THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
 
Thu., Feb. 27, 4:15 pm AST — New P.E. Building — Monmouth, Ore.
#5 Alaska Anchorage (27-2, 17-1 GNAC) at Western Oregon (5-20, 2-16 GNAC)
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Sat., Feb. 29, 3:15 pm AST — LCEF Court — Portland, Ore.
#5 Alaska Anchorage at Concordia-Portland (5-21, 2-16 GNAC [2/27 vs UAF])
 
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UAA PROBABLE STARTERS
G—Yazmeen Goo, 5-10, Sr. (10.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 4.1 apg, 1.9 spg, .567 FG, .717 FT)
G—Safiyyah Yasin, 5-6, Sr. (14.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.3 apg, 2.2 spg, .438 FG, .380 3FG, .792 FT)
G—Jahnna Hajdukovich, 5-8, So. (6.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 0.9 spg, .387 3FG, .682 FT)
F—Sala Langi, 5-9, Jr. (5.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.1 spg, .434 FG, .787 FT)
F—Tennae Voliva, 6-0, Jr. (10.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.2 apg, 0.9 bpg, 2.0 spg, .500 FG, .664 FT)
 
OUTRIGHT EFFORT: UAA will face the 9th- and 10th-place GNAC teams on the road to close the regular season as it tries to clinch its fifth outright league title in six seasons, along with a co-title with Northwest Nazarene in 2017-18 ... the Seawolves have already clinched the top seed in the Mar. 5-7 GNAC Tournament but are still fighting to move up from No. 3 in the regional rankings and earning a shot to host the NCAA West Regional Championships, Mar. 13-16.
 
SCOUTING REPORT: Western Oregon has lost 12 straight since a Jan. 11 home win over MSU Billings, with seven of those setbacks coming by 10 points or less ... the Wolves, whose other GNAC win was a OT home upset of Western Washington, are led by Keyonna Jones (11.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.4 apg, .763 FT) and Shariah Green (10.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg, .327 3FG, .760 FT) ... Concordia-Portland will aim for an upset over UAA in the program's final game ever, as the university announced earlier this month that it will cease operations after the 2019-20 school year ... the Cavaliers are led by Olivia Vezaldenos (10.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.0 spg, .309 3FG, .786 FT) and Dorcas Wu (10.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.0 bpg, 2.0 spg, .439 FG, .569 FT).
 
THE SERIES
vs. WOU: UAA leads 36-8 overall, 17-3 in Monmouth
Streak: UAA 32
Last: UAA 73-41 (12/7/19 at UAA)
Notes: The current 32-game win streak is UAA's longest against any opponent in program history ... UAA has won 17 of the last 19 games by double digits … the Seawolves have won 16 straight in Monmouth, including 74-56 last season ... WOU's last win came by a 64-58 score on Dec. 6, 2003 in Anchorage … UAA leads 32-5 in GNAC matchups (since 2001-02) and 15-0 under head coach Ryan McCarthy … teams have played each season since 1998-99 ... first meetings were in 1979-80.
 
vs. CU: UAA leads 9-0 overall, 4-0 in Portland
Last: UAA 79-52 (12/5/19 at UAA)
Notes: The Seawolves have won six of the nine meetings by double figures, although the last two games in Portland have been close contests (73-69 OT in 2017-18 and 75-68 last season) ... first meeting was a 76-49 UAA home win, Jan. 9, 2016, in CU's first year of GNAC and D-II membership.
 
