THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
 
Thu., Jan. 19 – 6:30 pm AST – New P.E. Building – Monmouth, Ore.
Alaska Anchorage (11-5, 3-4 GNAC) at Western Oregon (7-8, 1-6 GNAC)
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Sat., Jan. 21 – 2 pm AST – Marcus Pavilion – Lacey, Wash.
Alaska Anchorage at Saint Martin's (5-10, 1-6 GNAC [Thu. vs UAF])
 
LIVE VIDEO: Thursday at youtube.com/watch?v=k9icOTeBo0k
                       Saturday at youtube.com/watch?v=F7IyH1ziejs
 
LIVE STATS: Thursday at wouwolves.com/sidearmstats/wbball
                      Saturday at smusaints.com/sidearmstats/wbball
 
SOCIAL MEDIA: Check the @UAAWBB Twitter feed for in-game updates.
 
UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2022-23 stats)
G—Nicole Pinckney, 5-5, Sr. (5.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 2.9 apg, 2.8/1 AT ratio)
G—Jahnna Hajdukovich, 5-8, Sr. (10.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.3 spg, .315 3FG)
G—Jazzpher Evans, 5-6, So. (9.1 apg, 2.6 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.7 spg, .415 FG)
F—Vishe' Rabb, 5-9, Sr. (16.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.4 apg, 2.0 spg, .328 3FG, .855 FT)
F—Kate Robertson, 6-2, So. (6.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.2 spg, .475 FG)
 
FIRST HALF FINISH: The Alaska Anchorage women's basketball team will complete the first half of the round-robin Great Northwest Athletic Conference schedule with games Thursday at Western Oregon (6:30 p.m. AST) and Saint Martin's (2 p.m.) this week ... each game will be critical, featuring teams currently on the outside of the GNAC Tournament playoff bubble.
 
SCOUTING REPORT: Western Oregon has lost four straight and eight of its last nine against Div. II competition, earning its lone GNAC win thus far with a 77-68 road decision over Saint Martin's on Dec. 31 ... the Wolves are led by Cali McClave (14.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.3 apg, 2.2 spg, .800 FT) and Princy Paaluhi-Caulk (12.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.7 spg, .771 FT) ... Saint Martin's snapped a four-game losing skid and picked up its first GNAC win Saturday with a 61-57 triumph at Simon Fraser ... the Saints are led by Anjel Galbraith (16.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 4.9 apg, 2.5 spg, .340 3FG) and Lauryn Morris (10.7 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, .465 FG, .781 FT).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES...
vs. WOU: UAA leads 39-8 overall, 19-3 in Monmouth
Streak: UAA 35
Last: UAA 66-65 (2/24/22 at UAA)
Notes: The current 35-game win streak is UAA's longest against any opponent in any sport ... UAA has won 18 of the last 22 games by double digits … the Seawolves have won 18 straight in Monmouth, including 73-65 last year ... WOU's last win came by a 64-58 score on Dec. 6, 2003 in Anchorage … UAA leads 35-5 in GNAC matchups (since 2001-02) and 18-0 under head coach Ryan McCarthy … teams have played each season since 1998-99 ... first meetings were in 1979-80.
 
vs. SMU: UAA leads 34-15 overall, 15-9 in Lacey
Streak: UAA 13
Last: UAA 66-58 (12/2/21 at SMU)
Notes: Teams met only once last year due to Covid ... UAA has won 24 of the last 28 meetings ... UAA's winning streak is its 4th-longest against any opponent ... SMU's last win came by a 58-48 count in the 2014 GNAC Tournament quarterfinals in Lacey ... UAA leads 27-12 in GNAC regular-season meetings and 15-3 under Ryan McCarthy … teams have played at least once per season since 1997-98.
 
