SEATTLE - Fresh off a home victory, Seattle University women’s basketball (2-3, 0-0 WCC) turns its sights to Boise State (3-1, 0-0 MWC), traveling for a Friday night clash inside ExtraMile Arena at 5:30 PM PT.
Three Redhawks have averaged double-digit scoring through five games this season, with graduate Ella Brubaker leading the trio with 12.4 points per game. The Pepperdine transfer is shooting 41.8 percent from the field on the year, averaging at least one make from behind the arc on average.
Fellow graduate Andjela Bigovic nets 11.3 points a contest, hitting 45.7 percent from the floor. Freshman Jana Vesic rounds out the group averaging 10.4 points a contest, shooting 42.2 percent from the floor. All three rank in the WCC’s top-25 for scoring.
Redshirt senior Tamia Stricklin leads the team and ranks third in the conference with 7.6 rebounds a game. Her 38 total rebounds sits second in the league. On the scoring front, the forward puts up 8.4 points a game, shooting 42.5 percent from the field.
Orchestrating the offense is SU’s freshman guard duo, Vesic and Dylan Mogel. The pair both sit within the top-10 in the WCC, with Mogel leading the team handing out 3.6 assists a game on average. Vesic sits right behind, handing out 3.4 assists per game. On the defensive end, Mogel leads the team with 1.4 steals a contest.
The Redhawks get to the free throw line the third most frequent of any WCC team and have the fourth most makes from the charity stripe through the first two weeks of action. They sit third in the league for FGM made as a team, connecting for 118.
SU trails the all-time series 4-8 against the Broncos dating back to the start of the series in 1979. The pair last met in Boise during the 2021 season, with the Redhawks escaping with the 63-61 victory. Seattle U is 2-3 in the last five meetings spanning over 11 years, with both wins coming in Boise. The Redhawks are 3-4 all-time when playing on the Broncos’ home floor.
Boise State grabbed three straight home wins to open the season before falling to Colorado on Tuesday night in Boulder. The Broncos met a soon-to-be familiar face for the Redhawks, downing San Francisco for their second victory of the year. SU and the Mountain West meet for the second time this season, with the Redhawks traveling for their first out of state trip last week to meet Fresno State.
Following the trip, the Redhawks jet set across the country for the holiday weekend. They spend Thanksgiving in Florida for the FIU Thanksgiving Classic, hosted by Florida International. SU returns home on December 2 for a Tuesday morning game against Evergreen State.
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