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THIS WEEK IN SEAWOLF BASKETBALL...

Thu., Jan. 3 ? 6:30 pm AST ? New PE Building ? Monmouth, Ore.
Alaska Anchorage (9-3, 0-0 GNAC) at Western Oregon (7-2, 0-0 GNAC)

Sat., Jan. 5 ? 6 pm AST ? SMU Pavilion ? Lacey, Wash.
Alaska Anchorage at Saint Martin's (5-4, 0-0 GNAC [1/3 vs UAF])

RADIO: Both games will be aired live in Anchorage on AM-1080 KUDO via the Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network.
TV: None.
INTERNET: Live video (sign up at greatnorthwest.tv) and live stats (wouwolves.com) will both be available for Thursday's game. Neither live video nor live stats are available for Saturday's contest.

UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2007-08 stats)
PG?Luke Cooper, 6-0, Sr (6.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 8.5 apg, 1.0 spg, .520 FG, .364 3FG, .750 FT)
SG?Chris Bryant, 6-4, Sr (13.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.2 spg, .483 FG, .447 3FG, .778 FT)
SF?Cameron Burney, 6-7, Jr (6.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.4 apg, .583 FG, .556 3FG, .750 FT)
PF?Carl Arts, 6-6, Sr (17.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.2 spg, .459 FG, .357 3FG, .781 FT)
C?McCade Olsen, 6-8, Sr (14.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, .558 FG, .421 3FG, .778 FT)

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: At 7-2, Western Oregon is off to its best start since the 2003-04 season, suffering its only losses on the road at North Dakota and in a neutral-court game against BYU-Hawaii. The Wolves, who are coming off an impressive West Region win over Sonoma State, are led by 5-10 Sr. G Brad Krichevsky (15.0 ppg, 2.2 apg, 2.2 spg) and 6-5 Jr. G Sam Kelly (13.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg, .500 FG, .500 3FG, .844 FT). WOU is 5-0 on its home court so far ... Saint Martin's takes a 4-game winning streak into Thursday's home game against Alaska Fairbanks, following on the heels of a 4-game losing streak. The Saints, who are 2-0 at home thus far, are led by Jake Linton (17.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.7 apg, .391 3FG, .944 FT) and Bredan Campbell (14.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, .581 FG, .813 FT).

TEAM COMPARISONS UAA WOU SMU
Overall Record 9-3 7-2 5-4
Conference Record 0-0 0-0 0-0
Points per Game 75.0 81.3 80.2
Points Allowed/Game 59.9 73.0 81.2
Rebounding Diff. +3.8 +11.0 +1.3
Assists per Game 18.4 16.8 12.8
Turnovers per Game 14.7 19.1 17.7
Steals per Game 7.3 6.3 7.2
Blocks per Game 1.9 4.3 3.1
FG% .492 .529 .452
3-pt FG% .417 .393 .327
FT% .728 .708 .777

THE SERIES
All-Time vs Western Oregon: WOU leads 7-6 / At WOU: WOU 5-2
Last Meeting: UAA 81, WOU 73 (Feb. 1, 2007 at UAA)
Streak: WOU 1 / Notes: The teams have split the last two season series ... UAA won 70-49 in Monmouth last year ... in GNAC games (since 2001-02), the teams are tied 6-6 ... WOU has won 4 of the last 5 meetings in Monmouth.

All-Time vs Saint Martin's: UAA leads 15-3 / At SMU: UAA 5-2
Last Meeting: UAA 93, SMU 76 (Feb. 3, 2007 at UAA)
Streak: UAA 1 / Notes: The teams split last year's series with each squad defending its home court ... UAA leads 9-3 in GNAC meetings ... UAA has won 4 of the last 5 meetings in Lacey.

JAMBOREE GLEE: The Seawolves ran their winning streak to seven games with wins over Ferris State (71-45) and Christian Brothers (75-52) in the AT&T Alascom Jamboree, Dec. 28 and 29 at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, capturing the event's unofficial title. In the first game, Sr. G Chris Bryant led four Seawolves in double figures with 23 points, while Sr. F Carl Arts chipped in 16 points. Sr. F McCade Olsen had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Jr. F Cameron Burney scored 11 points (4-6 FG, 3-4 3FG), and Jr. C Jeremiah Trueman (career-high 9 rebounds) and Fr. G Kevin White (4 assists, no turnovers) both made big contributions off the bench. In Saturday's affair, UAA erased a 44-40 second-half deficit against CBU, which was nationally ranked in the preseason. The Seawolves got 20 points (9-14 FG) from Olsen, 17 from Bryant (6-10 FG, 4-8 3FG), 11 from Arts, and a 12-point, 12-assists double-double by Sr. PG Luke Cooper as they ended the game on a 35-8 run. Bryant was named the event's Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the All-Jamboree Team by Olsen and Cooper.

TEAM NOTES: UAA's 7-game winning streak equals its longest since early in the 2003-04 season ... the Seawolves finished the non-conference portion of their schedule with a perfect 9-0 mark against Division II squads ... UAA is 5-0 when scoring 80 or more ... despite playing three Division I teams, UAA leads the GNAC in scoring defense (59.9) ... UAA's perfect showing in Hawaii gave it a 6-game win streak in the Islands, combining with another 3-0 trip in the 2003-04 season ... the 45 points allowed against Texas-Permian Basin and Ferris State tied for 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.

