SEATTLE - Seattle U women's basketball continues the 2023-24 season this week with two more contests, hosting Stephen F. Austin before heading on the road to Grand Canyon. A 6 p.m. tip off against the Ladyjacks Thursday night in the Redhawk Center opens this weeks action, while a trip south to Phoenix for a matchup against the Lopes at 1 p.m. pacific time concludes the weekend. Both contests will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live stats available.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Thursday, January 18 at 6 p.m.
- Seattle U (1-14, 1-5 WAC) vs Stephen F. Austin (11-6, 5-1 WAC)
- Redhawk Center
- Live Stats
- ESPN+
- Tickets
- Saturday, January 20 at 1 p.m. pacific time
- Seattle U at Grand Canyon (14-3, 6-0 WAC)
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Live Stats
- ESPN+
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BLAUENFELDT BUCKETS
Asta Blauenfeldt has been playing some of her best basketball over her last five contests, averaging 12.8 points on 54.2% from the field that includes six made threes and a assist to turnover ratio of 1.2.
The native of Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, set numerous career-highs in this stretch, marking six rebounds, five assists, four steals and finishing four points shy of tying her career-best against Utah Tech. Her stellar play pushed her into the starting lineup for the first time this season against CBU, scoring 14 points to go along with five assists, three rebounds and a steal.
NATIONAL/CONFERENCE RANKINGS
Team offensive rebounds per game (13.7) - #66 in nation & second in the WAC
Team steals per game (10.0) - #78 in nation & fifth in WAC
Overall blocks (21) - Mya Moore, second in the WAC
Blocks per game (1.40) - Mya Moore, third in the WAC
Assists per game (3.70) - Peyton Howard, fifth in the WAC
Steals per game (2.00) - Mya Moore, sixth in the WAC
WAC OPENING WIN
Seattle U began Western Athletic Conference (WAC) play on a positive note, defeating Utah Valley, 58-48, for Head Coach Skyler Young's first career win at the helm on Nov. 29. Both Peyton Howard and Mya Moore led SU in scoring with 12 each, while Howard set a new career-high with seven assists and Moore tied her career-best with three blocks.
Julianna Walker made her season debut in the contest, scoring 10 points with three made three pointers to go along with three rebounds. Irena Korolenko provided a strong presence in the paint, grabbing 11 boards and marking a new career-high six steals.
NEW LOOK ON THE BENCH
The 2023-24 Redhawks will feature a complete new look behind the bench, lead by the sixth women's basketball coach in program history, Skyler Young. Young's first staff at the helm of the Redhawks features Michael Brooks, Rachel Swartz, GeAnna Luaulu-Summers and Makala Roper.
Brooks previously coached in collegiate athletics at Bradley University, serving as head coach from 2012-16 with one season as an assistant coach (2011-12), while Swartz returned to the Pacific Northwest after spending last season at Saint Mary's and Luaulu-Summers makes the move to Seattle from University of Oregon where she served as the Ducks' director of creativity and student athlete support. Coach Young retains one familiar face in Roper as she will mark her fourth season as a member of Seattle U.
HOW TO FOLLOW
All 14 Seattle U home contests this season will be broadcast on ESPN+. For road games, related links to video stream and live stats will be posted on the women's basketball schedule page on goseattleu.com. Fans are encouraged to check the Seattle U Women's Basketball team's official Twitter feed @seattleu_wbb for updates of games in progress as well as news and notes. Russell Brown and former Seattle U Redhawk, Olivia Crawford, mark their second season on the call.
SCOUTING STEPHEN F. AUSTIN/GRAND CANYON
The Ladyjacks were selected to finish fifth in the WAC Preseason Poll after falling in the second round of the WNIT last season. Stephen F. Austin will enter the contest having won their previous two over Utah Tech (76-62) and Southern Utah (68-53) and feature three scorers averaging double figures in Kurstyn Harden (16.2 PPG), Kyla Deck (11.6) and Destini Lombard (10.6).
Leonard Bishop became the 10th Head Coach in Ladyjacks Basketball history prior to this season. The Redhawks trail the all-time series against Stephen F. Austin, 0-2.
The Lopes were selected to win the WAC in the WAC Preseason Poll after making it the semifinals of the WAC Tournament last season. Grand Canyon is off to an undefeated start in WAC play (6-0) and have won 12 of their last 13 contests. The Lopes are led by 2023-24 Preseason All-WAC Team members Trinity San Antonio and Tiarra Brown.
Molly Millker marks her fourth season at the helm of the program. The Redhawks are 6-14 against the Lopes all-time, with the Redhawks most recently falling to them in the WAC Tournament last season.
COME SUPPORT
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