THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
 
Thur., Feb. 9 – 5 pm AST – Johnson Sports Center – Nampa, Idaho
Alaska Anchorage (14-7, 6-6 GNAC) at Northwest Nazarene (9-12, 5-8 GNAC)
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Sat., Feb. 11 – 3 pm AST – Nicholson Pavilion – Ellensburg, Wash.
Alaska Anchorage at Central Washington (16-6, 8-5 GNAC [Thu. vs UAF])
 
LIVE VIDEO: Thursday at youtube.com/watch?v=xGizgQvGavc
                       Saturday at youtube.com/c/cwuathletics
 
LIVE STATS: Thursday at nnusports.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
                       Saturday at wildcatsports.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. (6.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 3.0 apg, 3/1 AT ratio)
G—Jahnna Hajdukovich, 5-8, Sr. (11.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.2 spg, .361 3FG)
G—Jazzpher Evans, 5-6, So. (9.4 apg, 2.5 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.8 spg, .414 FG)
F—Vishe' Rabb, 5-9, Sr. (14.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.1 spg, .819 FT)
F—Kate Robertson, 6-2, So. (6.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.1 apg, 1.1 spg, .444 FG)
 
HARD ROAD AHEAD: In fifth place in the GNAC standings, the Alaska Anchorage women's basketball team begins a difficult stretch to end the regular season this week, facing road games at Northwest Nazarene on Thursday (5 p.m. AST) and Central Washington on Saturday (3 p.m. AST) ... with four of their last six contests on the road, the Seawolves are in need of victories to qualify for the GNAC Tournament (Mar. 2-4 in Bellingham, Wash.), which will feature the top six regular-season finishers in the 10-team league.
 
SCOUTING REPORT: After starting 6-2, Northwest Nazarene has fallen out of the playoff race with a 3-10 mark since Dec. 17 ... entering Thursday with five losses in their last six games, the Nighthawks are led by Jordan Pinson (11.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.6 spg, .759 FT) and Clare Eubanks (11.0 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 0.9 bpg, .466 FG) ... vying for a repeat NCAA Tournament trip, Central Washington has won five of its last seven, with the only losses in that span against league leaders WWU and MSUB ... the Wildcats are led by All-America candidate Samantha Bowman (20.3 ppg, 14.7 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.4 bpg, .565 FG, .723 FT) and Valerie 'Sunshine' Huerta (18.4 ppg, 3.3 apg, .440 3FG, .863 FT).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES...
vs. NNU: UAA leads 32-17 overall, 11-10 in Nampa
Streak: UAA 6
Last: UAF 68-58 (1/14/23 at UAA)
Notes: UAA is aiming for its third straight season sweep and third straight win in Nampa ... the Seawolves won 76-72 last year at NNU ... UAA leads 27-14 in GNAC regular-season meetings and 16-6 under head coach Ryan McCarthy, an NNU alum … series started in 2000-01 when both teams were in the Pacific West Conference.
 
vs. CWU: UAA leads 37-17 overall, 15-8 in Ellensburg
Streak: CWU 2
Last: CWU 71-47 (1/12/23 at UAA)
Notes: Teams have met three straight seasons in the GNAC Tournament semifinals ... prior to CWU's current streak, UAA had won 30 of the previous 31 meetings, including a 19-game streak from 2013-22 ... UAA has won 14 straight in Ellensburg since a 58-52 CWU win, Jan. 18, 2007 ... UAA leads 30-11 in GNAC regular-season meetings and 18-3 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.
 
'NOOKS COOKED: The Seawolves avenged an earlier loss to in-state rival Alaska Fairbanks with a dominant 69-39 victory in their lone game last week at the Alaska Airlines Center ... Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich scored all 14 of her points in the opening half as UAA led 34-12 at the break and cruised from there ... So. G Jazzpher Evans had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and no turnovers, Sr. G Rachel Ingram tallied 9 points (3-7 3FG), and Jr. PG Anaiah Moore recorded 5 asssits and a career-high 5 steals as UAA beat UAF for the 29th time in 30 meetings, holding the visitors to .234 FG shooting.
 
SEAWOLVES BY THE NUMBERS: The Seawolves leadthe nation in assist/turnover ratio and rank in the top 30 of the NCAA Div. II national stats in seven additional categories – 4th in fewest turnovers per game (12.1), 5th in turnover margin (+9.4) 15th in assists per game (17.0), 17th in steals per game (11.9), 26th in offensive rebounds per game (14.8), 27th in turnovers forced per game (21.5) and 25th in 3FGs per game (8.1) ... 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.), Sr. F Vishe' Rabb has made a huge impact thus far, pacing UAA in scoring in 10 of her 19 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 four times and grabbed at least five rebounds in 17 of 19 contests ... Rabb ranks 7th in the GNAC stats in scoring with 14.6 ppg, along with 9th in rebounding (6.2 rpg), 5th in steals (2.1) and 8th in FT% (.819) ... a preseason All-GNAC pick along with Rabb, Sr. G Jahnna Hajdukovich is UAA's second-leading scorer with 11.1 ppg, and third-leading rebounder at 4.5 rpg ... the former Dimond High star has hit at least one trey in 19 of 21 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 16th in scoring, 6th in 3FGs per game (2.1) and 12th in 3FG% (.361), while on UAA's career lists the second-generation Seawolf now ranks 35th in scoring (748 pts), 7th in 3FGs made (160), 12th in 3FGs per game (1.4), 15th in 3FG% (.359), 13th in games played (115) and 14th in victories (96) ... 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 4th nationally with a 3.0 A/T ratio, along with a league rank of 13th in assists (3.0 apg) ... Pinckney stands 16th on UAA's career list for 3FGs (105), 15th in games played (114) and 15th in victories (94) ... So. F Kate Robertson has made a strong debut with 6.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg (8th GNAC) and 1.1 spg, while shooting .444 (15th 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 2nd in the GNAC in offensive rebounding with 3.1 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 15th in the GNAC with 1.4 3FGs/gm, while on UAA's career top-20 lists she stands 10th in 3FGs/gm (1.7) and 8th in 3FGs made (141) ... So. G Jazzpher Evans tallied double figures for the season-high third straight time with 10 points last week against UAF ... the Chicago native and Quincy University transfer has recorded multiple field goals in every game this season and had 12 multi-steal games, ranking 6th in the GNAC with 1.8 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 19th on UAA's career FG% list at .474 and is 33rd in total rebounds with 377 ... other Seawolves among the GNAC stats leaders include Fr. G Elaina Mack at 10th in 3FG% (.379), and Jr. G Anaiah Moore at 14th in assists (2.9 apg), 4th in A/T ratio (2.2) and 16th in steals (1.4 spg).
 
WINNING WAYS: UAA is a combined 139-20 – including 65-10 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 212-21 (.910) in the last 16 seasons on their home courts, including 103-11 (.904) 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 .812 ... 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 258-50 (.838) at UAA and 272-63 (.812) 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)