SEATTLE - For the second time this season, Seattle University women’s basketball (5-13, 1-6 WCC) goes head to head against Santa Clara, welcoming the Broncos (16-5, 6-2 WCC) to the Redhawk Center at 6 PM on Thursday evening for International Night.
A pair of SU seniors lead the Redhawk scoring effort, with graduate Ella Brubaker pacing the team averaging 14.8 points a game shooting 43.1 percent from the field. Redshirt senior Tamia Stricklin adds 11.7 PPG, shooting 43.8 percent from the field. She paces the team from behind the arc, shooting 41.4 percent. She ranks fifth in the WCC in three point percentage.
Stricklin is the team’s leading rebounder, bringing in 6.3 per contest to rank seventh in the WCC. Sophomore Sydnie Rodriguez aids the effort, hauling in 4.8 RBG to rank top-25 in the conference alongside Stricklin.
Junior Lucija Milkovic is one of three athletes in the conference to shoot 50 percent or better from the floor this season. Milkovic averages 18.4 minutes a contest, posting 7.6 PPG on 50 percent shooting.
Freshmen Jana Vesic and Dylan Mogel each rank in the WCC’s top-25 in assists, with Vesic leading the pair handing out 2.9 assists per game. Mogel follows dishing out 2.3 a contest.
The Redhawks have combined for 423 made field goals this season. They average 30.3 percent shooting from three point land, ranking seventh in the league. SU leads the conference in free throw percentage, posting a 78.1 percent shooting clip from the stripe. The mark ranks 17th nationally. SU averages 35.0 rebounds a game, while grabbing 6.7 steals and 3.1 blocks a contest.
Santa Clara and Seattle U meet for the fourth time in program history on Thursday. The Broncos took the series edge 2-1 behind their win over SU in late December. The Redhawks are 1-0 at home against Santa Clara. SCU travels to Seattle for the first time since 2011.
Since the pair last met, the Broncos have moved to 6-2 in conference play, defeating Gonzaga, San Francisco, Washington State and Saint Mary’s since the turn of the new year. They have gone 3-1 on the road, falling only to LMU. Santa Clara improved to 8-2 in road games after recently defeating the Gaels last weekend in Moraga.
Thursday night’s game is a celebration of the vast community of international student-athletes, students, faculty/staff and residents of Seattle. The West Coast Conference boasts the largest percentage of international student-athletes of any Division I conference for a total of 71 international women’s basketball student-athletes, according to the league. The Redhawks have four athletes representing four countries on their roster. As part of International Night at the Redhawk Center, concessions will be serving its Currywurst Special for 6.99 with a house-made curried ketchup.
Following Thursday, the Redhawks remain at home through the weekend, hosting Saint Mary’s on Saturday, January 24 for Alumni Day. Seattle U will celebrate its alumni with a pre-game gathering at Legends Lounge an hour before tip-off and an in-game recognition.
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