Jan. 20, 2015
Contact: Nathan Webber
(503)305-8756/[email protected]
ROOT SPORTS Game of the Week: MSUB at Western Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. – The third of five GNAC women’s
basketball games shown on ROOT SPORTS will air
Saturday, Jan. 24 at 3 p.m. Pacific when Western
Oregon hosts Montana State Billings.
These two schools will be making their 2015 debut on
the network.
Montana State Billings (10-7, 2-5 GNAC) just halted a
four-game slide against the top teams in the GNAC with
a convincing 22-point win over Northwest Nazarene
Saturday.
The 2013-14 regular season conference champions are
one of five teams to have double-figure wins at this
point of the season.
The Yellowjackets Kayleen Goggins is second in the
GNAC, and 27th nationally, in scoring at 19.6 points per
game while sophomore Alisha Breen ranks in the top six
in the conference in scoring and rebounding.
Western Oregon has struggled to put the ball through
the hoop this season, averaging 60.9 points per game,
but still boasts a strong defensive unit allowing just 68
points a contest.
The Wolves have been without one of their top players,
and the GNAC’s, the past few weeks in Dana Goularte,
who has been sidelined by an ankle injury. Goularte is
the fifth leading scorer in the conference and is one of
only two Wolves to be averaging double-digit scoring
figures.
Underclassmen Jordan Mottershaw and Sami Osborne
have been picking up the slack since the injury,
combining for nearly half of the Wolves points and a
third of their assists the past four games.
The last time these two teams met in Monmouth was
Feb. 20 of last year when the Yellowjackets held the No.
25 ranking in the country. MSUB won the game 77-67.
Montana State Billings holds the GNAC series record
winning 11 of 14 games played. The Wolves last win
against MSUB at home was in the 2012-13 season.
Before Saturday’s matchup, the Yellowjackets travel to
Saint Martin’s while the Wolves host conference coleader Seattle Pacific Thursday.
Standings and Schedule
GNAC
Team
#3 Alaska Anchorage
#8 Seattle Pacific
Western Washington
Simon Fraser
Alaska
Central Washington
MSU Billings
Northwest Nazarene
Saint Martin’s
Western Oregon
Overall
W
6
6
5
5
4
4
2
2
1
1
W
L
16 1
14 1
11 5
9 6
12 5
9 7
10 7
4 13
4 11
4 11
L
1
1
2
2
3
4
5
6
6
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UPCOMING GAMES
THURSDAY, JAN. 22
Western Washington at Alaska Anchorage, 5:15 p.m.
Simon Fraser at Alaska, 5:15 p.m.
Montana State Billings at Saint Martin’s, 7 p.m.
Seattle Pacific at Western Oregon, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
Central Washington at Northwest Nazarene, 2 p.m.
*Montana State Billings at Western Oregon, 3 p.m.
Western Washington at Alaska, 5:15 p.m.
Simon Fraser at Alaska Anchorage, 5:15 p.m.
Seattle Pacific at Saint Martin’s, 7 p.m.
*ROOT SPORTS Game of the Week
Around the GNAC
Simon Fraser head coach Bruce Langford became the Clan’s
all-time wins leader after their 76-56 home win over Saint
Martin’s Saturday. With 365 victories, Langford surpasses
his predecessor, Allison McNeill, who raked up 364 victories
in her tenure. Langford, who is in his 14th year coaching the
Clan, has seven 30+ winning seasons and five CIS national
championships.
Three GNAC players are at the door of joining the 1,000 point club. MSUB’s Quinn Peoples, Central Washington’s
Courtney Johnson and Seattle Pacific’s Aubree Callen are all
within 80 points of the feat.
Western Washington’s Sydney Donaldson was selected as
the GNAC Player of the Week after her 41 point, 17
rebound performances against WOU and Saint Martin’s.
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