THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
 
Sun., Dec. 18 – Noon AST – ToroDome – Carson, Calif.
#14 Alaska Anchorage (8-1, 1-1 GNAC) at Cal State Dominguez Hills (8-0, 4-0 CCAA [Fri. vs WOU])
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Mon., Dec. 19 – Noon AST – Anaheim, Calif.
#14 Alaska Anchorage at Bethesda (1-10 [Sat. @Master's])
 
LIVE VIDEO: Sunday at ccaanetwork.com/?B=445926 ($9.95/mo.)
                      Monday – none
LIVE STATS: Sunday at gotoros.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
                      Monday – none
SOCIAL MEDIA: Check the @UAAWBB Twitter feed for in-game updates.
 
UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2022-23 stats)
G—Nicole Pinckney, 5-5, Sr. (6.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 3.8 apg, 4.3/1 AT ratio)
G—Jahnna Hajdukovich, 5-8, Sr. (11.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.2 spg, .400 3FG)
G—Jazzpher Evans, 5-6, So. (8.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.8 spg, .422 FG)
F—Vishe' Rabb, 5-9, Sr. (18.8 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.8 spg, .450 FG, .385 3FG, .846 FT)
F—Kate Robertson, 6-2, So. (7.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.2 spg, .508 FG)
 
GOIN' TO CALIFORNIA: Ranked 14th in the WBCA NCAA Div. II national poll, the Seawolves head to Southern California for their final two non-conference regular-season games this week ... UAA starts Sunday with a critical battle against fellow West Region playoff contender Cal State Dominguez Hills, and concludes its short trip against non-Div. II foe Bethesda on Monday.
 
SCOUTING REPORT: Ranked one spot behind UAA at No. 7 in the latest D2SIDA West Region poll, Cal State Dominguez Hills is off to the best start in program history as it prepares to face Western Oregon on Friday night ... double-digit winners in all of their D-II games thus far, the Toros are led by Asia Jordan (14.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.8 spg, .490 FG) and Nala Williams (12.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 3.4 apg, 3.2 spg) ... a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association, Bethesda recently earned its first victory with an 86-68 win over SAGU American Indian, and faces The Master's on the road Saturday ... the Flames, from Anaheim, Calif., are led by Alex Buckley (14.3 ppg) and Anna Neeley (13.8 ppg).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES...
vs. CSUDH: UAA leads 7-1 overall, 1-0 at CSUDH
Streak: UAA 5
Last: UAA 69-53 (11/17/18)
Notes: Three of the last four meetings have come in tournaments, including NCAA First Round wins by UAA in 2007 and 2016 ... UAA won the lone meeting in Carson, 65-59, Dec. 19, 2002 ... series started with a UAA home win, Nov. 10, 1983.
 
vs. Bethesda: First meeting
 
'WOLVES JUKE JEWELL: The Seawolves finished their non-conference home season last week with a pair of home wins over Great Lakes Valley Conference foe William Jewell at the Alaska Airlines Center ... on Saturday, Sr. F Vishe' Rabb had 27 points (9-17 FG, 5-7 3FG, 4-4 FT) and Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich had 25 points (9-12 FG, 5-7 3FG) and 3 assists to help UAA overcome a 38-20 2nd-quarter deficit for an 87-83 victory ... So. F Kate Robertson added 9 points (3-6 FG) and 9 rebounds, while So. G Jazzpher Evans delivered 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 asssits, 3 steals and no turnovers as UAA overcame .556 FG shooting by the Cardinals .... Rabb followed with 16 points and Hajdukovich tallied 14 points (3-6 3FG), 6 rebounds, 3 assists and no turnovers in the rematch, propeling a 75-56 win ... So. G Hayley Berfield scored a career-high 13 points (4-8 FG, 2-3 3FG) and Sr. PG Nicole Pinckney had 7 points, 6 assists and no turnovers as UAA tied the second-fewest turnovers in program history with just five giveaways.
 
SEAWOLVES RISING: The Seawolves remain ranked in the WBCA (coaches) NCAA Div. II top-25 poll this week, moving up three spots to No. 14 ... UAA is also No. 6 in the D2SIDA West Region poll ... the Seawolves lead NCAA Div. II with a 1.64 assist-turnover ratio and rank in the top 35 in seven additional categories, including top-10 marks in fewest turnovers per game (3rd, 11.2), turnover margin (5th, 11.1), assists per game (6th, 18.4), 3FGs per game (6th, 10.0) ... UAA leads the GNAC stats in three categories –  assists, TO margin and A/T ratio, while ranking second in steals (11.4 spg), 3FGs per game and scoring (76.7 ppg).
 
