THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
 
Thur., Feb. 23 – 6:30 pm AST – Brougham Pavilion – Seattle, Wash.
Alaska Anchorage (16-9, 8-8 GNAC) at Seattle Pacific (13-11, 8-8 GNAC)
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Sat., Feb. 25 – 5:30 pm AST – Alterowitz Gymnasium – Billings, Mont.
Alaska Anchorage at Montana State Billings (22-5, 13-3 GNAC [Thu. vs UAF])
 
LIVE VIDEO: Thursday at youtube.com/watch?v=PG0HqfwAl8Q
                       Saturday at youtube.com/watch?v=BuZ5NTxdXfU
 
LIVE STATS: Thursday at spufalcons.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
                       Saturday at msubsports.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
 
SOCIAL MEDIA: Check the @UAAWBB Twitter feed for in-game updates.
 
UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2022-23 stats)
G—Nicole Pinckney, 5-5, Sr. (5.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 2.7/1 A/T ratio)
G—Jahnna Hajdukovich, 5-8, Sr. (11.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.2 spg, .368 3FG)
G—Jazzpher Evans, 5-6, So. (9.5 apg, 2.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.9 spg, .429 FG)
F—Vishe' Rabb, 5-9, Jr. (16.4 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.7 apg, 2.0 spg, .854 FT)
F—Kate Robertson, 6-2, So. (6.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.1 spg, .475 FG)
 
GNAC CHASE CONCLUDES: The Alaska Anchorage women's basketball team ends the regular season with tough road tests against Seattle Pacific (Thur., 6:30 pm AST) and No. 22 Montana State Billings (Sat., 5:30 pm AST) ... currently tied with SPU for fourth in the standings, the Seawolves need at least one win or a Simon Fraser loss Thursday at Western Washington in order to qualify for the six-team GNAC Championships, Mar. 2-4 in Bellingham, Wash.
 
SCOUTING REPORT: After a hot start to GNAC play, Seattle Pacific has gone 3-7 since Jan. 14 and finds itself in a four-way battle with UAA, Simon Fraser and Northwest Nazarene for three of the four remaining GNAC Tourney bids ... the Falcons are led by Ashley Alter (15.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 spg, .787 FT) and Natalie Hoff (10.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg, .827 FT) ... ranked No. 22 in the top-25 coaches' poll and No. 21 in the media poll, Montana State Billings enters Thursday's game against UAF with a mathematical chance to share the GNAC regular-season title ... the Yellowjackets are led by Taryn Shelley (11.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, .500 FG) and Dyauni Boyce (11.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.9 apg, .345 3FG).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES...
vs. SPU: UAA leads 37-36 overall, trails 22-13 in Seattle
Streak: UAA 8
Last: UAA 62-54 (12/3/22 at UAA)
Notes: UAA has won five straight in Seattle, including three games last season due to pandemic-induced schedule quirks ... UAA leads 20-19 in GNAC regular-season meetings, after SPU took the first 11 encounters … UAA leads 18-2 under head coach Ryan McCarthy ... SPU is UAA's 2nd-most common opponent, squaring off at least once per season (excluding 2020-21) since 1990-91 … series started in 1979-80.
 
vs. MSUB: UAA leads 38-30 overall, tied 16-16 in Billings
Streak: MSUB 3
Last: UAA 69-61 (1/19/23 at WOU)
Notes: UAA has not beaten MSUB since an 83-69 victory in Billings, Feb. 13, 2020 ... MSUB swept last year's season series and earned its first consecutive wins over UAA since joining the GNAC in 2007-08 ... UAA leads 24-5 in GNAC regular-season meetings and 15-6 under Ryan McCarthy ... MSUB is UAA's 3rd-most common opponent (behind UAF and SPU), despite splitting into different leagues from 2002-07 … teams played twice yearly from 1984-85 to 2000-01 as members of the Pac West and Continental Divide conferences.
 
SAFE AT HOME: The Seawolves held serve in their Alaska Airlines Center finales last week, earning double-digit victories over Saint Martin's (76-63) and Western Oregon (80-58) ... in the first contest, Jr. F Vishe' Rabb delivered her third double-double with 25 points (9-18 FG, 6-6 FT), 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich scored all 18 of her points during 33-19 third-quarter surge ... So. G Jazzpher Evans added 9 points (2-2 3FG, 3-4 FT) and 3 assists and So. F Kate Robertson had 5 rebounds and 3 assists as UAA recroded most points in a quarter at the Alaska Airlines Center ... on Saturday, Rabb clinched her second GNAC Player of the Week honor with 29 points (9-14 FG, 2-3 3FG, 9-10 FT), 5 rebounds and 4 assists in a rout of the Wolves ... Evans had 13 points, Robertson tallied 12 points and 3 assists, and Hajdukovich had 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals as UAA extended the longest win streak in program history to 37 straight against WOU.
 
