Women's basketball set to open GNAC play at rival UAA
November 29, 2012
Jamie Foland
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The Alaska women's basketball team will open Great Northwest Athletic Conference play this Saturday at 5:15 p.m. when it travels South to face rival and travel partner Alaska Anchorage at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.
The Nanooks (0-6) are still searching for their first win of the 2012-13 season following losses in all three games at last week's Mt. McKinley Bank North Star Invitational while the Seawolves (3-2) are just outside the USA Today Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll, at No. 27.
Alaska fell in consecutive days to Upper Iowa (79-85), Anderson (48-81) and tournament champion Winona State (50-67) last week at the Patty Center. In the first loss, the 'Nooks led by 11 points with under nine minutes to play before the Peacocks surged back for the win. In Saturday's loss to the Warriors, WSU led by as many as 30 in the second half, but the Nanooks went on a 17-0 run and held Winona without a point for over eight minutes.
Senior guard Taylor Altenburg (Elko, Nev./Criminal Justice) was named to the All-Tournament Team after she led the team with 13.0 points per game to go with 5.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals, 1.0 assists and 1.0 block. Junior guard April Fultz (Rialto, Calif./Political science) was the other double-figure scorer as she contributed 12.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals per outing.
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The Seawolves brought themselves to the brink of the top-25 after going 1-1 last week at Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout last week defeating Division I's North Dakota State 73-47 before falling to Utah State 67-57 in the championship game.
Alysa Horn led the way with 15.0 points per game, including a game-high 25 in the win over NDSU. She also averaged 9.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals in the split. Sasha King contributed 14.5 points per game as well as 6.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks. Kylie Burns also had 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per outing. Horn and Burns were named to the All-Tournament Team following the runner-up finish.
King is the sixth-leading scorer in the GNAC with 15.2 points per game while Horn is tied for 11th with 14.0 points per game. King also leads the league in assists (7.4 apg) and steals (3.0 spg). Horn rounds out the top five in rebounding (7.6 rpg) while Burns is eighth on the boards (7.2 rpg).
UAA is 94-49 in the all-time series and has won 10 in a row and 12 of the last 13 meetings against Alaska.