SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball concludes its home slate of games on Saturday, March 1, hosting Grand Canyon University in a key Western Athletic Conference match-up. Tip off from the Redhawk Center is set for 7 p.m. The game will serve as Senior Night for the Redhawks, who will honor Paris Dawson, Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe, Vasja Pandža, Viktor Rajkovic and Kobe Williamson in a pregame ceremony.
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- Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 7 PM PT
- Seattle U (12-16, 6-7 WAC) vs. Grand Canyon (21-6, 11-2 WAC)
- Redhawk Center, Seattle, WA
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QUICK HITS
- Seattle U returned home and snapped a three-game skid with an emphatic 72-48 win over California Baptist on Thursday night at the Redhawk Center.
- With three regular season games remaining, the Redhawks are 11-16 overall and 6-7 in WAC play. That league mark puts them in a three-way tie for fourth place in the WAC standings headed into Saturday's round of games.
- Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe led a trio of Redhawks scoring in double figures with 19 points. John Christofilis added 17 points and Kobe Williamson had 12.
- Brayden Maldonado, a junior who spent his first two collegiate seasons at MSU-Denver, added eight points on Thursday versus CBU and now enters Saturday's game versus Grand Canyon with 962 career points. He needs just 38 more to hit the 1,000-point marker.
- Already Seattle U's all-time leader in blocks, Kobe Williamson tallied one block versus CBU on Thursday, bringing his career total to 163 and counting.
- Maleek Arington had five steal versus CBU, bringing his season total to 57. That mark bumps him into Seattle U's single-season top-10 list, coming in at No. 9. Two Seattle U alums hold a tie for the No. 7 spot at 63. The all-time single-season record for steals is 84, held by Ray Brooks (1984-85).
- Kobe Williamson became Seattle University's all-time leader in games played on Thursday, Feb. 13 at Abilene Christian. The game against the Lancers marked the 136th of Williamson's Redhawk career. He surpassed former teammate Riley Grigsby (2019-23) who finished his career with 133 games played.
- Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe sits at 10 double-doubles on the season, which matches the most collected in a season by a Redhawk since Myles Carter collected 10 during the 2018-19 season.
ABOUT THE SERIES VS GRAND CANYON
- This marks the 28th all-time meeting between Seattle U and Grand Canyon, with the Lopes holding an 19-6 advantage in the series.
- The past seven meetings have proven far more even as the Redhawks trail 4-3 in those games.
- GCU won this season's first meeting, 83-74, on ESPNU in Phoenix. The Redhawks led 44-39 at the half in the game but the Lopes rallied in the second half.
- Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe and Kobe Williamson each had 20 points in the game, doing so in 26 and 21 minutes, respectively.
- The teams split the regular season series last year, each winning on their home court. GCU took the win in the third meeting, an 80-72 final in the WAC Tournament semifinals in Las Vegas.
- The Redhawks have won three of the last six meetings, including an 86-79 victory on Jan. 20, 2024 in Seattle. It marked the first WAC loss for the Lopes, also snapping a 14-game win streak.
- Seattle U swept the regular season home-and-home series in 2022-23, winning 63-58 at the Redhawk Center on Feb. 11 and 65-54 at GCU Arena on Feb. 24, before falling to the eventual WAC Tournament champs in the semifinals, 84-79.
- The win at GCU Arena on Feb. 24, 2023 was just the second all-time for Seattle U, which last won in Phoenix on Jan. 30, 2016, in a 59-57 final.
- GCU is 4-0 in WAC Tournament match-ups.
NATIONAL RANKS (games thru Feb. 27)
The Redhawks rank:
- 21st in Free Throw Attempts Per Game (23.3)
- 23rd in Free Throws Made Per Game (16.9)
- 44th in Turnover Margin (2.4)
- 51st in Turnovers Forced Per Game (13.96)
Individuals rank (* also leads the WAC):
- *16th in Defensive Rebs P/G (6.75) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *14th in Rebounds P/G (9.7) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *28th in Steals PG (2.11) - Maleek Arington
- *30th in Double-Doubles (10) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *37th in Steals (57) - Maleek Arington
- 47th in Free Throw Attempts (173) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *56th in Rebounds (232) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- 63rd in Offensive Rebounds P/G (2.92) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Seattle U has gone 51-12 (.810) on its home court during the past three-plus seasons under Head Coach Chris Victor. That record includes a 39-8 (.830) mark at the Redhawk Center,
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Single-game tickets for Seattle U's final home game are on sale now. All ticket options may be purchased online at goseattleu.com/tix or over the phone at 206-398-GOSU.
UP NEXT
Seattle U heads out on the road for its final two regular-season games, traveling to Southern Utah and Utah Tech for a pair of games next week. First up is a meeting with the Thunderbirds in Cedar City, Utah on Thursday, Mar. 6. Tip off from America First Event Center is 6:30 p.m. MT, 5:30 p.m. PT. The regular season concludes Saturday, March 8 in St. George as the Redhawks face the Trailblazers at 7 p.m. MT, 6 p.m. PT at Burns Arena.
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