University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The Alaska Nanooks women's basketball team concludes the 2015-16 season this week, as they host a pair of home contest against Simon Fraser, Thursday, Feb. 25, and Western Washington, Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Alaska Airlines Court. Tip-off for both contest is set for 7 p.m. AKT.

The Nooks look to end the sixth season under head coach Cody Bench on a high note, as they look to match last year's win total of 14 games with a sweep of the Clan and the Vikings. Alaska is currently 12-16 on the year and is tied with Seattle Pacific for seventh in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with a 7-11 mark. For SFU and WWU, they have already secured its spots in the 2016 GNAC Championship. The Clan enters this week in fourth in the conference at 11-7, while they are 13-10 overall on the year. For Western Washington, they stand a game in front of Montana State Billings for second at 15-3. The Vikings are 19-7 overall this season.

#PackThePatty and Senior Night
Thursday's contest will be the Alaska Nanooks women's basketball #PackThePatty game. Fans can buy special buy one, get one free tickets to the game. Come out and support your Nanooks women's basketball team as they put a cap on the 2015-16 season.

Saturday's game will be the regular season finale, which means it will be Senior Night for a quartet of Nook seniors. Alaska will be graduating Brianna Kirk, Heidi Pichler, Arinesha Smith and Stephanie Toumson. Fans are encouraged to arrive at the game early for a special sendoff presentation for the 2015-16 senior class.

Where To Watch
Both games this weekend will be live streamed for free on GNAC.TV. This is a free streaming service provided by Stretch Internet.

All-Time Series

Western Washington: The Vikings own a 35-4 advantage in the all-time series. WWU has won 23-straight in the series. Alaska's last win over Western Washington came on Feb. 21, 2004, when they knocked off the Vikings, 75-71, in Fairbanks.

Simon Fraser: Alaska will seek its first-ever win against the Clan this weekend, as they are currently 0-14 against SFU all-time.

Record Setting Weekend?
Alaska has already secured a winning season at home for the first time since the 2003-04 season, but they'll look to match the best home record for the Nooks since joining the GNAC back in 2001. A sweep of SFU and WWU would give the Nanooks their first 10-win season at home since the2001-02 season.

The Nook will also look for the most conference wins in over a decade this weekend. If Alaska picks up a victory in both games, that will give them eight GNAC victories, which would be the most for a Nanooks women's basketball team since 2004-05 when they went 9-9.

GNAC Scoring Champion?
Junior Jordan Wilson enters the final two games of the regular season leading the GNAC in scoring with her 16.9 points per game average. She is 0.3 points ahead of four players who are tied for second at 16.6 points. If Wilson ends this week atop the GNAC scoring list, she would become the third player in program history to hold GNAC Scoring Champion honors.

She would become the Alaska player to lead the GNAC in scoring since head coach Cody Bench led the league in points per game with 20.4 points per game back during the 2004-05 season. Bench, then Burgess, led the GNAC in scoring in twice, she also finished first in the conference during the 2002-03 season with 18.3 points per game. Adrinenne Taalak is the only other player to be the GNAC Scoring Champion, as she averaged 19.7 points per game during the 2003-04 campaign.

Starting a New Streak
Junior Jordan Wilson has started a new double-digit scoring streak after having her 23-game streak snapped against Northwest Nazarene back on Feb. 13. Since then, Wilson has posted 13 points and 18 points in a pair of game against Seattle Pacific and Saint Martin's last week. The forward has scored double figures in all but two game seasons.

Finishing Strong
This week marks the final set of games for senior Arinesha Smith, but she will be entering the week on one of the hottest scoring streaks in her career. The SeaTac, Washington native has posted double-digits in the scoring in each of the past three games, which is a season long streak for Smith. She opened the trend in Alaska's last home game with 14 points against Northwest Nazarene. She followed that up with a 12-point and 10-point effort at Seattle Pacific and Saint Martin's last week.

Scouting the Opposition – Simon Fraser
The Clan comes to Alaska with the inside track to the fifth seed in the upcoming GNAC Championship in Lacey, Washington. SFU is battling with Central Washington for the final seeding in the tournament, as the Wildcats are just one game behind Simon Fraser with two games remaining.

Offensively, the Clan is third in the GNAC in scoring, as they are averaging 69.2 points per game. SFU is fourth in field goal percentage with a 42.1 percent field goal percentage. Elisa Homer is the team's top scorer with her 16.6 points per game average.

Defensively, Simon Fraser is in the middle of the pack in defensive scoring, as SFU is giving up 64.5 points per game. Teams are shooting 39.3 percent against the Clan.

Scouting the Opposition – Western Washington
The Vikings are looking to secure the league's final bye in the GNAC Championship, as they come to the Last Frontier with a one game lead over Montana State Billings for second place.

Western Washington is averaging 67 points per game, which is the fourth-highest mark in the conference. The Vikings are the top field goal percentage team in the GNAC with a 47.5 percent success rate from the floor. Taylor Peacocke is one of four players tied for second in the GNAC in scoring with her 16.6 points per game average, which also leads the team.

Defensively, WWU is allowing opponent to score 58.6 points per game. Western Washington is holding teams to just 37.8 percent from the field, which is the third-lowest in the GNAC.

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