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N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S January 4, 2016 Contact NNU Athletics: 467-8505
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TREASURE VALLEY SCHOOL NIGHT All area students and school staff get in free on Thursday, Jan. 21, when the Crusader men host Western Washington. Don’t miss this fun-filled family night!
Coming Up Men’s Basketball Overall (4-6); GNAC (0-4)
DATE OPPONENT 1-5 Central Washington 1-7 MSU Billings 1-14 at St. Martin’s 1-16 at Seattle Pacific 1-21 Western Washington 1-23 Simon Fraser
TIME 7 pm 7 pm 8 pm 8:30 pm 7 pm 7 pm
Women’s Basketball Overall (4-6); GNAC (2-2)
DATE OPPONENT 1-7 at Western Washington 1-9 at Simon Fraser 1-14 Alaska 1-16 Alaska Anchorage 1-21 at Concordia 1-23 at Western Oregon
TIME 8 pm 8 pm 7 pm 7 pm 6:15 pm 6:15 pm
Track & Field DATE OPPONENT TIME 1-15 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 2:30 pm at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-16 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-23 at Bronco Invitational 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID NOTE: All Start Times Nampa Time NOTE: Home Games In Bold
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Northwest Nazarene Crusader Athletics
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Northwest Nazarene’s McKenna Walker drives the lane for 2 against Seattle Pacific on Saturday. After scoring an 86-58 win on New Year’s Eve over St. Martin’s, the Crusaders capped their weekend with a 66-65 victory over then 1st-place Seattle Pacific on Saturday night at the Johnson Sports Center.
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A New Year’s weekend filled with mixed results at the Johnson Sports Center was highlighted by a pair of happy final scores for the Crusader ladies. Riding high off a victory in their home debut before the Christmas break, the Northwest Nazarene women’s basketball team continued to roll, scoring a Great Northwest Athletic Conference sweep of St. Martin’s and Seattle Pacific. The NNU men tried to make New Year’s Eve a night to celebrate, rallying from a 6-point deficit in the final 30 seconds to force overtime, only to fall against visiting Concordia. Still hurting from the OT loss, the NNU men fell Saturday hosting No. 3-ranked Western Oregon, capping the weekend’s action on the home hardwood. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The Crusaders gave their fans plenty to celebrate on New Year’s Eve as everything went perfectly in an 86-58 victory for NNU over visiting St. Martin’s. The Crusader defense clicked: SMU shot 24 percent from the field (12-of-50) and turned the ball over 17 times. NNU’s offense hummed along: 4 players scored in double digits and NNU shot
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31-of-70 (44.3 percent) from the field. And the Crusaders crashed the boards — HARD: NNU won the rebound battle 55-26 in the dominating victory. CoCo Gall had 16 points in the win, while Ellie Logan and McKenna Walker each added 12 points. Logan also grabbed 8 rebounds for NNU. Nampa High product and freshman Raquel Jardine had one of best nights of her college career, scoring 10 points and grabbing 7 boards, and senior point guard Taylor Simmons added 6 points, 6 assists and 4 steals in the win. Riding high off the big victory, the NNU ladies played a tough Seattle Pacific team on Saturday and battled nip-and-tuck with the 1st-place Falcons into the fleeting moments. Down 7 points four times in the game, and trailing 44-36 in the third quarPhoto by NNU Athletics ter, the Crusaders dominated the final stanza and came up huge in the clutch NNU’s Taylor Simmons drives in the Crusaders’ 6665 win over Seattle Pacific on Saturday. Simmons to score a 66-65 victory. had 12 points in the NNU victory. NNU used a 7-2 surge in the final 2 1/2 minutes to finish off the comeback win, getting a game-high 19 points from Logan, who was named GNAC Player of the Week for her efforts. Simmons added 12 points in the win, while Gall, Walker and Danielle Jardine each added 7 points for NNU, with Jardine also grabbing 6 rebounds. ON TAP: