FAIRBANKS – The Nanooks women's basketball team welcomes Simon Fraser, Saint Martin's and Western Oregon to town for their final home games of the season. They'll host Senior Day on Saturday, Feb. 26.
 
Feb. 22, 2022 vs. Simon Fraser
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Alaska Airlines Gymnasium at the Patty Center, 6:00 p.m.
 
Feb. 24, 2022 vs. Saint Martin's
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Alaska Airlines Gymnasium at the Patty Center, 5:15 p.m.
 
Feb. 26, 2022 vs. Western Oregon
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Alaska Airlines Gymnasium at the Patty Center, 1:00 p.m.
 
Last Time Out
The Alaska Nanooks women's basketball team fell in their final road-game to Simon Fraser on Feb. 19, 2022. This loss dropped the Nanooks to 2-17, 1-13 GNAC.

The Nanooks came ready to battle in the first quarter, staying within five in the opening 10 minutes. Claudia Diez Marti led the way in the first half, scoring 13 points on 4-8 from the field. She also went 4-4 from the free-throw line. Ellen Silva added seven points and three boards at the break. The 'Nooks fell behind by five two and a half minutes into the first. They'd crawl back within two on a pair of Diez Marti free-throws at 12-14. Following a three-point play by Poala Perez-Mendoza, they'd made it a one-point deficit, but SFU extended it back to five at the end of the quarter. A minute into the first, the Nanooks made it a three-point game on a Silva jumper. SFU pushed ahead on a 15-3 run, making their lead 12 at 26-38. 

Another SFU run to end the second led to a 21-point deficit for the Nanooks. 

Entering the third quarter, the Nanooks saw their deficit grow to 33. SFU outscored Alaska 7-17 in the third quarter. Caitlin Pusich opened the Nanooks scoring in the third, hitting a three-pointer to make it a 20-point SFU lead. Perez-Mendoza hit four-straight free-throws, but that was all the scoring for the Nanooks. In the fourth, Alaska's offense found it's stride, but despite outscoring them 23-17, it was too much of a deficit to erase. Diez Mari scored four-straight following a Perez-Mendoza layup. The Nanooks made it a 22-point deficit with 1:32 remaining on a Savannah Huerta three-pointer, but that was the closest they'd get. 

Simon Fraser finished it off by the final of 58-83. 

Three Nanooks scored in double-digits tonight, led by Claudia Diez Marti with 19 on 6-14 shooting. She added one three-pointer and 6-6 shooting from the free-throw line. Savannah Huerta added a dozen on 4-6 shooting from deep. Paola Perez-Mendoza was the final 'Nook in double-figures, scoring 11. Emma Wass grabbed 10 boards to lead the Nanooks.
 
Quick Hitters

• Alaska will have three more opportunities to grab their first home-win of the 2021-22 season. They're currently 0-9 on their home court.
• The 'Nooks are averaging 61.7 points per game. Alongside scoring nearly 62 a game, they're shooting 35.9% from the floor and 27.3% from deep, averaging 5.9 made threes a game. 
• Destiny Reimers has made the most free-throws on the team, connecting on 45-66. Claudia Diez Marti has made the next most with 44-61. Reimers is averaging 11.6 points per game while Diez Marti is just under 10 a game at 9.5 points per game. 
• Pearle Green is the leading scorer for the Nanooks, scoring 14.8 points per game as a freshman. She has 58 made three-pointers this season, shooting 33.5% from deep and 39% from the field. 
• The Nanooks had back-to-back games of 10+ made threes snapped at Simon Fraser. They made 10 against both NNU and UAA on their home court before making only six in Burnaby, B.C. on Saturday, Feb. 19 in the Nanooks' 58-83 loss to SFU.
• The Nanooks totaled a season-high eight blocks against SFU. This broke their previous season-high of seven, which came in their season-opener win over UTPB in Anchorage.
• The Nanooks also had a six-game 10+ assist streak snapped as they tallied only nine team assists at SFU. Their last single-digit assists game came on Jan. 27 at SPU. 

 
Senior Day
The Nanooks will celebrate lone-senior, Zosha Krupa on Saturday, Feb. 26 against Western Oregon. Heading into this week, Krupa has scored 127 points in her two seasons with the Nanooks. She has tallied 37 steals, 118 rebounds and 31 assists. This season she is shooting 35.7% from the field while grabbing 14 offensive rebounds, doubling her offensive board total from 2019-20, her first season in the blue and gold. 
 
Krupa is a senior from Sitka and has worked towards a degree in fisheries in her years at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 
 
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