THIS WEEK IN SEAWOLF BASKETBALL...
Mon., Dec. 17 ? 8:30 pm AST ? Cannon Activities Center ? Laie, HI
Alaska Anchorage (4-3) at #11 Brigham Young-Hawaii (3-0 [12/15 vs Tampa])
Wed., Dec. 19 ? 8:30 pm AST ? McCabe Gym ? Honolulu, HI
Alaska Anchorage at Chaminade (3-3 [12/17 vs Lee])
Fri., Dec. 21 ? 8:30 pm AST ? Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium ? Hilo, HI
Alaska Anchorage at Hawaii-Hilo (2-2 [12/15 vs Lee])
RADIO: Live in Anchorage on AM-1080 KUDO via the Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network. Listen online at GoSeawolves.com in the Splash Zone.
TV: None / LIVE STATS: None
UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2007-08 stats)
PG?Luke Cooper, 6-0, Sr (7.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 8.4 apg, 1.4 spg)
SG?Chris Bryant, 6-4, Sr (11.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.0 apg, .458 FG, .458 3FG)
SF?Cameron Burney, 6-7, Jr (6.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.1 spg, .516 FG, .474 3FG)
PF?Carl Arts, 6-6, Sr (17.0 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.4 spg, .471 FG, .825 FT)
C?McCade Olsen, 6-8, Sr (13.9 ppg, 5.7 rpg, .514 FG, .815 FT)
SCOUTING THE HAWAII TEAMS: No. 11 BYU-Hawaii started the year with a pair of wins over GNAC teams, beating Western Oregon (107-77) and Central Washington (102-101, ot) in Ellensburg. The Seasiders won their first home game over Henderson State (96-62) and host Tampa on Saturday before playing UAA. BYUH features five double-digit scorers, led by 6-9 So. F/C Lucas Alves (25.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg, .667 FG) and 5-10 Jr. G Trenson Akana (19.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, .615 FG, .692 3FG) ... like UAA, Chaminade has suffered its only losses at the hands of Division I foes (Marquette & LSU). The Silverswords, who play their first game since Nov. 21 when they host Lee on Monday, are powered by four double-figure scorers of their own, including 6-7 Jr. F Rodrick Johnson (15.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg) and 6-2 Sr. G Hayden Heiber (14.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 5.0 apg) ... Hawaii Hilo has beaten Henderson State and Golden State Baptist at home and lost to Regis and Colorado Mines in Colorado. The Vulcans features five players who average between 9.3 and 12.0 points per game, led by 6-7 Jr. F Perry Baggett (12.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, .588 FG) and 6-7 Sr. F Samuel Wilhoite (11.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg, .586 FG) ... neither Chaminade nor UHH features a single freshman or sophomore on their rosters.
TEXAS TROUNCINGS: The Seawolves had little trouble with Division II newcomer Texas-Permian Basin at home on Dec. 7 and 8, dispatching the Falcons by a combined 89 points ... in the first game, Sr. F McCade Olsen had 18 points (7-8 FT), 7 rebounds, 2 blocks and a career-best 5 steals, while Sr. F Carl Arts registered a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds). Sr. G Luke Cooper had 12 points (3-3 FG, 2-2 3FG) and 4 assists, and Fr. G and fellow Aussie Kevin White poured in a season-high 16 points (5-8 FG, 3-6 3FG, 3-3 FT) ... the Seawolves shot 56.4 percent the next night, led by a 20-point, 10-rebound effort from Arts and another 18 points from Olsen. Jr. F Cameron Burney had 13 of his career-high 17 points (6-9 FG, 3-5 3FG) in the first half and also tallied 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Jr. C Jeremiah Trueman came off the bench to get season-highs of 15 points (7-10 FG) and 5 rebounds.
TEAM COMPARISONS UAA BYUH CU UHH
Overall Record 4-3 3-0 2-2 2-2
Conference Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Points per Game 74.6 101.7 77.8 78.0
Points Allowed per Game 58.1 80.0 69.5 61.8
Rebounding Differential +5.9 +4.7 +12.3 +8.5
Assists per Game 18.1 19.7 18.0 18.3
Turnovers per Game 14.6 12.0 14.5 16.0
Steals per Game 8.1 7.3 5.3 7.3
Blocks per Game 2.1 4.3 1.8 1.0
FG% .468 .536 .465 .496
3-pt FG% .376 .480 .365 .387
FT% .743 .704 .694 .724
THE SERIES: All three teams are former Pacific West Conference rivals of the Seawolves from the 1990s ... UAA is 32-24 all-time in the state of Hawaii ... UAA's last trip to the Islands came in 2003-04 when it went 3-0 against Notre Dame de Namur, Chaminade and Hawaii Pacific ... this will be UAA's 23rd trip to Hawaii in the program's 31-year existence.
