SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball (6-3, 1-1 WAC) travels to face West Coast Conference member San Francisco on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center. Tip off is 7 p.m. and the game will broadcast live on ESPN+.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 7:00 PM PT
- Seattle U (6-3, 1-1 WAC) at San Francisco (7-3, 0-0 WCC)
- War Memorial at the Sobrato Center, San Francisco, CA
- Live Stats
- Watch on ESPN+
- Game Notes
QUICK HITS
- Seattle U returned from a week-long break for finals to claim a 101-46 win over Northwest University on Saturday, Dec. 9. The win moved Seattle U to 6-3 on the season.
- All 11 Redhawks who saw the court scored, including five in double figures.
- Paris Dawson finished one point shy of his career-high, leading the way with 18 points.
- Seyi Reiley finished two rebounds shy of a double-double, collecting a career-high 15 points to go with eight rebounds.
- Brody Nunn scored a career-high 12 points and freshman Malek Gomma tallied season high marks in points (12), rebounds (8) and assists (4).
- At the 8:12 mark of the first half against Northwest, Kobe Williamson became Seattle U's all-time leader in blocks, turning away a Northwest jumpsuit for his 110th career block.
- The game marked the eighth time in nine games that the Redhawk held their opponent under 70 points.
- The 46 points allowed was the least points allowed by a Redhawk squad since holding Pacific Lutheran to 40 in an 89-40 win on Nov. 23, 2021.
- The 55-point win was the largest margin of victory since Nov. 12, 2017 when the Redhawks beat Puget Sound, 121-70.
ABOUT THE SERIES VS SAN FRANCISCO
- Seattle U and San Francisco will be meeting for the 28th time in program history.
- The Dons hold a 20-7 all-time record in the series, including a 12-2 mark in San Francisco.
- The teams have met twice in Seattle U's modern DI history. USF won both meetings, most recently a 69-63 final in Seattle on Nov. 19, 2011.
- USF has won 10 straight in the series. Seattle U's last win was an 81-70 decision on Feb. 20, 1976.
RECORD WATCH
- Kobe Williams tallied the 110th block of his career against Northwest on Dec. 9, moving him past previous Seattle U record-holder Aaron Menzies (2015-18) to become the outright record holder.
- Brandton Chatfield is working his way up the Seattle U career blocks top-10 list as well, checking in at No. 8 with 74.
- Cameron Tyson drained a pair of threes on Dec. 2 versus Southern Utah and now needs four more threes to hit No. 2 all-time at Seattle U. He sits 14 threes away from the all-time record held by Aaron Waite (1988-92).
ATOP THE WAC
In games played through Dec. 10, the Redhawks lead the WAC in 6 team statistical categories and 8 individual categories.
- Effective FG% - 52.9
- FG% - 46.9
- FG% Defense - 39.6
- Scoring Defense - 62.1
- Scoring Margin - 12.9
- 3pt% Defense - 28.0
- Assists - Alex Schumacher, 47
- Assists per game - Alex Schumacher, 5.2
- Blocks - Kobe Williamson, 16
- Blocks per game - Kobe Williamson, 1.78
- 3pt attempts - Cameron Tyson, 66
- 3pt% - Cameron Tyson, 37.9
- 3pt per game - Cameron Tyson, 3.12
- 3pt made - Cameron Tyson, 25
FREE THROW STREAK
Victor Rajkovic is a perfect 15-15 from the free-throw line to start the 2023-24 season. The streak is the longest for a Seattle U player since Cameron Tyson hit 23 consecutive free throws from Jan. 12, 2023 vs NM State through Feb. 1, 2023 versus Abilene Christian.
REDHAWK ROUNDUP
- The 92-point outing against Idaho on Nov. 22 was the most points scored by a Seattle U team since Jan. 17, 2022 when the Redhawks beat California Baptist, 92-85, in overtime.
- The Redhawks shot a blistering 61.8% from the field in the win over Idaho on Nov. 22, marking the first time Seattle U had shot better than 60% since Feb. 15, 2018 versus UTRGV.
- Seattle U earned its fifth consecutive season-opening win with a 71-60 victory over Prairie View A&M on Wednesday. This is just the third time in the last seven seasons that Seattle U had opened the season at home.
- Seattle native John Christofilis had a career and game-high 18 points in his Redhawk debut. The redshirt sophomore from Creighton had not played in a collegiate game since the 2021-22 season when he averaged 3.9 mins in 13 appearances for the Bluejays.
- Williamson and Brandton Chatfield had five blocks apiece against PVAM, a career-high for both big men. It also marked the first time a Redhawk had recorded five blocks in a game since Myles Carter turned away seven shots on Nov. 28, 2018 versus Northwest.
- The Redhawk roster features six players from the state of Washington, including four who call the city of Seattle home. All four Seattleites are new to the squad this year, including John Christofilis (O'Dea HS/Creighton) and Malek Gomma (Ingraham HS/Elite Prep), Jazel Brown (Garfield HS) and Niko Fotopoulos (Bishop Blanchete HS/St. Thomas More School).
- Seattle U's coaching staff also features numerous local ties as assistant coaches Grant Leep, D'Marques Tyson and Steven Shpreyregin all hail from the state of Washington.
- Seattle U is coming off of a 20-12 overall record in 2022-23 and a 23-9 mark in 2021-22. The back-to-back 20-win seasons were the first for the program since 1963-64. Three straight 20-win seasons has not taken place since 1957-59.
- The Redhawks' 2022 Western Athletic Conference regular season title was the first DI conference title for the program and just the second overall conference title (Seattle U won the 2006-07 DII Great Northwest Athletic Conference crown).
UP NEXT
The Redhawks return to Seattle on Sunday, Dec. 17 to host crosstown foe Washington in the Battle for Seattle presented by Beacon Plumbing. Tip off from Climate Pledge Arena is set for 5 p.m.