THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
 
Thu., Feb. 17 - SFU West Gym - Burnaby, B.C. - 6 pm AST
Alaska Anchorage (16-4, 9-3 GNAC) at Simon Fraser (10-11, 6-6 GNAC)
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Sat., Feb. 19 - Carver Gymnasium - Bellingham, Wash. - 6 pm AST
Alaska Anchorage at #11/6 Western Washington (16-2, 8-2 GNAC [2/17 vs UAF])
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Mon., Feb. 21 - Nicholson Pavilion - Ellensburg, Wash. - 4:15 pm AST
Alaska Anchorage at Central Washington (16-6, 9-4 GNAC [2 games pending])
 
LIVE VIDEO: Thursday at youtube.com/channel/UC59Z_S66SpC9B4ZfeM2bzVA
                       Saturday at youtube.com/user/WWUVikingsAthletics
                       Monday at youtube.com/c/cwuathletics
LIVE STATS: Thursday at athletics.sfu.ca/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
                       Saturday at wwuvikings.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
                       Monday at wildcatsports.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
SOCIAL MEDIA: Check the @UAAWBB Twitter feed for in-game updates.
 
LONG ROAD TRIP STARTS: The Alaska Anchorage women's basketball team plays its final three road games of the regular season this week, including a pair of matchups against fellow league-title and NCAA playoff contenders in Western Washington and Central Washington ... UAA's Thursday game against SFU will be its only meeting against the Canadians this year, as the game in Anchorage was postponed and it unlikely to be rescheduled ... Monday's game at CWU is a makeup from a Jan. 6 postponement.
 
PLAYOFF PICTURE: While all 10 teams will qualify for this year's GNAC Tournament, the final league stadings and tourney seeding will be determined by a 'points ranking system' due to the pandemic-induced unbalanced schedule ... as of Sunday, Western Washington held a 4.11 to 4.00 lead over UAA in the PRS, with Central Washington third at 3.88 and Simon Fraser sixth at 3.05 ... the top six teams in the final standings will receive quarterfinal byes at the GNAC Tourney.
 
UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2021-22 stats)
G—Nicole Pinckney, 5-5, Jr. (8.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.3 spg)
G—Jahnna Hajdukovich, 5-8, Jr. (7.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.3 apg, .372 3FG)
F—Sala Langi, 5-9, Sr. (7.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.7 spg, .760 FT)
F—Jazzpher Evans, 5-6, Fr. (7.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.6 spg)
C—Tennae Voliva, 6-0, Sr. (11.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.8 apg, 2.2 spg, .480 FG, .838 FT)
 
SCOUTING THE FOES: Simon Fraser has won four of its last five, scoring 90-plus points in its last two outings ... the NCAA's lone Canadian program is led by GNAC Preseason Player of the Year Jessica Jones (16.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.8 spg, .750 FT) and Jessica Wisotzki (15.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, .344 3FG) ... ranked No. 6 in the D2SIDA media poll and No. 11 in the WBCA coaches' poll, Western Washington started the season 10-0, including victories over currently ranked clubs Azusa Pacific and Cal State San Marcos ... the Vikings, who suffered their two GNAC loss against Central Washington and Northwest Nazarene, are led by Emma Duff (16.2 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.0 bpg, .491 FG, .382 3FG, .820 FT) and Mollie Olson (9.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.0 apg). ... with two games to play before facing UAA on Monday, Central Washington recorded a midseason 10-game winning streak and finds itself in position for its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2003 ... the Wildcats are powered by the high-scoring duo of Kassidy Malcolm (19.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, .500 FG, .439 3FG, .867 FT) and Kizzah Maltezo (19.1 ppg, 3.1 apg, 1.7 spg), and the nation's leading rebounder in Samantha Bowman (15.6 ppg, 15.9 rpg, 2.3 bpg, .508 FG).
 
THE SERIES...
vs. SFU: UAA leads 21-8 overall, 7-5 in Burnaby
Streak: UAA 6
Last: UAA 85-61 (2/20/20 at UAA)
Notes: UAA has won nine of the last 10 and 13 of the last 15 meetings ... UAA's current 6-game win streak is the longest in series history, boosted by three straight victories in Burnaby ... UAA leads 15-5 in regular-season meetings since SFU joined the GNAC in the 2010-11 season and 14-5 under Ryan McCarthy ... first meeting was a 65-61 UAA win in Moscow, Idaho, Nov. 28, 1981.
 
vs. WWU: UAA leads 28-25 overall; WWU leads 13-10 in Bellingham
Streak: WWU 1
Last: WWU 53-45 (1/17/22 at UAA)
Notes: Teams have split the last four meetings, following an 8-game UAA win streak ... WWU took the last meeting in Bellingham, 71-64, Jan. 23, 2020, handing the Seawolves their lone GNAC loss of 2019-20 ... teams have played 26 times since Jan. 2011, including five meetings in the GNAC Tournament finals (all UAA wins) and an NCAA 1st Round game in 2012 ... UAA leads 21-18 in GNAC regular-season meetings (since 2001-02) and 14-6 under head coach Ryan McCarthy ... WWU won the fi rst seven meetings in
series history, which began Feb. 13, 1997.
 