After a victorious 3-game home-stand the Crusaders find themselves back on the road, and again battling a 1st-place foe in Western Washington on Thursday night. NNU looks to snap a 9-game skid versus WWU, which has won 7 of its last 8 games and is 4-0 in GNAC play. The Crusaders then close out a quick 2-game road-trip at Simon Fraser on Saturday night. MEN’S BASKETBALL: A determined comeback wasn’t enough which started a disheartening weekend at home for the Crusader men. NNU erased a 73-67 deficit with less than 30 seconds to play as Bouna N’Diaye scored twice and Mike Wright tied the game with 2 free throws, forcing overtime versus visiting Concordia on New Year’s Eve. But once into the extra session — where NNU has won twice this season, including exhibition play — the game slipped away as the Cavaliers notched an 8783 win on the Crusaders home hardwood, snapping a 6-game home win streak. Detwon Rogers led the way with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals for NNU, which also got 18 points and 4 assists from Wright, and 14 points and 10 rebounds from Joel Devastey. Still stinging from Thursday’s heartbreaker, the Crusaders played a great first half but couldn’t keep up with No. 3-ranked Western Oregon, falling 75-53 on Saturday night. Devastey led the way with 10 points while N’Diaye added 8 points and 6 rebounds and Kyle Bailey chipped in 7 points and 6 boards for NNU. ON TAP: There’s no time for NNU to rest as the Crusaders continue a 4-game Photo by NNU Athletics home-stand by hosting Central Washington on Tuesday. Kyle Bailey had 7 points and 6 rebounds for NNU on Saturday night. The Wildcats upset No. 3 WOU, 81-77, on Thursday and have won 3 straight. (Continued):
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Six-foot-8 senior center Joseph Stroud leads the Wildcats with 17.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, and has also blocked 25 shots. NNU then closes out its 4-game home-stand hosting MSU Billings on Thursday, a team the Crusaders have beaten 4 straight times. TRACK & FIELD: NNU will be back on the track at the Ed Jacoby Invitational and Mulit-Event indoor meet a week from Friday and Saturday, Jan. 15-16. The meet will be held at the Ford Idaho Center’s Jackson’s Track, and competition begins at 2:30 pm on Friday (Jan. 15), and at 9 am on Saturday (Jan. 16). (Continued):
Nuggets: • • • • • •
• Track & field’s Payton Lewis is tied for No. 10 in the nation in the pole vault at 15 feet, 7 inches. • Track & field’s Cole Hoberg is No. 12 in the nation in the high jump at 6 feet, 8.25 inches. • Track & field’s Taylor Van Valey is No. 24 in the nation in the weight throw at 53 feet, 7.5 inches. The women’s basketball team leads the GNAC in free-throw percent at 76.2 percent, which is No. 20 in the nation, and is No. 2 in scoring averaging 74.2 points per game, which is No. 44 in the country. Women’s basketball player Taylor Simmons is No. 2 in the GNAC in steals per game (2.3) and needs 65 steals to become NNU’s all-time leader in steals. Women’s basketball players CoCo Gall (21-of-22) and Ellie Logan (42-of-44) share the GNAC lead in free-throw percentage at 95.5 percent, and both are tied for No. 3 in the nation. The men’s basketball team shares the GNAC lead in blocked shots per game averaging 5.3, which is 13th in the nation. Men’s basketball player Mike Wright is No. 2 in the GNAC in assists per game (5.4) and No. 29 in the nation. Men’s basketball player Bouna N’Diaye is tied for No. 3 in the GNAC in blocked shots per game (1.7).
Updates:
NNU’s Logan earns GNAC honor
Helping lead the Crusaders to a pair of home victories earned sophomore guard Ellie Logan the GNAC Player of the Week award. Logan had a game-high 19 points in Saturday’s 66-65 victory over then 1st-place Seattle Pacific, including hitting 9-of-9 free throws in the win. She added 12 points and 8 rebounds in Thursday’s win, finishing the week with 31 points and 11 boards for the Crusaders. Logan shares the GNAC lead with teammate CoCo Gall in free-throw percentage, having made 42- Ellie Logan of-44 free throws (95.5 percent) this season, and is No. 3 in the nation in that stat category.