'WOLVES AVENGE LOSS, SEW UP NO. 6: The Seawolves finished their GNAC home season unbeaten for the fourth year in a row and clinched no worse than a share of their sixth consecutive regular-season title with an 85-61 win over Simon Fraser and an 83-76 victory over Western Washington last week at the Alaska Airlines Center ... Sr. G Safiyyah Yasin had 19 points (7-13 FG, 2-4 3FG), 3 assists, 2 steals and no turnovers, while Sr. PG Yazmeen Goo tallied 16 points (4-4 FG, 2-2 3FG, 6-7 FT) and 6 assists to power UAA to a season sweep of regionally 9th-ranked SFU ... Jr. G/F Lauren Johnson added 10 points, So. F Kimani Fernandez had 7 points and a season-high 9 rebounds, and Jr. F Sala Langi had 8 points and a season-high 8 rebounds as UAA held the Clan to 30 percent shooting ... on Saturday, Yasin tied her career high with 25 points (7-14 FG, 11-13 FT) and Goo tied her career high for the fourth time with 16 points (4-7 FG, 8-12 FT), plus 6 assists and a season-high 5 steals, to help the Seawolves avenge their only GNAC loss against the Vikings ... Jr. C Tennae Voliva sparked a second-half rally with 13 points (4-8 FG, 5-8 FT) and 4 steals, and So. G Jahnna Hajdukovich had 9 points (3-4 FT) and 2 steals – both in the final two minutes – as UAA broke the program record for free throws made in a game, shooting 36 of 47 from the stripe.
 
WINNING WAYS: At 181-17 (.914), the Seawolves have the second-best winning percentage and second-most victories in NCAA Div. II since 2014-15, trailing Ashland (184-15, .925) for those honors ... UAA is a combined 116-9 – including 52-5 on the road – in GNAC regular-season and tournament games over the last six seasons (since Dec. 2014) ... UAA has stretched its Alaska Airlines Center win streak to a record 28 games, suffering its last home loss to Seattle Pacific in the 2018 GNAC Tournament semifinals ... the Seawolves have won 40 consecutive GNAC regular-season home contests, going unbeaten for the last four years ... UAA's 27-game GNAC win streak from Jan. 3, 2019 to Jan. 18, 2020 finished as the 2nd-longest in league history (since 2001-02), just ahead of its streak of 26 from Nov. 30, 2016 to Jan. 18, 2018) ... UAA has gone a combined 196-16 (.925) in the last 13 seasons on its home courts, including 87-6 (.935) at the Alaska Airlines Center (since 2014-15) ... the Seawolves are aiming for a fourth 30-win season five years, starting with their NCAA Div. II-record 38 victories in 2015-16 ... last year UAA became the first basketball program to win at least a share of five straight GNAC regular-season titles (four outright, tied in 2018) ... UAA has now recorded 25 wins for six straight seasons and has now produced 16 20-win seasons in 43 years of program history ... the Seawolves have won 57 of their last 59 regular-season games against Div. II non-conference opponents ... UAA has clinched the program's 14th consecutive winning season and is seeking its 13th NCAA Tournament berth in 14 years ... the Seawolves have won five of the nine GNAC Tournament titles since the event started in 2011.
 
NIFTY NUMBERS: UAA has assumed its familiar position among the NCAA Div. II national stats leaders, ranking among the top 50 in 13 categories ­– including 5th in steals per game (13.0), 6th in scoring margin (21.7), 7th in turnover margin (8.03), 13th in scoring defense (54.5), 14th in A/T ratio (1.2), 20th turnovers forced per game (21.55) and 21st in assists per game (16.4) – despite not having a single player among the top 50 in any individual category ... in the GNAC stats, the Seawolves lead in five of the 21 categories and rank second in five others ... the Seawolves are attempting to finish top-10 nationally in steals for the seventh straight season, having led NCAA Div. II for four straight years from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
 
GOO STUFF: An honorable mention All-GNAC selection the past two seasons, a Preseason All-GNAC Team pick this year and a two-time GNAC Player of the Week honoree in February, Sr. PG Yazmeen Goo has developed into one of the best floor generals in the country, helping UAA rank top 15 nationally in steals, turnover margin and scoring defense ... in the GNAC stats, the Bay Area product ranks 5th in assists (4.1 apg), 3rd in A/T ratio (1.8), 6th in steals (1.9 spg) and 3rd in FG% (.567), despite logging a modest 22.8 minutes per game in UAA's balanced system ... on UAA's career lists, Goo continues to rise the charts at 4th in assists (440), 9th in assists per game (4.0), 4th in steals (263), 12th in steals per game (2.4), 7th in FTs made (317), 13th in FTs made per game (2.9), 13th in FG% (.502) and 9th in victories (99); with four more assists, she will catch Seawolf Hall of Famer Robin Graul (444 assts, 1985-89) for 3rd on that list ... Goo is also a star in the classroom, earning Academic All-GNAC honors for the third year in a row with a 3.39 overall GPA in justice.
 
