is on pace to hit the 1,000 career point marker. The redshirt junior enters Saturday's game versus California Baptist with 901 career points. With at least 10 games remaining on the season schedule, Brown would need to average just 9.9 ppg to achieve the feat. He would follow Morgan Means as just the fourth player in the program's modern-day DI era.

GET YOUR 2019-20 TICKETS!
Single-game tickets for remaining Seattle U men's basketball home games are on sale now! For more information and to reserve your seats today, contact the SU Athletics Ticket Office at 206-398-4678 or visit goseattleu.com/tix.