FOREST GROVE - The Boxers head into the week before Christmas looking to respond positively from a 75-58 loss last Friday at Evergreen State.
The Boxers open the week Tuesday at New Hope Christian College in Eugene, with a scheduled at Cordeiro Court set for 5 p.m.
Pacific will then travel to Anchorage, Alaska for the Seawolf Hoops Classic, where the Boxers will meet Alaska and Alaska-Anchorage.
The Boxers and the Alaska Nanooks meet Friday at 6 p.m. inside of the Alaska Airlines Center, before Pacific plays the host Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves on Saturday at 8 p.m.
Live stats for Pacific's games in the Seawolf Hoops Classic are available at GoSeawolves.com, while audio will be provided for the Alaska-Anchorage game only at GoSeawolves.com.
BOXER BITS- The Boxers long stretch of road games, which comes to an end with a home return on Jan. 9, 2015, continues with the 119-mile trip to New Hope Christian College on Tuesday. The Boxers will then travel nearly 2,500 miles to the University of Alaska-Anchorage for the Seawolf Hoops Classic on Friday and Saturday. In total the Boxers will have traveled nearly 5,937 miles from Dec. 1, 2014 - Jan., 2015.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN- New Hope Christian hosts the Boxers on Tuesday after falling 75-53 on Dec. 13 against Oregon Tech.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN FACTS- New Hope Christian was founded by Fred Hornshuh in 1925 as Bible Standard Training School.
- NHCC is part of the Pacific Rim Christian College Consortium with colleges in Honolulu, Hawaii, Myanmar and Japan.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA- The Nanooks are led offensively by Jordan Wilson's 16.1 points per game, while Kaillee Skjold averages 10.4 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game.
- Alaska enters the Seawolf Hoops Classic on a two-game losing streak after losses at Seattle Pacific and Montana State Billings.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FACTS- Nanook is the Inupiaq word for "polar bear".
- Alaska has won 10 NCAA Division I National Rifle Championships.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-ANCHORAGE- UAA is ranked No. 9 in NCAA Division II in the Coaches Poll and the D2SIDA poll.
- The Seawolves have an unblemished record, having swept McKendree in a pair of games on Dec. 13 and 14.
- Alaska-Anchorage has four players averaging double-digit points.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-ANCHORAGE FACTS- Seawolves Assistant Coach Alex Carlson, joined the UAA staff after four years at Pacific, where he coached on the men's staff for three years and the women's side for one.
- The Wendy Williamson Auditorium on the UAA campus, which has played host to Seth Meyers, Patton Oswalt, Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson), Chuck D and Former President Jimmy Carter, is haunted by SIX ghosts. The Male Musician, Shadowy Man, Woman in White, Teenage Man, Little Girl and Angry Man.
BOXEReport
LAST TIME OUT: Despite double-digit performances on the offensive end by
Nani Ostrom,
Olivia Cook and
Kyla Siri, the Pacific women's basketball team was unable to overcome Evergreen State at Constantino Recreation Center as the Geoducks emerged with a 75-58 victory over the visiting Boxers.
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COOK BOOK: A 2014 All-Northwest Conference Honorable Mention selection,
Olivia Cook has recorded two double-doubles on the young season against UC Santa Cruz and Carleton. For her career, Cook is sitting on seven double-doubles and 30 double-digit scoring efforts. Cook is sitting on 544 career points and 356 rebounds in her time at Pacific.
CURL-ICUES: After an impressive season Curl opened up her sophomore campaign with a double-double outing. Curl currently leads Pacific (tied with
Olivia Cook) in scoring with 12.8 points per game and has reached double-digit scoring 15 times in her young career. Last season, Curl averaged 10.6 points per game and 3.9 rebounds per game. Curl was named Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Dec. 2-7, 2013. Curl was the last Pacific women's basketball player to earn NWC Student-Athlete of the Week honors and first since Paige Jensen in Dec. of 2012. In her short career, Curl has scored 331 points and grabbed 125 rebounds.
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THE LAST FRONTIER: Pacific sports three student-athletes on the 2014-15 roster this season from the state of Alaska.
Nani Ostrom is in her fourth season at Pacific and has recorded 311 points and 142 rebounds in her career. Ostrom has played in all but three Pacific women's basketball games from the beginning of the 2011 season and recently recorded her career high in points with 17 against Caltech.
Abby Jones (Sr., Haines, Alaska) is in her second season as a Boxer after opening her collegiate career at Peninsula, while
Pherrari Brumbaugh (Jr., Wasilla, Alaska) is in her first season at Pacific after two years at Peninsula.
