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Redhawks Take WAC Win Streak On the Road

SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball takes its three-game Western Athletic Conference win streak on the road, traveling to Arlington, Texas, to face UT Arlington on Thursday, Jan. 23. Tip-off from College Park Center is set for 7 p.m. Central Time, 5 p.m. Pacific. The game will air on ESPN+.

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Redhawks Take WAC Win Streak On the RoadRedhawks Take WAC Win Streak On the Road

SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball takes its three-game Western Athletic Conference win streak on the road, traveling to Arlington, Texas, to face UT Arlington on Thursday, Jan. 23. Tip-off from College Park Center is set for 7 p.m. Central Time, 5 p.m. Pacific. The game will air on ESPN+.

FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS

  • Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM CT/5:00 PM PT
  • Seattle U (8-10, 3-1 WAC) at UT Arlington (9-8, 1-2 WAC)
  • College Park Center, Arlington, Texas
  • Live Stats
  • Watch on ESPN+
  • Game Notes

QUICK HITS

  • Seattle U earned its third consecutive WAC win on Saturday, Jan. 18 with a 75-52 victory over Southern Utah.
  • The win moved them to 8-10 on the season and 3-1 in WAC play.
  • The three-game homestand was the longest stretch of home games for the Redhawks this season.
  • The weekend WAC sweep of Utah Tech and Southern Utah were both done in dominant fashion as the Redhawks beat the Trailblazers, 82-62, and the Thunderbirds, 75-52.
  • The Redhawks hit 31 field goals in both games, their second highest field goal total of the year.
  • Seattle U led 47-22 at halftime against SUU, going on to improve to 7-0 when leading at the half.
  • John Christofilis led a trio of Redhawks in scoring against SUU, finishing with 18 points of 8-of-14 field goals.
  • Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe is one double-double away from matching the most collected in a season by a Redhawk since Myles Carter collected 10 during the 2018-19 season.
  • Already Seattle U's all-time leader in blocks, Kobe Williamson tallied one block versus SUU, bringing his career total to 153 and counting.
  • Paris Dawson had 11 points versus Utah Tech and now has nine double-digit scoring outputs on the season, including in eight of the last 12 games. His season average of 10.5 ppg more than doubles his 2023-24 average of 5.1 ppg in nearly the same number of minutes per game.
  • Kobe Williamson has appeared in 128 games during his Seattle U career, and now sits five away from matching the all-time games played leader Riley Grigsby (2019-23) who appeared in 133 games during his career.
  • Vasja Pandža and Viktor Rajkovic are each on the verge of playing in their 100th career games at Seattle U. Pandža has appeared in 98 career games  while Rajkovic has played in 97 games during his Redhawk career.

ABOUT THE SERIES VS UT ARLINGTON

  • Seattle U and UT Arlington have just six previous meetings in program history with series tied at 3-3.
  • UTA swept the home-and-home series last year, winning in Arlington before spoiling the Redhawks' senior day with an 82-62 win in Seattle on Feb. 29. Cameron Tyson poured in 32 points in his Redhawk Center finale, but no other Redhawk reached double figures.
  • The Mavericks snapped a three-game Seattle U win streak on Jan. 13, winning 80-75 in Arlington. Seattle U got 22 points from John Christofilis and 21 from Alex Schumacher but were without Cameron Tyson for the game due to an ankle injury.
  • Seattle U swept the home-and-home series last year, winning 76-61 in Arlington and 80-56 in the regular-season finale in Seattle.
  • The teams had last faced off in a home-and-home series during the 2012-13 season. That season marked Seattle U's first in the Western Athletic Conference while the Mavericks were in the midst of a one-year stint in the league. Each team would win on the opposing team's court that year.

NET RANKING UPDATE

  • In games played through Jan. 20, Seattle U ranks No. 154 in the NET rankings.
  • The Redhawks' record thus far includes a 1-1 mark against Quad 1 opponents, including a road win at now 59th-ranked UC San Diego and a road loss at now 2nd-ranked Duke, and a road win over Quad 2, now 93rd-ranked Washington.
  • Seattle U debuted at No. 105 in the first NET ranking of the season,  released Monday, Dec. 1. 

NATIONAL RANKS (games thru Jan. 20)
The Redhawks rank:

  • 16th in Free Throws Made Per Game (18.1)
  • 21st in Free Throw Attempts Per Game (24.3)

Individuals rank:

REDHAWK RUNDOWN

  • Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe was named WAC Player and Newcomer of the Week for his 23-point, 11-rebound performance in Seattle U's 66-64 win over Abilene Christian on Jan. 11.
  • Seattle U's 66-64 win over Abilene Christian on Jan. 11 marked the first time in 10 games this season that the Redhawks had trailed at halftime and came back to win. It also marked the first time in six games this season that the Redhawks won when the final score was within five points.
  • The Redhawks closed out an up-and-down non-conference slate of action with a 5-9 record. They picked up big road wins at UC San Diego and Washington, while also contesting the likes of Duke, Liberty and Furman.
  • Seattle U earned a 79-70 win at Washington on Dec. 23, snapping a 19-game losing streak against the crosstown foe, dating back to 1978.
  • The Redhawks had 16 offensive rebounds versus UIC on Dec. 20, marking the ninth time this season they collected double-digit offensive boards.
  • Seattle U's 111 points scored on Dec. 14 against Pacific (Ore.) marked the highest scoring output for a Redhawk squad since scoring 115 versus Pacific on Nov. 12, 2019.
  • The 67-point margin of victory surpassed the previous modern DI record of 62 points set on Dec. 17, 2015 in a 98-36 win over Northwest Indian College. It is the largest margin of victory since Seattle U defeated Northwest University (then known as Northwest College), 122-51, during the 1988-89 season.
  • Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe was named WAC Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 9 after averaging 14.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in two games for Seattle U. His efforts included the season's fifth double double on Dec. 4 against Portland State.
  • On Dec. 4, Seattle U poured in a then season-high 91 points in a 91-74 win over Portland State, marking the first time they eclipsed 90 points since Dec. 17, 2023 when they dropped a 100-99 double-overtime thriller to Washington. Both games were contested at Climate Pledge Arena.
  • Seattle U's 22 offensive boards against Furman on Nov. 26 is the most since Nov. 15, 2015, when the Redhawks hauled in 24 o-boards against Sacramento State.
  • The game versus Northwest on Nov. 22 featured 60 total foul calls. The Redhawks went 29-of-40 from the free-throw line, both numbers marking the most since Dec. 23, 2022, when they went 32-of-45 from the line versus Iona at the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii.

UP NEXT
Seattle U returns home on a quick turnaround to host Utah Valley on Saturday, Jan. 25. Tip-off from the Redhawk Center is set for 7 p.m. The game will air on ESPN+.

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