BRYANT EARNS POW NOD: Sr. G Chris Bryant was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference's co-Player of the Week for Dec. 24-30, the league office announced Monday. Bryant was chosen the Most Outstanding Player of the AT&T Alascom Jamboree after averaging 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in home wins over Ferris State and Christian Brothers, Dec. 28 and 29. The Metlakatla native and transfer from Division I Drake shot 56 percent (15-27) from the field and 47 percent (9-19) from three-point range as UAA improved to 9-0 against Division II opposition. He scored 23 points in Friday's 71-45 win over FSU, then followed Saturday by scoring 15 of his 17 points in the second half of a 75-52 win against CBU. He also matched his season-highs with six rebounds and three assists against the Buccaneers. For the season, Bryant is averaging 13.8 ppg and shooting 45 percent on three-pointers. He shared the weekly honor with Central Washington Sr. G Nate Jackson.

PLAYER NOTES: With 1,106 career points and 587 rebounds, Sr. F Carl Arts needs just four points more points and five more boards to pass former All-American Jeff Martin (1982-84) for 10th place in scoring and Jeff Sheedy (1985-88) for 4th place in rebounds on UAA's all-time list ... Arts already ranks in UAA's career top 10 in seven categories ? rebounds, blocks (7th, 56), 3FG% (4th, .440), FT% (9th, .835), FG made (10th, 419), games started (9th, 67) and double-doubles (t-9th, 10) ... Arts has scored in double digits in all but one game, including six showings of 20 or more ... the senior from Valdez ranks 4th in the GNAC in scoring (17.3 ppg), 1st in rebounding (8.6 rpg), 1st in defensive rebounding (7.2 drpg) and 2nd in minutes per game (34.3) ... Sr. PG Luke Cooper dished 15 assists in the Jamboree to extend his GNAC and UAA career record to 672 ... Cooper had 12 assists against Christian Brothers for his 23rd career double-digit assist showing ? including six this year ? also a school record ... the Australian ranks in UAA's career top 10 in assists, assists per game (6.9), steals (128) and games started (6th, 74) ... Cooper's current 8.5 assists average and assist-to-turnover ratio (3.0-to-1) lead the GNAC, and he is playing a leauge -high 35.2 minutes per contest ... Cooper's 12 assists and 12 points against CBU was his fifth career double-double... with two more games played, Arts and Cooper will tie Burt Wallace (1994-98) for No. 10 on UAA's all-time list with 100 appearances ... Jr. G/F Cameron Burney rates 2nd in the GNAC with .556 3FG shooting. In 33 career games, he is shooting .574 (27-47) from long range ... Burney tied for UAA's best showing this year with 5 steals against CBU, putting him into 14th place in the GNAC with 1.25 per game ... Sr. F McCade Olsen has scored in double digits nine times and is shooting 37 of 60 (.617) over the last six games ... the Utah native ranks in the GNAC's top 15 in scoring (10th, 14.8), rebounding (12th, 5.6), FG% (10th, .558), FT% (13th, .778) and blocks (10th, 0.75) ... Sr. G Chris Bryant is on school-record pace and ranks 2nd in the GNAC with 3.17 3FGs made per game ... Bryant also ranks 15th in the GNAC in scoring (13.8) and 9th in 3FG% (.447).

INJURY REPORT: The Seawolves are healthy.

SEAWOLVES ANNOINTED GNAC FAVORITES: For the first time in the 7-year history of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the Seawolves were picked to win the league in the annual preseason coaches' poll, released Oct. 25, receiving seven of 10 first-place votes. Here is a look at the preseason poll predictions:
Pl Team (1st place votes) 06-07 Records Pts
1. Alaska Anchorage (7) 19-9, 10-6 104
2. Seattle Pacific (1) 18-10, 11-5 87
3. Seattle (2) 20-9, 11-5 84
4. Western Washington 11-15, 5-11 62
Central Washington 15-12, 10-6 62
6. Saint Martin's 10-17, 7-9 52
7. Northwest Nazarene 10-17, 5-11 40
8. Western Oregon 10-17, 5-11 35
9. Montana State Billings 6-21, 4-8 18
10. Alaska Fairbanks 17-13, 8-8 16

MORE PRESEASON PREDICTIONS: UAA was recognized with a top-20 ranking in four preseason polls ? No. 9 by Basketball Times; No. 10 by The Sporting News; No. 13 by Division II Bulletin, and No. 16 in the NABC poll.

TOP 25 RANKINGS: UAA, which started the season at No. 16, was absent from the last National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II top 25 poll. The poll, which has been on hiatus during the holidays, 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 the most recent poll:
NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Poll
Dec. 18, 2007 (Regular-season poll #4)
(West Region teams in italics; UAA opponents in bold)
Rk Team Record Pts Last Wk
1. Bentley (6) 9-0 198 1
2. Grand Valley State (2) 10-0 191 2
3. South Dakota 10-0 185 3
4. Rollins 6-0 173 4
5. Winona State 10-1 169 5
6. Drury 7-0 155 7
7. Seattle 5-0 145 9
8. SW Oklahoma State 9-0 136 10
9. BYU-Hawaii 4-0 129 11
10. Cal St. San Bernardino 7-1 125 6
17. Seattle Pacific 4-1 72 19



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Players Mentioned

Carl Arts

#34 Carl Arts

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Luke Cooper

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Cameron Burney

#30 Cameron Burney

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McCade Olsen

#23 McCade Olsen

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Chris Bryant

#2 Chris Bryant

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Jeremiah Trueman

#25 Jeremiah Trueman

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6' 9"
Junior
Kevin White

#1 Kevin White

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Players Mentioned

Carl Arts

#34 Carl Arts

6' 6"
Junior
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Luke Cooper

#14 Luke Cooper

6' 0"
Freshman
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Cameron Burney

#30 Cameron Burney

6' 6"
Sophomore
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McCade Olsen

#23 McCade Olsen

6' 8"
Junior
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Chris Bryant

#2 Chris Bryant

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Senior
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Jeremiah Trueman

#25 Jeremiah Trueman

6' 9"
Junior
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Kevin White

#1 Kevin White

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