FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Alaska will wrap up the 2011-12 women's basketball season on Saturday night when it travels South to take on in-state rival and eighth-ranked Alaska Anchorage at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Nanooks bring in a 6-21 overall record with a 2-15 mark in the GNAC, while the Seawolves are 24-4 on the year and 15-2 in the GNAC. UAA has already wrapped up the regular-season title and will be the top seed at next weekend's GNAC Championship.
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Last week, the Nanooks dropped a 90-81 decision at Western Oregon, before falling 66-58 at Saint Martin's in their final two-game road trip of the season.
On Feb. 16 at WOU,
Nicole Bozek led the team with 25 points and seven rebounds. She went 15 of 16 from the free throw line, which set new career highs for both made free throws and attempts.
Nicole Hartzog had 19 points and a career-high seven rebounds, while
Autumn Greene contributed 16 points and six steals. Two nights later at SMU, Hartzog, Bozek and Greene each tallied 11 points, while
Taylor Altenburg had 10 points.
In the GNAC rankings, Bozek is the league's third-leading scorer (16.3 ppg), while ranking third in free throw percentage (.842), sixth in blocks (0.8 bpg) and seventh in rebounding (7.7 rpg).
Hartzog is the top-scoring freshman in the conference with 11.3 points per game as well as ranking second in the entire league in steals (2.6 spg) and fifth in free throw percentage (.816).
Altenburg ranks eighth in free throw percentage (.798) and
Kelly Logue is seventh in steals (1.8 spg) while Greene is 10th in the same category (1.6 spg).
As a team, Alaska is third in free throw percentage (.754) as it has tallied the most points in the league from the line with 519 made, which is 145 ahead of the next team (UAA). It also grabs 10.5 steals per game, which also ranks third.
Game 26: Alaska (
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When: Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.
Where: Anchorage, Alaska (Wells Fargo Sports Complex)
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About UAA: Located in Anchorage, the University of Alaska Anchorage was founded in 1977 and has an enrollment of 20,242 students. The Seawolves enter Saturday with a 24-4 record, a 15-2 mark in the GNAC and a No. 8 ranking in the latest national poll.
UAA averages 78.4 points per game, while limiting opponents to only 53.8 points per game. As a team, it shoots 46-percent while its defense holds foes to 32.5-percent shooting. The Seawolves are dominant on the boards with a 43.8 to 32.3 advantage on average.
Haley Holmstead leads the team with 15.0 points per game while
Hanna Johansson scores 13.8 per outing. Johansson leads the squad with 9.2 rebounds while
Kaylie Robison grabs 7.6 boards per game.
Coach: Tim Moser (CSU-Pueblo '98) is in his sixth year as head coach of the UAA women's basketball team and has compiled a record of 159-31 during his tenure. He entered the 2011-12 season with the highest winning percentage (.835) among active D-II women's basketball coaches. He has a career record of 448-127 as he is in his 20th overall year as a head coach.
