SEATTLE - Seattle University women’s basketball (4-10, 0-3 WCC) returns to the Redhawk Center on Sunday afternoon, taking on its second West Coast Conference Washington native foe in as many days, Washington State (2-14, 1-2 WCC), at 1 PM.
Graduate Ella Brubaker comes off her tenth straight double-digit scoring performance, leading the Redhawks in Friday’s loss to Gonzaga. Brubaker is averaging 15.0 points a game this season, a mark that ranks eighth in the WCC, while shooting 44.4 percent from the field. The University Place guard is picking up 4.8 rebounds a game, the third highest on the team, while corralling 1.2 steals per game.
Redshirt senior Tamia Stricklin has logged four straight double-digit scoring games in her last four appearances. Stricklin leads the team in rebounds, grabbing 6.9 a contest to rank fifth in the WCC. She also averages double-digit scoring alongside Brubaker, scoring 10.8 PPG while shooting 45.9 percent from the floor.
Junior Lucija Milkovic ranks amongst the best in the WCC in field goal percentage, shooting 54.9 percent from the floor. Milkovic is averaging 3.5 made field goals a game across 17.1 minutes of action so far this season. She ranks second to Stricklin in rebounds, grabbing 4.8 RPG.
Freshman Jana Vesic orchestrates the Redhawk offense, handing out 3.3 assists per game to rank eighth in the conference this season. She adds 7.8 PPG. Fellow freshman Dylan Mogel ranks inside the WCC’s top-20 in assists, handing out 2.6 a game.
Seattle U is averaging 41.3 percent shooting from the floor this season, combining for 320 made field goals. The Redhawks lead the WCC in free throw percentage, posting a 75.8 percent shooting clip from the stripe as a team. Together they bring in 35.3 rebounds, 6.9 steals and tally 3.3 blocks per game. SU is sixth in the WCC in blocks so far this season.
The Redhawks meet the Cougars for the 13th time in program history and for the third time since their return to Division I in 2008. Wazzu leads the all-time series 10-2 dating back to the start of the series in 1978. The pair have not met since 2014 and the Redhawks go for their first win over the Cougars since 1981. Of SU’s pair of wins over the Cougars, both were on their home floor.
Washington State grabbed its first conference win of the season in the opener against Pepperdine defeating the Waves by three in Beasley Coliseum. The Cougars dropped their last two games against LMU and Portland. Similarly to the Redhawks, Wazzu is in search of its first road win of the season. Seattle U is 3-3 at home on the year.
Following Sunday’s game, the Redhawks remain at home to host San Diego on Thursday evening before heading back out on the road for a trip down to Oregon State in Corvallis.
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