All-Time vs BYUH: UAA leads 13-6 / At BYUH: UAA leads 7-2
Last Meeting: UAA 79, BYUH 68 (Dec. 28, 2006 at UAA)
Streak: UAA 2 / Notes: This will be the teams' 4th meeting in 5 seasons ... the last 10 meetings have all been decided by 15 points or less ... UAA's last trip to Laie was a 100-86 win, Feb. 12, 2001 ... first meeting occurred in 1978-79, a 114-82 UAA road win.
All-Time vs Chaminade: UAA leads 16-11 / At CU: UAA leads 10-6
Last Meeting: CU 84, UAA 67 (Mar. 10, 2006 at SPU)
Streak: CU 1 / Notes: CU's win over UAA in the 2006 NCAA Tournament was the first-ever neutral-floor meeting ... UAA took the last meeting, 86-72, Dec. 15, 2003 in Honolulu ... series dates back to UAA's NAIA days in the 1976-77 season.
All-Time vs UHH: UAA leads 17-11 / At UHH: UHH leads 10-7
Last Meeting: UAA 85, UHH 72 (Dec. 29, 2006 at UAA)
Streak: UAA 2 / Notes: UAA has won 8 of the last 10, dating to 1996 ... UAA's last trip to Hilo resulted in a 81-68 loss, Jan. 15, 2000 ... series dates to UAA's NAIA days in the 1975-76 season.
TEAM NOTES: The Seawolves are 4-0 when scoring 80 or more and 0-3 when scoring under 80 ... despite playing three Division I teams, UAA leads the GNAC in scoring defense (58.1) ... the 45 points allowed against Texas-Permian Basin were the 9th-fewest ever given up for a Seawolf team ... UAA's 16 points allowed in the opening 20 minutes against Brevard on opening night equaled the 6th-fewest ever given up by a Seawolf team in the first half ... UAA's plus-19 rebound margin Nov. 16 was two better than the Seawolves did all last season.
PLAYER NOTES: Sr. F Carl Arts was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference co-Player of the Week after averaging 17.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in wins over Texas-Permian Basin last week. The Valdez native posted his eighth and ninth career double-doubles as he became the 17th player in Seawolf history to amass 1,000 points. Arts currently leads the GNAC with 9.6 rpg and ranks 8th in scoring at 17.0 ppg. With 1,017 points he is the league's active career scoring leader. On UAA's career rebounds list, Arts needs just seven more to pass Burt Wallace (557, 1994-98) for No. 5; he also ranks in UAA's career top 10 in blocks (7th, 55), FG% (9th, .527), 3FG% (4th, .445), FT% (6th, .853) and games started (9th, 62) ... Sr. PG Luke Cooper dished 12 assists last weekend to increase his GNAC and UAA career record to 629. The Australian had one steal against UTPB to move into 3rd place on UAA's all-time list with 126; he also ranks in the top 10 in assists per game (1st, 6.8) and games started (7th, 69). Cooper's current 8.4 assists average leads the GNAC in that category by over two per contest ... Jr. G/F Cameron Burney rates 8th in the GNAC with .474 3FG shooting. In 28 career games, he is shooting .528 (21-39) from long range. Burney had career-highs in points (17) and assists (3) Saturday against UTPB, and came one short of his best rebounding effort with 7 ... Sr. F McCade Olsen ranks 15th in the GNAC in scoring (13.9) and 14th in rebounding (5.7) after the first seven games ... although it's still early, Sr. G Chris Bryant is on pace to break Kemmy Burgess' season records for three-pointers made (100) and made per game (3.06) ... at 3.14 treys per contest, Bryant currently rates second in the GNAC, making 22 of 48 (.458).
INJURY REPORT: The Seawolves are healthy.
TRAVEL PLANS: The Seawolves leave midday Friday and return on Dec. 22. To reach the team on the road, please contact UAA sports information director Nate Sagan at nate@uaa.alaska.edu.
TOP 25 RANKINGS: UAA, which started the season at No. 16, is absent from the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II top 25 poll for the third straight week. The poll is conducted by eight members of the NABC Division II Congress, one representing each of the eight NCAA Division II regions. Here is an abbreviated look at this week's poll:
NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Poll
Dec. 11, 2007 (Regular-season poll #3)
(West Region teams in italics; UAA opponents in bold)
Rk Team Record Pts Last Wk
1. Bentley (6) 8-0 198 1
2. Grand Valley St. (2) 10-0 192 2
3. South Dakota 8-0 182 3
4. Rollins 6-0 173 4
5. Winona State 10-1 167 5
6. Cal St. San Bernardino 7-0 163 6
7. Drury 6-0 147 8
8. St. Cloud State 8-0 137 12
9. Seattle 5-0 129 10
10. SW Oklahoma State 8-0 109 13
11. BYU-Hawaii 3-0 100 16
19. Seattle Pacific 4-1 47 23
