SPU before losing to CWU. The Clan complete the week
Saturday at Dominican.
off the bench to score 24 points, making nine of 10 shots.
He also led CWU in rebounds (11) and blocked shots (7).
His last basket with one second half came on a dunk to
break a 68-68 tie in Saturday’s 70-68 win over Academy of
Art.
Alaska Anchorage (0-4) hosts Northwest Indian for a pair
of games Friday and Saturday before hosting the Great
Alaska Shootout next week.
2014-15 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS: Seattle Pacific (Nov.
14-15) – Cory Hutson, SPU; Mitch Penner, SPU; Jordan
Russell, CWU; Joseph Stroud, CWU. Dominican (Nov. 1415) – Antoine Hosley, MSUB. Sonoma State (Nov. 14-15) –
Brian McGill, UAA. Western Washington Randall (Nov.
14-15) – Jeffrey Parker, WWU (MVP); Anye Turner, WWU;
Joey Schreiber, WWU; Erik Kinney, NNU.
Meanwhile, Northwest Nazarene (1-1) entertains Montana
Northern Friday and Westminster Saturday. Both games
will be played in Caldwell, Idaho on the campus of College
of Idaho.
Western Washington (2-2) completes its three-game road
trip to Puerto Rico with an exhibition game against
American University – Puerto Rico. The Vikings lost the
first two games of th e trip to fall to 2-2.
Team Notes
Alaska: After splitting a pair of exhibitions with Trinity
International last weekend, the Nanooks will be the last
GNAC team to officially open its 2014-15 season this week
when they host the GCI Alaska Invitational.
Montana State Billings (0-4) lost games at Dixie State and
to Rocky Mountain earlier this week and is off until
Tuesday when it hosts Great Falls.
Offense A Plenty For Clan
Alaska Anchorage: Brian McGill earned all-tournament
honors at Rohnert Park, scoring 35 points and passing for
seven assists. The Seawolves also got 28 points from
Travis Thompson in the Sonoma State Invitational.
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Thompson now has 1,251 career points, ranking 34 in
GNAC history.
Though they haven’t played a NCAA team yet, Simon
Fraser has put up historic offensive numbers in its first
three games.
The Clan has produced three of the top four point totals in
GNAC history, including 160 and 135 against Northwest
Indian and 147 against Douglas College. The old record
was 136 by Northwest Nazarene against Multnomah in
2008.
Central Washington: Jordan Russell scored 28 points, 24
of them from the arc (8-of-17), as the Wildcats debuted
with two victories. Joseph Stroud made nine-of-10 and
had 24 points and seven blocks. His dunk in the final
second after a steal was the difference in Saturday’s 70-68
win over Academy of Art. Both players earned alltournament honors.
The Clan has also had the three highest field goal totals
(62. 62 and 56) in GNAC history. SFU has launched 334
shots (111.3 per game).
Montana State Billings: The Yellowjackets lost a pair of
single-digit decisions in the Dominican GNAC/PacWest
Challenge. Antoine Hosley earned all-tourney honors
scoring 34 points.
Only once previous has a GNAC team taken more than 95
shots in a game.
GNAC Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week
Nov. 10-16
Northwest Nazarene: Erik Kinney earned all-tournament
honors in the WWU Chuck Randall Classic scoring 34
points and hauling in 15 rebounds as the Crusaders split
two contests. Kinney made 10 of 21 shots and 14 of 18
free throws. Mike Wright had 14 assists for NNU.
Player
Jeffrey Parker, Western Washington
Joseph Stroud, Central Washington
Players of the Week – Week By Week
Saint Martin’s: Tyler Copp scored 29 points and three
other players – Will Bond, Isaac Bianchini and Ryan Rogers
– each scored 18 as the Saints opened their season with
two losses. Trey Ingram led the Saints with 11 assists and
Rogers had 11 rebounds.
Nov. 10-16 – Jeffrey Parker, Western Washington (F, 6-6,
So., Richmond, CA – Salesian) and Joseph Stroud, Central
Washington (F, 6-8, Jr., Las Vegas, NV – Sierra Visa/Pierce
College) ... Parker scored 43 points and also had 18
rebounds leading the Vikings to two wins in the 13th Chuck
Randall Classic. Parker made seven of 17 3-pointers and
shot 51.7 percent overall, cashing in on 15-of-29. He was
named the tournament’s MVP ... Stroud earned alltournament honors leading the Wildcats to two wins in
the Seattle Pacific Sodexo Tip-Off tournament. He came
Seattle Pacific: The Falcons lost their season opener for
the first time in nine years, but bounced back from a 70-67
loss to Academy of Art to earn a split in the Sodexo Classic
at Brougham Pavilion. Cory Hutsen and Mitch Penner
earned all-tournament honors as both players scored 31
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