vs. CWU: UAA leads 36-15 overall, 14-8 in Ellensburg
Streak: UAA 18
Last: UAA 78-68 (2/5/22 at UAA)
Notes: UAA has won 29 of the last 30 meetings, including victories in the last two GNAC Tournament semifinals ... CWU's last win came by a 74-64 count, Jan. 19, 2013 in Anchorage ... UAA has won 13 straight in Ellensburg since a 58-52 Wildcat victory, Jan. 18, 2007 ... UAA's overall streak against CWU is its third-longest against any opponent, with the top five all current (34 vs WOU, 28 vs UAF, 18 vs CWU, 13 vs MSU-Denver, 13 vs Saint Martin's) ... UAA leads 29-10 in GNAC regular-season meetings and 17-1 under head coach Ryan McCarthy … teams have played at least once per season since 1998-99 … teams played three times from 1979-81 and did not meet again until 1997.
 
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS: The Seawolves held serve in the GNAC title race last week by continuing their dominance over Western Oregon and Alaska Fairbanks with road victories ... on Tuesday, UAA got 16 points (4-5 3FG) from Jr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich and 16 points (4-8 FG, 8-8 FT) and 7 rebounds from Sr. C Tennae Voliva to earn a 73-65 win in Monmouth ... Sr. F Lauren Johnson added 9 points (2-3 FG, 5-7 FT) and a career-high 4 rebounds as UAA stretched the longest win streak in program history to 34 straight over the Wolves ... on Saturday, Voliva tallied a career-high 23 points (7-15 FG, 9-11 FT), 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals to power a 74-62 win in Fairbanks ... Fr. G Jazzpher Evans scored her career high as a Seawolf with 16 points (6-12 FG, 3-4 FT), and Sr. F Sala Langi added 7 points, 4 assists, 5 steals and no turnovers as UAA beat UAF for the 28th straight time ... for her efforts, Voliva was named the GNAC Player of the Week.
 
WINNING WAYS: At 204-21 (.907), the Seawolves have the second-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 129-12 – including 60-6 on the road – in GNAC regular-season and tournament games over the last seven conference seasons (since Dec. 2014) ... UAA's 24-game win streak from Jan. 25, 2020 to Dec. 14, 2021 had been the longest in NCAA Div. II and finished two short of tying the school record set by the 2016-17 club ... the 12 straight road wins finished as the third-longest string in program history ...UAA's Jan. 17 loss to MSU Billings ended school-record win streaks of 33 straight home games and 41 straight regular-season conference home games ... the Seawolves have gone a combined 203-18 (.919) in the last 15 seasons on their home courts, including 94-8 (.922) at the Alaska Airlines Center (since 2014-15) ... 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's run of six straight GNAC regular-season titles is the longest of any program – women's or men's – since the league was founded in 2001-02 ... UAA has recorded 25 wins for six straight seasons (excluding 2020-21) and has produced 16 20-win seasons in 44 years of program history ... the Seawolves have won 63 of their last 66 regular-season games against Div. II non-conference opponents ... UAA has clinched its 16th consecutive winning record and is aiming for its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance in its last 15 full seasons ... the Seawolves have won six of the 10 GNAC Tournament titles since the event started in 2011.
 
NIFTY NUMBERS: The Seawolves lead the GNAC stats in steals (12.9 spg) and turnover margin (+6.65), and rank second or third in eight other categories ... of 297 teams nationally, UAA ranks top-35 in steals (11th), turnover margin (13th), turnovers forced (15th, 22.9) and assists (34th, 15.8 apg) ... the Seawolves are attempting to finish top-10 nationally in steals for the eighth straight non-pandemic season in 2021-22, having led NCAA Div. II for four straight years from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
 