YASIN HER LATELY: Another Preseason All-GNAC selection and the GNAC Player of the Week for Jan. 6-12, Sr. G Safiyyah Yasin (suf-FEE-yuh ya-SEEN) has been a problem for opposing defenses, ranking 7th in the GNAC with 14.1 ppg on shooting numbers of .438 FG, .380 3FG and .792 FT ... a key reserve in all 33 games on last year Sweet 16 squad, the Diablo Valley (Calif.) College transfer has topped the 20-point plateau five times this year and has scored double figures in 24 of 29 games ... in addition to her scoring, Yasin also holds GNAC ranks of 3rd in steals (2.2 spg), 5th in A/T ratio (1.7), 9th in 3FG% and 10th in FT% ... on UAA's career lists, she is 10th in FT% (.784), 12th in 3FG% (.368) and 18th in steals per game (2.2).
 
T.V. SHOW: A key reserve in her first season and a half, Jr. F/C Tennae Voliva (t'NAY voh-LEE-vuh) has taken her game to the next level, averaging 10.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.1 apg, 2.0 spg and 0.9 bpg ... in the GNAC stats, she ranks 4th in rebounding and steals, 10th in blocks and 7th in FG% (.500), with her rebounding average on pace to be the highest in the Ryan McCarthy era ... the former East Anchorage HS star earned her sixth double-double at MSU Billings, following efforts of 19 points/10 rebounds at Simon Fraser and 19 pts/12 rebs against Northwest Nazarene ... now with 14 double-figure scoring efforts and seven double-figure rebound games, Voliva started the season with the Most Outstanding Player award at the D2 West Coast Classic and all-tourney honors at the Seawolf Hoops Classic ... on UAA's career lists, she stands 14th in FG% (.500), 13th in blocks (57, needs four more to reach top 10), 12th in blocks per game (0.6), and 14th in victories, sporting an 83-10 career record in Green & Gold ... a two-time Academic All-GNAC honoree with a 3.83 in psychology, Voliva earned the first major award of her career last week, being voted to the five-woman CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and making her a candidate for Academic All-America honors.
 
PAW PRINTS: Fr. G Rachel Ingram has drained multiple three-pointers in 15 of 29 games thus far, with her 51 treys easily surpassing Jessica Madison's old UAA rookie record of 36 (2012-13) ... the Colorado Springs native ranks 3rd in the GNAC with her .392 3FG% ... Ingram has also broken the UAA single-game freshman record with seven 3FGs made in the win over Concordia-Portland ... So. G Jahnna Hajdukovich has shot 18 of 31 from long range over the last four games to skyrocket into the GNAC top-20 rankings at 7th in 3FG% (.387) and 12th in 3FGs per game (1.6) ... the local Dimond High product now ranks in the UAA career top 20 in all 3FG categories, at 13th in percentage (.366), 14th in 3FGs/game (1.1) and 20th in makes (67) ... a transfer from Santa Fe (Fla.) College, Jr. G Stephanie Jackson has made an impact in her first season on both sides of the court, ranking 16th in the league with 2.4 assists per game and 19th with 1.4 steals per contest ... Jackson's 10 rebounds in the home win over UAF were the most for a Seawolf point guard since Kiki Robertson had 10 at Chaminade on Nov. 21, 2013.
 