ABOUT LAST WEEK: The Seawolves split their home contests last week, falling 71-47 to Central Washington on Jan. 12 and winning 68-58 against Northwest Nazarene on Jan. 14 ... in the first game, Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich led the way with 9 points (4-8 FG), 6 rebounds and 2 assists, but CWU outrebounded UAA 53-34 and led from start to finish, equalling the largest win by a visiting team at the Alaska Airlines Center ... facing a virtual must-win situation Saturday, Jr. G Hayley Berfield stepped up with her best game as a Seawolf, tallying 15 points (4-5 3FG) and career-highs of 7 rebounds and 4 assists to help fend off the Nighthawks ... So. F Kate Robertson had 12 points (6-9 FG) and Hajdukovich stuffed the stat sheet again with 8 points, 5 rebounds, a career-high-tying 5 assists and no turnovers.
 
SEAWOLVES BY THE NUMBERS: The Seawolves lead the nation in assist/turnover ratio at 1.42 and rank in the top 35 of the NCAA Div. II national stats in eight additional categories – 4th in fewest turnovers (12.0), 5th in turnover margin (+9.9), 17th in assists per game (17.0), 20th in steals per game (12.0), 22nd in 3FGs per game (8.4), 26th in turnovers forced (21.9) and 31st in offensive rebounding (14.8 orpg) ... UAA leads the GNAC stats in TO margin, A/T ratio, steals and offensive rebounding, while ranking 2nd in 3FGs/game and 3rd in scoring offense (72.9) and assists.
 
'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 10 of her 14 games and leading the way in rebounding eight 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 double figures all but twice and grabbed at least five rebounds in 13 of 14 contests ... Rabb ranks 4th in the GNAC stats in scoring with 16.2 ppg, along with 7th in rebounding (7.1 rpg), 4th in steals (2.0), 4th in FT% (.855) and 14th in 3FGs per game (1.6) ... a preseason All-GNAC pick along with Rabb, Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich is UAA's second-leading scorer with 10.1 ppg, and third-leading rebounder at 4.5 rpg ... the former Dimond High star has hit at least one trey in 14 of 16 games, including an impressive 8-of-13 display in the wins over William Jewell ... on UAA's career lists, the second-generation Seawolf now ranks 39th in scoring (677 pts), 7th in 3FGs made (145), 12th in 3FGs per game (1.3) and 17th in 3FG% (.349) ... 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 ranks 2nd in the GNAC and ranks 22nd nationally with a 2.8 A/T ratio, along with a league rank of 14th in assists (2.9 apg) ... Pinckney stands 17th on UAA's career list for 3FGs (100) and 15th in victories (91) ... So. F Kate Robertson has made a strong debut with 6.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg (9th GNAC) and 1.2 spg, while shooting .475 (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 15th in the GNAC with 1.6 3FGs/gm, while on UAA's career top-20 lists she stands 9th in 3FGs/gm (1.74) and 8th in 3FGs made (136) ... So. G Jazzpher Evans tallied double figures for the fourth time this year and scored her most points as a Seawolf in the win at Simon Fraser ... the Chicago native and Quincy University transfer has recorded multiple field goals in every game this season and had eight multi-steal games, ranking 10th in the GNAC with 1.7 spg ... UAA got a major piece of its lineup back recently as Sr. F Kimani Fernandez returned from a preseason foot injury to post 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks at UAF ... a key reserve on UAA's NCAA Tournament squads in 2019, 2020 and 2022, the Hawaii native ranks 19th on UAA's career FG% list at .479 and is 36th in total rebounds with 358 ... other Seawolves among the GNAC stats leaders include So. F Tubby Tovia at 4th in A/T ratio (2.3), Fr. G Elaina Mack at 11th in 3FG% (.357), and Jr. G Anaiah Moore at 12th in assists (3.0 apg), 8th in A/T ratio (2.1) and 15th in steals (1.5 spg).
 
WINNING WAYS: At 218-29 (.883), 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 136-18 – including 64-9 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 210-20 (.913) in the last 16 seasons on their home courts, including 101-10 (.910) 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 70 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 .817 ... 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 255-48 (.842) at UAA and 269-61 (.815) 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 & at Bethesda, Dec. 19 (old record: 40 vs Kuyper College, 1/3/09 & at St. Andrews, 10/29/19)
Most Steals, Road Game — 28 at Bethesda, Dec.19 (old record of 25 at BYU-Hawaii [11/19/13] also broken at La Sierra on Nov. 6)