'WOLF BITES: A unanimous Preseason All-GNAC selection, Sr. F/C Tennae Voliva is proving the prognosticators correct with team-high averages in points (11.9 ppg, 12th in GNAC), rebounds (6.7 rpg, 10th), steals (2.2 spg, 3rd), blocks (0.6 bpg, 13th), FG% (.480, 12th) and FT% (.838, 2nd) ... with double-figure scoring in 11 of 12 GNAC games, including 75 points in four February outings, she has improved her league numbers to 14.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg, .500 FG and .846 FT ... on UAA's career lists, Voliva stands 7th in blocks (74), 12th in blocks per game (0.6), 12th in rebounds (582), 10th in games played (120), 18th in FG% (.488) and 6th in victories, sporting a 106-14 record in Green & Gold ... a three-time Academic All-GNAC honoree with a 3.89 undergrad GPA, Voliva was a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree as a junior in 2019-20, and she is a candidate again for Academic All-America with a 4.00 graduate GPA in clinical psychology ... Sr. F Sala Langi has continued her under-the-radar solid play in her final season, ranking top-4 on the team in scoring (7.8 ppg), rebounding (2.9 rpg), assists (1.9 apg), steals (1.7 spg, 17th in GNAC) and FT% (.760, 10th in GNAC) ... Langi joined Voliva on this year's Preseason All-GNAC Team and trails her by just one game on UAA's career victories list with 105 ...  Jr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich ranks 4th in 3FG% (.372 and 8th in and 3FGs per game (1.6) in the GNAC stats, tying for the second-most treys in Seawolf history with her 8 against UT Permian Basin ... the former Dimond High star now ranks in the top 20 in all UAA career 3FG categories, with 106 treys, 1.2 per game and a .355 3FG% ... Jr. PG Nicole Pinckney has taken her game to the next level in fifth season with the program ... the former Chugiak High star is 8th in the GNAC with 3.3 assists per game, 5th in assist-turnover ratio (1.7) and 13th in 3FGs per game (1.3), draining 5 of 10 treys for a career-high 21 points in the win at Northwest Nazarene ... Pinckney was the Most Outstanding Player of the Nov. 19-20 Seawolf Hoops Classic, totaling 23 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 steals and just 2 turnovers in 52 minutes ... So. G Rachel Ingram has drained at least one three pointer in seven straight and 10 of the last 11 games, ranking 7th in the GNAC-only stats with a .368 3FG% and 1.9 3FGs per game ... in less than two full seasons, the Colorado native has moved onto UAA's career top-20 lists in 3FGs made (15th, 105), 3FG% (14th, .358) and 3FGs per game (5th, 1.9) ... AA's career lists at 4th in 3FGs per game (1.9), 13th in 3FG% (.368) and 15th in 3FGs made (103) ... after scoring double figures three times in the first 15 games, Fr. G Jazzpher Evans has tallied at least 10 poitns in four of the last five contests ... the Quincy transfer has shot 50 percent or better in three of the last four games, and ranks among the GNAC leaders in steals (12th) with 1.6 spg.
 
MASTER OF MAYHEM: In his 10th season at UAA and 11th as a head coach, Ryan McCarthy currently stands No. 3 among NCAA Div. II coaches in career winning percentage at .827 ... 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), four GNAC Tournament titles, seven 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 2019-20, McCarthy earned his fourth consecutive GNAC Coach of the Year honor and fifth in the last six 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 240-40 (.857) at UAA and 254-53 (.827) overall, having served in an interim capacity at Northwest Nazarene in 2010-11 … McCarthy is assisted in 2020-21 by 10th-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 (1st season).
 
2021-22 SEAWOLF INDIVIDUAL HONORS
KIMANI FERNANDEZ
GNAC All-Academic Team
JAHNNA HAJDUKOVICH
GNAC All-Academic Team
Seawolf Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team
RACHEL INGRAM
GNAC All-Academic Team
STEPHANIE JACKSON
GNAC All-Academic Team
SALA LANGI
Preseason All-GNAC Team
NICOLE PINCKNEY
GNAC All-Academic Team
Seawolf Hoops Classic Most Outstanding Player
TENNAE VOLIVA
GNAC Player of the Week, Feb. 7-13
GNAC All-Academic Team
Preseason All-GNAC Team
 
UAA School Records Broken/Tied in 2021-22
INDIVIDUAL
Game
Most 3FGs Made, 2nd Half — 7 by Rachel Ingram at Montana State Billings, 1/27 (old record: 6 by Jenna Buchanan vs Cal St. Dominguez Hills, 10/31/15; by Jackie Thiel vs Kuyper, 1/3/09; and by Ingram at Warner Pacific, 3/23/21)
Most 3FGs Made, Half — 7 by Rachel Ingram at Montana State Billings, 1/27 (ties record by Maria Nilsson vs Saint Martin's [1st half], 2/3/07)
TEAM
Game
Most Points, 2nd Quarter — 31 at Hawaii Pacific, Dec. 14 (ties record set vs William Jewell, 10/30/15 at Anaheim)
Most Points, 2nd Quarter (road) — 31 at Hawaii Pacific, Dec. 14 (old record: 27, twice, last at Western Oregon, Jan. 5, 2017)
Fewest Points Allowed, 1st Quarter — 2 vs Winston-Salem State, Nov. 27 (old record: 4, four times)
Misc.
Consecutive Wins, Alaska Airlines Center – 33, 11/16/19 to 1/15/22 (old record: 16, 11/5/15 to 2/25/16)
Consecutive Conference Regular-Season Home Wins – 41, 11/30/16 to 1/15/22