SEAWOLVES BY THE NUMBERS: The Seawolves rank top 35 in seven NCAA Div. II national stats categories, including top-10 marks in A/T ratio (7th, 1.30), turnover margin (6th, 8.2) and fewest turnovers per game (13.0) ... UAA is also 18th in steals (11.6 spg), 15th in assists (16.9 apg), 25th in turnovers forced per game (21.2), 41st in offensive rebounds per game (14.0) and 31st in 3FGs per game (7.9) ... UAA leads the GNAC stats in TO margin, A/T ratio, steals and offensive rebounding, while ranking 3rd in 3FGs and assists per game.
 
'WOLF BITES: A second-team All-NSIC performer last season at Augustana (S.D.), Jr. F Vishe' Rabb has made a huge impact thus far, pacing UAA in scoring in 13 of her 23 games and leading the way in rebounding 10 times ... a two-time GNAC Player of the Week and the ASRC/Great Alaska Shootout Most Outstanding Player, the Minnesota native has scored double figures all but four times and grabbed at least five rebounds in 20 of 23 contests ... Rabb ranks 5th in the GNAC stats in scoring with 16.4 ppg, along with 9th in rebounding (6.1 rpg), 5th in steals (2.0) and 2nd in FT% (.854) ... a preseason All-GNAC pick along with Rabb, Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich is UAA's second-leading scorer with 11.3 ppg, and third-leading rebounder at 4.6 rpg ... the former Dimond High star has hit at least one trey in 23 of 25 games, including an impressive 8-of-13 display in the wins over William Jewell and a 7-of-9 showing at Western Oregon ... Hajdukovich has risen to GNAC ranks of 15th in scoring, 6th in 3FGs per game (2.1) and 13th in 3FG% (.368), while on UAA's career lists the second-generation Seawolf now ranks 31st in scoring (797 pts), 6th in 3FGs made (168), 12th in 3FGs per game (1.4), 14th in 3FG% (.361), 13th in games played (119) and 12th in victories (98) ... 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 7th nationally with a 2.7 A/T ratio, along with a league rank of 13th in assists (2.8 apg) ... Pinckney stands 14th on UAA's career list for 3FGs (107), 14th in games played (118) and 15th in victories (96) ... So. F Kate Robertson has made a strong debut with 6.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg (8th GNAC) and 1.1 spg, while shooting .475 (7th GNAC) from the field ... the Casper (Wyo.) College transfer had her first double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against HPU, and she currently ranks 3rd in the GNAC in offensive rebounding with 2.8 orpg ... 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 19th in the GNAC with 1.2 3FGs/gm, while on UAA's career top-20 lists she stands 10th in 3FGs/gm (1.6) and 8th in 3FGs made (142) ... So. G Jazzpher Evans tallied double figures for the fifth time in the last seven games with 13 points against WOU on Saturday ... the Chicago native and Quincy University transfer has recorded multiple field goals in all but one game this season and has 16 multi-steal games, ranking 6th in the GNAC with 1.9 spg ... UAA got a major piece of its lineup in January when Sr. F Kimani Fernandez returned from a preseason foot injury ... a key reserve on UAA's NCAA Tournament squads in 2019, 2020 and 2022, the Hawaii native ranks 20th on UAA's career FG% list at .471 and is 33rd in total rebounds with 392 ... other Seawolves among the GNAC stats leaders include Fr. G Elaina Mack at 10th in 3FG% (.369), and Jr. G Anaiah Moore at 18th in assists (2.6 apg) and 6th in A/T ratio (1.9).
 
WINNING WAYS: UAA is a combined 141-22 – including 65-12 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 214-21 (.911) in the last 16 seasons on their home courts, including 105-11 (.905) 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 among active the top five NCAA Div. II coaches in career winning percentage at .808 ... 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 260-52 (.833) at UAA and 274-65 (.808) 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
KIMANI FERNANDEZ
GNAC All-Academic Team (team-high 3.77 GPA)
JAHNNA HAJDUKOVICH
ASRC/ConocoPhillips Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team
Preseason All-GNAC Team
GNAC All-Academic Team
RACHEL INGRAM
GNAC All-Academic Team (team-high 3.77 GPA)
NICOLE PINCKNEY
ASRC/ConocoPhillips Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team
GNAC All-Academic 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)
Most Points, 3rd Qtr ­— 33 vs Saint Martin's, Feb. 16 (old record: 32 vs New Hope Christian, 1/5/15)
Most Points, Any Quarter, Home Game — 33 vs Saint Martin's, Feb. 16 (ties record set vs Holy Names, 1/17/17)