ELLENSBURG, Wash. (Mar. 8) – Junior guard Senya Rabouin scored 16 points, but the hot shooting of No. 24 Western Washington was too much to overcome Friday for the Alaska Anchorage women's basketball team in a 75-60 loss in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships semifinals at Nicholson Pavilion.

The 3rd-seeded Seawolves (19-9) also got 12 points on 4-of-7 three-point shooting from Elaina Mack, but were outrebounded 33-26 and outshot .521 to .385 from the field.

The 2nd-seeded Vikings (22-6) were led by 24 points on 8-of-9 three-point shooting from junior guard Riley Dykstra, who broke the tournament record and tied her program's record for threes in a game. Guard Stephanie Peterson had 17 points, while senior center Brooke Walling collected 12 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.

"We came out a little flat, but what cost us was not getting the closeouts defensively on their shooters in the first half," said UAA head coach Ryan McCarthy, whose team sits on the NCAA Tournament bubble at No. 8 in the West Region rankings. "Once we recovered and got into our rhythm offensively, we just couldn't get the stops we needed defensively."

After sweeping the two regular-season meetings with the Vikings, the Seawolves found themselves playing catch-up all day. Dykstra led a three-point parade that featured seven straight swishes to start the game, giving the region's No.4-ranked squad a 25-14 lead after one quarter.

Walling and Dykstra scored on the final possession of the first half and the first possession of the second half as Western pushed its largest lead to 52-32 midway through the third quarter.

UAA would answer with a 15-5 surge capped by a Mia Ross three-pointer, but the Seawolves failed on their next three possessions to slice it to a single-digit game.

A Second Team All-GNAC selection, Rabouin was 6 of 6 at the foul stripe and had two assists, two steals and no turnovers, while Ross finished with seven points and two assists.

Junior guard Ja'Niah Alexander added six  points (6-6 FT), three assists, two steals and no turnovers for UAA, which broke the old program record of 12-of-12 free-throw shooting for the second time in three games. The Seawolves finished 13 of 13 at the line, breaking the GNAC Tournament record and trailing only their 16-of-16 performance from six days ago in an overtime win over Montana State Billings in the school annals.

The Seawolves must wait until the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ADT to learn whether they qualify of the NCAA West Regional Championships.