MASTER OF MAYHEM: In his eighth season at UAA and ninth season as a head coach, Ryan McCarthy has ascended to the top of two impressive lists, as the NCAA Div. II active leader in career winning percentage (.825) and the all-time winningest coach in UAA women's basketball history ... since coming north in 2012, McCarthy has led the Seawolf program to unprecedented heights, capturing five straight GNAC regular-season titles (four outright), three GNAC Tournament titles, six straight NCAA Tournament berths, and ascending as high as No. 1 or No. 2 in the national rankings every season from 2014-15 through 2017-18 ... in 2018-19, McCarthy earned his third consecutive GNAC Coach of the Year honor and fourth in the last five seasons ... he was the WBCA NCAA Div. II West Region Coach of the Year three straight times from 2015-17 ... in 2016-17, the Anchorage native led UAA to its third straight top-2 regional seed and its second straight 30-win season (30-2), while recording the first 20-0 league record in GNAC history ... the previous season, McCarthy's crew set an NCAA Div. II record with 38 victories, advancing all the way to the 2016 National Title Game in Indianapolis ... his 2014-15 club claimed what was then the best winning percentage in program history with a 29-2 (.935) mark, sweeping both GNAC titles as well ... McCarthy led UAA to an improvement in overall wins (17, 19, 29, 38) his first four seasons and increased the Seawolves' GNAC victory total in each of his first five campaigns (11, 12, 17, 18, 20) … playing its up-tempo 'Mayhem' style, McCarthy's crews led the nation in steals per game for four straight seasons (2013-14 to 2016-17), while staying among the top 10 in steals each year since ... McCarthy sports head-coaching records of 217-36 (.858) at UAA and 231-49 (.825) overall, having served in an interim capacity at Northwest Nazarene in 2010-11 … McCarthy is assisted by 8th-year associate head coach Shaina Afoa (the 2017-18 WBCA NCAA Div. II National Assistant Coach of the Year), 2nd-year assistant and former Seawolf Sierra Afoa.
 
2019-20 SEAWOLF INDIVIDUAL HONORS
KIMANI FERNANDEZ
GNAC All-Academic Team
YAZMEEN GOO
Preseason All-GNAC Team (unanimous)
Seawolf Hoops Classic Most Outstanding Player
GNAC All-Academic Team
GNAC Player of the Week, Feb. 3-9
GNAC Player of the Week, Feb. 17-23
NICOLE PINCKNEY
D2 West Coast Classic All-Tournament Team
GNAC All-Academic Team
TENNAE VOLIVA
D2 West Coast Classic Most Outstanding Player
Seawolf Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team
GNAC All-Academic Team
CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team
SAFIYYAH YASIN
Preseason All-GNAC Team
D2 West Coast Classic All-Tournament Team
Seawolf Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team
GNAC Player of the Week, Jan. 6-12
 
UAA School Records Broken/Tied in 2019-20
TEAM
Game
Most FTs Made – 36 vs Western Washington, 2/22 (old record: 35 vs Grand Canyon, 12/12/09)
Most 3FGs Made ­– 16 vs Alaska Fairbanks, 2/11 (old record: 15 vs William Jewell [at Anaheim], 10/30/15; and vs New Hope Christian, 11/5/15)
Most 3FGs Made, Road – 14 at St. Andrews, 10/29 (ties record set at NW Nazarene, 2/16/13)
Most 3FGs Attempted – 40 at St. Andrews, 10/29 (ties record set vs Kuyper College, 1/3/09)
Fewest Points Allowed, 1st Qtr ­– 4 vs Menlo, 12/18 (ties record for fourth time)
Fewest Points Allowed, 3rd Qtr – 0 vs MSU Billings, 1/18 (old record: 2 vs New Hope Christian, 1/6/15)
Fewest Points Allowed in a Qtr ­– 0 vs MSU Billings, 1/18 (ties record established vs New Hope Christian, 11/6/15)
Largest Scoring Margin, 1st Qtr – +23 [28-5] vs MSU Billings, 1/18 (old record: +21 [30-9] at Saint Martin's, 2/23/19)
Misc.
Consecutive Wins, Alaska Airlines Center – 28, 11/16/19-current (old record: 16, 11/5/15-2/25/16)
Consecutive Conference Wins – 27, 1/3/19-1/18/20 (old record: 26,  11/30/16-1/18/18)
Consecutive Conference Home Wins (reg. season) – 40, Nov. 30, 2016-current (extends record)
Consecutive Wins vs. Opponent – 32 vs Western Oregon (extends record)
INDIVIDUAL
Game
Most 3FGs Made, Freshman ­– 7 by Rachel Ingram vs Concordia-Portland, 12/5 (old record: 6 by Jahnna Hajdukovich, 2/5/19 at UAF)
Season
Most 3FGs Made, Freshman ­– 51 by Rachel Ingram (old record: 36 by Jessica Madison, 2012-13)

bold = active record