Men’s Basketball
Overall GNAC Team W L W L GB Alaska 10 2 4 0 — Alaska Anch. 11 4 4 0 — Western Ore. 10 2 3 1 1 MSU Billings 6 6 3 1 1 Central Wash. 7 2 2 2 2 Seattle Pacific 9 3 2 2 2 Western Wash. 8 5 2 2 2 St. Martin’s 7 5 1 3 3 Concordia 3 8 1 3 3 NW Nazarene 4 6 0 4 4 Simon Fraser 1 9 0 4 4
Tuesday’s Game Central Washington at Northwest Nazarene, 7 pm Thursday’s Game Simon Fraser at Alaska Anchorage; St. Martin’s at Concordia; Seattle Pacific at Western Oregon; Western Washington at Alaska; MSU Billings at Northwest Nazarene, 7 pm Saturday’s Games St. Martin’s at Western Oregon; Western Washington at Alaska Anchorage; MSU Billings at Central Washington; Seattle Pacific at Concordia; Simon Fraser at Alaska
Women’s Basketball Team Western Wash. Alaska Anch. MSU Billings Seattle Pacific NW Nazarene St. Martin’s Simon Fraser Central Wash. Concordia Western Ore. Alaska
Overall GNAC W L W L GB 8 4 4 0 — 16 1 3 1 1 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 4 6 2 2 2 4 7 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 8 4 1 3 3 3 9 1 3 3 2 10 1 3 3 5 9 0 4 4
Tuesday’s Games Seattle Pacific at St. Martin’s Thursday’s Games Western Oregon at Alaska Anchorage; Concordia at Alaska; Central Washington at Simon Fraser; St. Martin’s at MSU Billings; Northwest Nazarene at Western Washington, 8 pm (MT) Saturday’s Games Central Washington at Western Washington; Concordia at Alaska Anchorage; Western Oregon at Alaska; Seattle Pacific at MSU Billings; Northwest Nazarene at Simon Fraser, 8 pm (MT)
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES
Photos by NNU Athletics
TOP LEFT: Crusader freshman guard Nikola Prvulj looks to drive against Western Oregon on Saturday. ABOVE: Danielle Jardine passes to teammate Carly Parker during NNU’s game on New Year’s Eve against St. Martin’s. TOP RIGHT: Cierra White looks to drive against St. Martin’s on New Year’s Eve. LEFT: Coach Ryan Bragdon gives instructions in the huddle during a timeout. RIGHT: Leeor Konenkov works against a Western Oregon defender on Saturday. BELOW LEFT: NNU’s Ellie Logan and Danielle Jardine battle with St. Martin’s players for a rebound on New Year’s Eve. BELOW RIGHT: Detwon Rogers brings the ball up against Concordia on Thursday.
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Contact NNU Sports Information: 467-8474
Follow the Crusaders online: www.nnusports.com
No Place Like Home
TREASURE VALLEY SCHOOL NIGHT All area students and school staff get in free on Thursday, Jan. 21, when the Crusader men host Western Washington. Don’t miss this fun-filled family night!
Coming Up Men’s Basketball Overall (4-6); GNAC (0-4)
DATE OPPONENT 1-5 Central Washington 1-7 MSU Billings 1-14 at St. Martin’s 1-16 at Seattle Pacific 1-21 Western Washington 1-23 Simon Fraser
TIME 7 pm 7 pm 8 pm 8:30 pm 7 pm 7 pm
Women’s Basketball Overall (4-6); GNAC (2-2)
DATE OPPONENT 1-7 at Western Washington 1-9 at Simon Fraser 1-14 Alaska 1-16 Alaska Anchorage 1-21 at Concordia 1-23 at Western Oregon
TIME 8 pm 8 pm 7 pm 7 pm 6:15 pm 6:15 pm
Track & Field DATE OPPONENT TIME 1-15 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 2:30 pm at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-16 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-23 at Bronco Invitational 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID NOTE: All Start Times Nampa Time NOTE: Home Games In Bold
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Northwest Nazarene Crusader Athletics
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Northwest Nazarene’s McKenna Walker drives the lane for 2 against Seattle Pacific on Saturday. After scoring an 86-58 win on New Year’s Eve over St. Martin’s, the Crusaders capped their weekend with a 66-65 victory over then 1st-place Seattle Pacific on Saturday night at the Johnson Sports Center.
News:
A New Year’s weekend filled with mixed results at the Johnson Sports Center was highlighted by a pair of happy final scores for the Crusader ladies. Riding high off a victory in their home debut before the Christmas break, the Northwest Nazarene women’s basketball team continued to roll, scoring a Great Northwest Athletic Conference sweep of St. Martin’s and Seattle Pacific. The NNU men tried to make New Year’s Eve a night to celebrate, rallying from a 6-point deficit in the final 30 seconds to force overtime, only to fall against visiting Concordia. Still hurting from the OT loss, the NNU men fell Saturday hosting No. 3-ranked Western Oregon, capping the weekend’s action on the home hardwood. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The Crusaders gave their fans plenty to celebrate on New Year’s Eve as everything went perfectly in an 86-58 victory for NNU over visiting St. Martin’s. The Crusader defense clicked: SMU shot 24 percent from the field (12-of-50) and turned the ball over 17 times. NNU’s offense hummed along: 4 players scored in double digits and NNU shot
