ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Central Washington University women's basketball team (18-11, 10-8 GNAC) will stay at home facing off against the Simon Fraser Red Leafs (17-13, 10-8 GNAC) to open the GNAC Tournament.
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GAME INFORMATION
Thursday, March 7
2:15 p.m.
(4 Seed) Central Washington vs. (5 Seed) Simon Fraser
Nicholson Arena
Ellensburg, Wash.
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QUOTING HEAD COACH RANDI RICHARDSON-THORNLEY
"We are very excited to continue our season at the conference tournament. This team has grown and learned so much this year, and I'm excited for the opportunity to put all of that on the floor in the postseason. Simon Fraser has been playing at a very high level and will challenge us in a lot of ways. They have some very good players who will require a great team effort in order to minimize their impact. Our mindset and prep heading into Thursday has to be spot on for us to compete and execute at the level needed to have the success we want."
LAST WEEK
The Wildcats only had one game last week due to Western Oregon canceling the remainder of their season on February 16. The Wildcats fell victim of a 49-47 buzzer-beating setback to visiting Saint Martin's.
After the first quarter, the Wildcats just couldn't find their offensive groove managing to shoot 30 percent from the floor and 20 percent on three-point attempts on the night.
Sunny Huerta led the way on the night with 18 points, adding six rebounds, three assists, one block, and three steals.
Asher Cai scored nine points en route to surpassing 1,000 career-points while adding seven rebounds, one assist, and two steals.
Capri Sims added eight points, nine rebounds, three blocks, and one steal.
LAST MATCHUP
The Wildcats and Red Leafs met in Nicholson Arena on February 8 with the Wildcats earning a 70-65 victory. The Wildcats saw a game-high 29 points and 12 rebounds from Cai who also added one assist and one block. Huerta and
Malia Smith also posted double-digits with 12 and 11 points, respectively. SFU was led by Sophia Wisotzki with 24 points.
SCOUTING THE RED LEAFS
The Red Leafs earned a huge victory last weekend taking the 68-67 victory over nationally ranked Western Washington on Saturday. SFU was led by Sophia Wisotzki with 17 points while Grace Killins and Arman Dulai added 15 and 12 points, respectively.
SFU has four players averaging double-digits in scoring, led by the Wisotzki sisters, Sophia (17.4 points per game) and Jessica (16.8 points per game). Grace Killins (10.7 points per game) and Gemma Cutler (10.6 points per game) are the other two Red Leafs averaging double-figures. Cutler is the leader in rebounds for SFU averaging 7.4 per game and has a GNAC-best 78 blocks on the season. Sophia Wisotzki has contributed the most assists and steals on the season with 83 assists and 49 steals.
As a team, the Red Leafs are averaging 71.5 points per game and holding their opponents to 69.6 points per game. SFU is shooting 41.2 percent on their field goal attempts, 33.4 percent on three-point attempts, and 74.5 percent at the free-throw line. The Red Leafs are slightly outrebounding their opponents 39.2 rebounds per game to 38.3 rebounds per game for their opponents.
UP NEXT
The winner of this game will advance in the GNAC Tournament to face the top-seeded Montana State Billings Yellowjackets in the second round. That game is slated for a 2:15 p.m. tip-off on Friday, March 8.
