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GAME PREVIEW: MBB at UNLV

SEATTLE – Seattle U men's basketball (7-2) hits the road for just the second time this season and just one of three times during non-conference play, traveling to face UNLV (4-5) at the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. The game will stream live for free on the UNLV YouTube channel. It can also be hear over the airwaves on KXSU 102.1 FM in Seattle or kxsu.org.

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GAME PREVIEW: MBB at UNLVGAME PREVIEW: MBB at UNLV

SEATTLE – Seattle U men's basketball (7-2) hits the road for just the second time this season and just one of three times during non-conference play, traveling to face UNLV (4-5) at the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. The game will stream live for free on the UNLV YouTube channel. It can also be hear over the airwaves on KXSU 102.1 FM in Seattle or kxsu.org.

FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS

QUICK HITS

  • Seattle U had its win streak halted at six games with an 89-82 loss to VMI on Sunday, Dec. 5.
  • The loss moved the Redhawks to 7-2 on the season.
  • Three Redhawks reached double figures against VMI, led by Riley Grigsby's 21 points. Cameron Tyson added 20 points, including six three-pointers, and Darrion Trammell had 18 points to go along with five rebounds and six assists.
  • The Redhawks drained 12 three-pointers versus VMI, marking the fifth time in the last six games that they have knocked down double-digits from deep.
  • Aaron Nettles made his first appearance of the season on Dec. 5 versus VMI. Coming back from a foot injury, the fifth-year senior went 1-of-2 from deep with one assist and one steal in eight minutes of action.

ABOUT THE SERIES VS UNLV
This will mark the first meeting between Seattle U and UNLV in the Redhawks' modern-day Division I era. The programs have 10 all-time meetings, all coming between 1971-76 while both were members of the West Coast Athletic Conference. The Rebels held a 7-3 edge in those contents, including a 4-1 record in Las Vegas. Seattle U's last win in the series was Jan. 12, 1974 in an 82-64 final in Seattle. Seattle U's lone Las Vegas won came on Feb. 19, 1972 in a 101-87 final.

EFFICIENT PRODUCTION
Cameron Tyson leads Seattle U in points (16.6 per game), rebounds (6.0 per game) and three-pointers (33), while doing so in just 28.5 minutes per game. Tyson is shooting 44% from the field and 43% from deep, where all but 11 of his field goals have come from. He is also a solid 12-for-15 (80%) from the charity stripe.

NATIONAL RANKS
In games played through Dec. 6, Seattle U ranks among the nation's top 50 in eight team categories:

  • 12th in 3-pt FGs made (101)
  • 12th in 3-pt FG per game (11.2)
  • 21st in 3-pt FG attempts (263)
  • 34th in assist to turnover ratio (1.43)
  • 35th in turnover margin (4.6)
  • 37th in 3-pt FG% (38.4)
  • 37th in turnovers per game (10.8)
  • 45th in total assists (139)

In games played through Dec. 6, Seattle U ranks among the nation's top 50 in six individual categories:

REDHAWK RUNDOWN

  • The 7-1 start to the season is also one of the best in recent history. The last time a Seattle U team started the year 7-1 was 2006-07.
  • Cameron Tyson scored 23 points on Dec. 1 versus McNeese thanks to seven three pointers - the most 3s in a single game for a Redhawk since Matej Kavas drained 7-of-9 from deep against Detroit Mercy on Nov. 18, 2017. Tyson's personal single-game record is 10, set last season while playing for University of Houston. Seattle U's single-game record is nine, achieved twice, and last in 2005.
  • The Redhawks swiped 19 steals and forced 27 total turnovers against McNeese on Dec. 1. The 19 steals is the most for the team since collecting 20 steals against Linfield College on Jan. 13, 2009.
  • As a team, the Redhawks collected 51 rebounds against St. Thomas on Nov. 27. The 51 boards marks the first time Seattle U has surpassed 50 rebounds since hauling in 61 on Nov. 12, 2017 against Puget Sound.
  • Rip Economou poured in a career-high 20 points in the win over PLU on Nov. 23. The junior guard connected on six threes, marking the second time this season a Redhawks has hit six triples in a game.
  • The 40 points allowed by Pacific Lutheran on Nov. 23 is the least scored by an opponent since an identical 89-40 win over Northwest on Dec. 13, 2020.
  • The Redhawks christened the basketball court at Climate Pledge Arena with a big 77-51 win over Idaho State on Nov. 14.
  • Riley Grigsby poured in a career-high 30 points on 11-of-21 FGs and 5-of-5 from the charity stripe. Cameron Tyson added 18 points and the Redhawks shot better than 65% from the field in the second half, snapping a 25-25 tie in the runaway victory over the Vandals.
  • Viktor Rajković came up two rebounds shy of a double-double in a breakout performance at Washington State on Nov. 14. After missing all of last season with a knee injury, he finished with 10 points and eight boards, including six on the offensive end.
  • Seattle U won its third straight season opener on Nov. 10 as Cameron Tyson drained a three with 0.8 seconds remaining, lifting the Redhawks to a 69-66 final over visiting Alcorn State.
  • Interim Head Coach Chris Victor earned his first NCAA Division I victory in the win over Alcorn State. Victor has 108 career wins as a head coach, previously leading Citrus College from 2011-15.
  • Seattle U returns to the heart of Seattle with eight of its 19 home games to be contested in the brand new Climate Pledge Arena. The Redhawks played nine seasons under the roof of Climate Pledge Arena's former moniker - KeyArena - before the building went under construction following the 2017-18 season.
  • Seattle U returns 92.3% of its points from a season ago, the 18th most among all teams across the nation.
  • The Redhawks also rank 18th in returning minutes, as 89.7% of all minutes played a season ago were in the hands of the 13 letterwinners back on the team this winter.
  • Assistant Coach D'Marques Tyson has earned the distinction of being the youngest assistant coach in all of Division I men's basketball this season. The Bothell, Wash., native who played four seasons at the University of Portland, was born Dec. 18, 1995. He is one of two assistant coaches to be just 25 years of age to begin this season. Tyson is younger than Tyler Wilson of Manhattan College by just 15 days.

NETTLES FOR THREE
Aaron Nettles entered his final season as a Redhawk with 110 career three pointers. He went 1-of-2 on Dec. 5 — his first appearance of the season. He now sits just 18 three's shy of staking a claim in the Seattle U all-time top-10 list. Bernard Seals (2002-06) currently holds the No. 10 spot with 129 career triples.

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