THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
 
Sat., Jan. 7 – 3 pm AST – Patty Center – Fairbanks, Alaska
Alaska Anchorage (10-3, 2-2 GNAC) at Alaska Fairbanks (3-8, 0-4 GNAC)
 
LIVE VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=1K7K9H_W7vc
LIVE STATS: alaskananooks.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. (5.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 3.3 apg, 3.8/1 AT ratio)
G—Jahnna Hajdukovich, 5-8, Sr. (10.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.3 spg, .356 3FG)
G—Jazzpher Evans, 5-6, So. (9.3 apg, 2.8 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.6 spg, .415 FG)
F—Vishe' Rabb, 5-9, Sr. (16.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.1 spg, .427 FG, .349 3FG, .868 FT)
F—Kate Robertson, 6-2, So. (6.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.3 spg, .487 FG)
 
FAIRBANKS FORAY: Looking to go above .500 in the GNAC for the first time this season, the Alaska Anchorage women's basketball team makes its annual trek north to face Alaska Fairbanks at the Patty Center ... Saturday's game tips at 3 p.m. and can be seen for free on YouTube.
 
SCOUTING THE NANOOKS: Alaska Fairbanks has posted one victory over fellow NCAA Div. II competition this year, beating Salem (W.Va.) 80-64 on Nov. 26 at home ... the Nanooks are led by Emma McKenney (16.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.4 apg, .519 FG, .569 3FG, .841 FT) and Ellen Silva (11.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.1 bpg, .607 FG, .750 FT).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES...
vs. UAF: UAA leads 74-30 overall, 27-23 in Fairbanks
Streak: UAA 28
Last: UAA 74-62 (2-12-22 at UAF)
Notes: UAA's current win streak is the longest in the series and the Seawolves' 2nd-longest against any program … UAF's last win was an 85-83 overtime decision, Jan. 27, 2007 in Fairbanks ... the last neutral-court meeting was a 65-62 UAF win at the Pac West Conference Tournament, Feb. 25, 1999 … UAA has won 15 straight and 27 of the last 28 meetings by double digits (+26.7 margin) ... UAA leads 33-7 in GNAC regular-season meetings and 18-0 under Ryan McCarthy … teams have played at least twice per season since 1979-80, not counting the basically non-existent 2020-21 campaign.
 
BORDER BLOWOUTS: The Seawolves went 1-1 on their first GNAC road trip of the season last week, losing 104-51 at No. 8 Western Washington on Thursday before rebouding with an 86-69 triumph at Simon Fraser on New Year's Eve day ... in the first game, Sr. F Vishe' Rabb scored a team-high 13 points but there were few positives as UAA suffered its third-worst loss ever to an NCAA Div. II competitor and its worst since 2001 ... on Saturday, So. G Jazzpher Evans scored a UAA career-best 17 points and Rabb added 13 points, 9 rebounds a 6 steals to help UAA surge past SFU in the second half in Burnaby ... Sr. G Rachel Ingram had 15 points (5-10 FG, 3-7 3FG) and Sr. PG Nicole Pinckney tallied 8 points (4-4 FG) as the Seawolves shot season-highs of .464 FG and .842 FT.
 
SEAWOLVES BY THE NUMBERS: The Seawolves dropped out of the WBCA (coaches) NCAA Div. II top-25 poll this week for the first time this season, although they remain in the D2SIDA West Region poll at No. 8 ... the Seawolves lead NCAA Div. II with a 1.43 assist-turnover ratio and rank in the top 30 in seven additional categories – 5th in turnover margin (+10.6) and turnovers per game (11.9), 12th in 3FGs per game (9.2), 18th in assists per game (17.0), 21st in steals per game (12.5), 24th in scoring offense (76.5 ppg) and 27th in turnovers forced per game (22.5) ... UAA leads the GNAC stats in four categories – TO margin, A/T ratio, steals and and offensive reboudnds per game (14.4), while ranking 2nd in 3FGs/game and 3rd in scoring offense 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 13 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 once and grabbed at least five rebounds in all 13 contests, with her 15 boards against La Sierra the most for a Seawolf since Nov. 2014 ... Rabb ranks 4th in the GNAC stats in scoring with 16.9 ppg, along with 7th in rebounding (7.4 rpg), 4th in steals (2.1), 5th in FT% (.868, 40th nationally) and 14th in 3FGs per game (1.7) ... a preseason All-GNAC pick along with Rabb, Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich is UAA's second-leading scorer with 10.6 ppg, and third-leading rebounder at 4.1 rpg ... the former Dimond High star has hit at least one trey in 12 of 13 games, including an impressive 8-of-13 display in the wins over William Jewell ... Hajdukovich holds GNAC ranks of 20th in scoring, 10th in 3FGs per game (2.0) and 15th in 3FG% (.356) ... on UAA's career lists, Hajdukovich now ranks 40th in scoring (653 pts), 7th in 3FGs made (142), 12th in 3FGs per game (1.33) and 15th in 3FG% (.358) ... 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 GNAC and ranks 10th nationally with a 3.9 A/T ratio, along with a league rank of 8th in assists (3.3 apg), posting at least a 2-1 A/T ratio in 11 of 13 games ... Pinckney stands 17th on UAA's career lists in 3FGs (98) and 15th in victories (90) ... So. F Kate Robertson has made a strong debut with 6.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg (10th GNAC) and 1.3 spg, while shooting .487 (11th 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 14th in in the GNAC with 1.7 3FGs/gm, while on UAA's career top-20 lists she stands 7th in 3FGs/gm (1.8) and 8th in 3FGs made (133) ... So. G Jazzpher Evans tallied double figures for the fourth time this year and scored her most points as a Seawolf in last week's win at Simon Fraser ... the Chicago native and Quincy University transfer has recorded multiple field goals in every game this season and six multi-steal games, ranking 12th in the GNAC with 1.5 spg ... other Seawolves among the GNAC stats leaders include So. F Tubby Tovia at 2nd in A/T ratio (3.7, 13th nationally), Fr. G Elaina Mack at 10th in 3FG% (.400) and 18th in 3FGs/gm (1.5), So. F Kate Robertson at 10th in rebounding (6.5 rpg) and 11th in FG% (.487), and Jr. G Anaiah Moore at 8th in assists (2.1 apg), 8th in A/T ratio (2.1) and 16th in steals (1.6 spg).
 
WINNING WAYS: At 217-27 (.889), 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 135-16 – including 64-8 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 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 .820 ... 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 254-46 (.847) at UAA and 268-59 (.820) 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)