'WOLF BITES: A second-team All-NSIC performer last season at Augustana (S.D.), Sr. F Vishe' Rabb has made a huge impact thus far, pacing UAA in scoring in every game and leading the way in rebounding six of nine times ... the GNAC Player of the Week for her play against Biola and the ASRC/Great Alaska Shootout Most Outstanding Player, the Minnesota native has scored at least 10 points and grabbed at least five rebounds in all nine contests, with her 15 boards against La Sierra the most for a Seawolf since Nov. 2014 ... Rabb ranks 3rd in the GNAC stats in scoring with 18.8 ppg (33rd nationally), along with 7th in rebounding (7.8 rpg) and steals (1.8), 8th in FT% (.846) and 10th in 3FG% (.385) ... a preseason All-GNAC pick along with Rabb, Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich is UAA's second-leading scorer with 11.9 ppg, and third-leading rebounder at 3.6 rpg ... the former Dimond High star has hit at least one trey in all nine games, including an impressive 8-of-13 display against William Jewell last week ... Hajdukovich holds GNAC ranks of 15th in scoring, 5th in 3FGs per game (2.4), 8th in 3FG% (.400) and 13th in A/T ratio (1.7) ... on UAA's career lists, Hajdukovich now ranks 41st in scoring (622 pts), 7th in 3FGs made (138), 12th in 3FGs per game (1.34) and 14th in 3FG% (.364) ... Sr. G Nicole Pinckney becomes the longest tenured player in program history this year – her sixth in the Green & Gold ... the former Chugiak High star leads the early GNAC stats and ranks 10th nationally with a 4.25 A/T ratio, along with league ranks of 3rd in assists (3.8 apg), posting at least a 2-1 A/T ratio in eight of nine games ... Pinckney stands 17th on UAA's career lists in 3FGs (97) and 16th in victories (88) ... So. F Kate Robertson has made a strong debut with 7.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg (11th GNAC), 1.8 apg and 1.2 spg, while shooting .508 (9th GNAC) from the field ... the Casper (Wyo.) College transfer had her first double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against HPU, and had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists to aid the Shootout win over UC Riverside ... Sr. G Rachel Ingram's 5-of-11 display against Biola on Nov. 26 marked her 11th career game with at least four treys, resulting in a season-high 17 points ... the Colorado native ranks 17th in in the GNAC with 1.7 3FGs/gm, while on UAA's career top-20 lists she stands 9th in 3FGs/gm (1.8) and 3FGs made (125) ... Jr. G Anaiah Moore has risen to 4th in the GNAC with 3.6 assists per game and 4th with a 2.4 A/T ratio ... a transfer from D-I Milwaukee, Moore is also 10th with 1.9 steals per game after posting 6 assists and 4 steals against SPU.
 
WINNING WAYS: At 215-25 (.896), the Seawolves have the third-best winning percentage and fourth-most victories in NCAA Div. II since 2014-15, despite playing only three games in 2020-21 ... UAA is a combined 134-15 – including 63-7 on the road – in GNAC regular-season and tournament games over the last eight conference seasons (since Dec. 2014) ... the Seawolves have gone a combined 209-19 (.917) in the last 16 seasons on their home courts, including 100-9 (.917) at the Alaska Airlines Center (since 2014-15) ... the wins over William Jewell made UAA 32-0 all-time against NCAA Div. II non-conference opponents at the Alaska Airlines Center in the regular season ... prior to falling 0.04 ranking points shy of last year's crown, UAA's run of six straight GNAC regular-season titles was the longest of any basketball program – women's or men's – since the league was founded in 2001-02 ... the 2019-20 Seawolves earned the program's fourth 30-win season in five years, starting with an NCAA Div. II-record 38 victories in 2015-16 ... UAA has recorded 20 wins for seven straight seasons (excluding 2020-21, when they played just three games) and has produced 17 20-win seasons in 45 years of program history ... the Seawolves have won 67 of their last 69 regular-season games against Div. II non-conference opponents ... UAA has posted 16 consecutive winning records and earned 14 NCAA Tournament appearances in its last 15 full seasons ... the Seawolves have won six of the 11 GNAC Tournament titles since the event started in 2011.
 
MASTER OF MAYHEM: Now in his 11th season at UAA and 12th overall, Ryan McCarthy currently stands No. 4 among active NCAA Div. II coaches in career winning percentage at .824 ... the winningest coach in UAA women's basketball history since coming north in 2012, McCarthy has led the Seawolf program to unprecedented heights, capturing six straight GNAC regular-season titles (five outright) between 2015-20, four GNAC Tournament titles, eight straight NCAA Tournament berths (discounting the 2020-21 non-season), and ascending as high as No. 1 or No. 2 in the national rankings every season from 2014-15 through 2017-18 ... in 2019-20, McCarthy earned his fourth consecutive GNAC Coach of the Year honor and fifth in six seasons, and 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 252-44 (.851) at UAA and 266-57 (.824) overall, having served in an interim capacity at Northwest Nazarene in 2010-11 … McCarthy is assisted by 11th-year associate head coach Shaina Afoa (the 2017-18 WBCA NCAA Div. II National Assistant Coach of the Year) and former Seawolf great Kiki Robertson (2nd season).
 
2022-23 SEAWOLF INDIVIDUAL HONORS
JAHNNA HAJDUKOVICH
ASRC/ConocoPhillips Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team
Preseason All-GNAC Team
NICOLE PINCKNEY
ASRC/ConocoPhillips Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team
VISHE' RABB
GNAC Player of the Week, Nov. 21-27
ASRC/ConocoPhillips Great Alaska Shootout Most Outstanding Player
Preseason All-GNAC Team
 
UAA School Records Broken/Tied in 2022-23
TEAM
Game
Most 3FGs Made — 16 vs Biola, Nov. 26 (ties record set vs Alaska Fairbanks, 2/11/20 and at Warner Pacific, 3/23/21)
Most 3FGs Attempted — 43 at La Sierra, Nov. 6 (old record: 40 vs Kuyper College, 1/3/09 & at St. Andrews, 10/29/19)