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GAMEDAY: WBB vs. Northwest

Redhawks go for second straight home win

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SEATTLE – Seattle University women's basketball hosts Northwest University in a non-conference game on Thursday evening.
 
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• Thursday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.
• vs. Northwest (Redhawk Center)
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ABOUT THE GAME
• Seattle U (1-3, 0-0 WAC) vs. Northwest (0-0, 0-0 CCC)
• All-time series-First-ever regular-season meeting
• Home-N/A
• Away-N/A
• Neutral-N/A
• Last meeting-N/A
 
NEWS AND NOTES
• Seattle U hung with Portland for three periods on Dec. 6, but the Pilots pulled away in the fourth for an 80-68 win at the Chiles Center. Four Redhawks scored in double figures, paced by McKenzi Williams with 18 points. Chinwe Ezeonu added eight points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
• The Redhawks beat Utah State, 75-72 in overtime, on Dec. 3 at the Redhawk Center. Maddy Phillips made a tying three-pointer with 11 seconds left to force OT and then Bree Calhoun sank a trey late in the extra frame to put SU ahead for good. The Seattle U defense held the Aggies scoreless for the final 3:32 of action in OT.
• SU pulled down 66 rebounds, including 24 offensive boards, in the win over Utah State. The total is the third-most nationally in a game this season and the most by a Seattle U team since Dec. 17, 2010 (71 at CSUN). McKenzi Williams led the group effort with a career-high 13 rebounds, while Chinwe Ezeonu and Hailey Vice-Neat both tallied 11 boards on the day.
• Seattle U shot 25-32 at the free-throw line while beating the Aggies. The 25 made foul shots are the most by a Redhawk team since Jan. 2, 2016 (29 vs. CSU Bakersfield).
Courtney Murphy and Georgia Kehoe made their season debuts on Dec. 3, as both made an impact off the bench. Murphy scored 15 points, while Kehoe put up 13 points and four steals.
• Portland is 1-1 after losing to No. 10 Oregon, 85-52, on Nov. 30. Alex Fowler led the Pilots with 12 points and four rebounds.
• Seattle U fell at No. 10 Oregon, 116-51, on Nov. 28. McKenzi Williams tied her career high with 20 points, making 9-11 free throws on the day.
• SU opened the 2020-21 season with an 82-70 loss to Portland on Nov. 25. Four Redhawks scored in double figures, led by McKenzi Williams. Williams matched her career high with 20 points, as the junior made 12-14 free throws in the contest.
Bree Calhoun made her SU debut and tallied 11 points, seven steals, and six assists in 20 minutes of play. Maddy Phillips scored a career-high 11 points in her first career start. Chinwe Ezeonu put up 12 points and seven rebounds for the Redhawks.
• Seattle U was voted to finish fifth in the WAC Preseason Coaches' Poll and sixth in the WAC Media Preseason Poll. It finished eighth in the 2019-20 regular season standings.
• Junior Courtney Murphy was picked Preseason All-WAC by coaches and media, while redshirt junior McKenzi Williams earned Preseason All-WAC honors from the coaches. Murphy is the WAC's active leader with 114 made three-pointers in her first two seasons at SU. Williams is the lone active WAC player to start an NCAA Tournament game (at Oregon in 2018).
• Coach Suzy Barcomb is in her fifth season at Seattle U, making the longest-tenured head coach in the WAC. 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.
• The Redhawks are 6-2 under Coach Suzy Barcomb in the WAC Tournament. They advanced to the semifinals before having the tournament canceled in 2020, lost in the first round in 2019, won the tournament title in 2018, and advanced to the finals in 2017.
• SU features three international players on this year's roster, with each coming from Australia (Georgia Kehoe, Courtney Murphy, Maddy Phillips).