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31-of-70 (44.3 percent) from the field. And the Crusaders crashed the boards — HARD: NNU won the rebound battle 55-26 in the dominating victory. CoCo Gall had 16 points in the win, while Ellie Logan and McKenna Walker each added 12 points. Logan also grabbed 8 rebounds for NNU. Nampa High product and freshman Raquel Jardine had one of best nights of her college career, scoring 10 points and grabbing 7 boards, and senior point guard Taylor Simmons added 6 points, 6 assists and 4 steals in the win. Riding high off the big victory, the NNU ladies played a tough Seattle Pacific team on Saturday and battled nip-and-tuck with the 1st-place Falcons into the fleeting moments. Down 7 points four times in the game, and trailing 44-36 in the third quarPhoto by NNU Athletics ter, the Crusaders dominated the final stanza and came up huge in the clutch NNU’s Taylor Simmons drives in the Crusaders’ 6665 win over Seattle Pacific on Saturday. Simmons to score a 66-65 victory. had 12 points in the NNU victory. NNU used a 7-2 surge in the final 2 1/2 minutes to finish off the comeback win, getting a game-high 19 points from Logan, who was named GNAC Player of the Week for her efforts. Simmons added 12 points in the win, while Gall, Walker and Danielle Jardine each added 7 points for NNU, with Jardine also grabbing 6 rebounds. ON TAP: After a victorious 3-game home-stand the Crusaders find themselves back on the road, and again battling a 1st-place foe in Western Washington on Thursday night. NNU looks to snap a 9-game skid versus WWU, which has won 7 of its last 8 games and is 4-0 in GNAC play. The Crusaders then close out a quick 2-game road-trip at Simon Fraser on Saturday night. MEN’S BASKETBALL: A determined comeback wasn’t enough which started a disheartening weekend at home for the Crusader men. NNU erased a 73-67 deficit with less than 30 seconds to play as Bouna N’Diaye scored twice and Mike Wright tied the game with 2 free throws, forcing overtime versus visiting Concordia on New Year’s Eve. But once into the extra session — where NNU has won twice this season, including exhibition play — the game slipped away as the Cavaliers notched an 8783 win on the Crusaders home hardwood, snapping a 6-game home win streak. Detwon Rogers led the way with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals for NNU, which also got 18 points and 4 assists from Wright, and 14 points and 10 rebounds from Joel Devastey. Still stinging from Thursday’s heartbreaker, the Crusaders played a great first half but couldn’t keep up with No. 3-ranked Western Oregon, falling 75-53 on Saturday night. Devastey led the way with 10 points while N’Diaye added 8 points and 6 rebounds and Kyle Bailey chipped in 7 points and 6 boards for NNU. ON TAP: There’s no time for NNU to rest as the Crusaders continue a 4-game Photo by NNU Athletics home-stand by hosting Central Washington on Tuesday. Kyle Bailey had 7 points and 6 rebounds for NNU on Saturday night. The Wildcats upset No. 3 WOU, 81-77, on Thursday and have won 3 straight. (Continued):
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Six-foot-8 senior center Joseph Stroud leads the Wildcats with 17.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, and has also blocked 25 shots. NNU then closes out its 4-game home-stand hosting MSU Billings on Thursday, a team the Crusaders have beaten 4 straight times. TRACK & FIELD: NNU will be back on the track at the Ed Jacoby Invitational and Mulit-Event indoor meet a week from Friday and Saturday, Jan. 15-16. The meet will be held at the Ford Idaho Center’s Jackson’s Track, and competition begins at 2:30 pm on Friday (Jan. 15), and at 9 am on Saturday (Jan. 16). (Continued):
Nuggets: • • • • • •
• Track & field’s Payton Lewis is tied for No. 10 in the nation in the pole vault at 15 feet, 7 inches. • Track & field’s Cole Hoberg is No. 12 in the nation in the high jump at 6 feet, 8.25 inches. • Track & field’s Taylor Van Valey is No. 24 in the nation in the weight throw at 53 feet, 7.5 inches. The women’s basketball team leads the GNAC in free-throw percent at 76.2 percent, which is No. 20 in the nation, and is No. 2 in scoring averaging 74.2 points per game, which is No. 44 in the country. Women’s basketball player Taylor Simmons is No. 2 in the GNAC in steals per game (2.3) and needs 65 steals to become NNU’s all-time leader in steals. Women’s basketball players CoCo Gall (21-of-22) and Ellie Logan (42-of-44) share the GNAC lead in free-throw percentage at 95.5 percent, and both are tied for No. 3 in the nation. The men’s basketball team shares the GNAC lead in blocked shots per game averaging 5.3, which is 13th in the nation. Men’s basketball player Mike Wright is No. 2 in the GNAC in assists per game (5.4) and No. 29 in the nation. Men’s basketball player Bouna N’Diaye is tied for No. 3 in the GNAC in blocked shots per game (1.7).
Updates:
NNU’s Logan earns GNAC honor
Helping lead the Crusaders to a pair of home victories earned sophomore guard Ellie Logan the GNAC Player of the Week award. Logan had a game-high 19 points in Saturday’s 66-65 victory over then 1st-place Seattle Pacific, including hitting 9-of-9 free throws in the win. She added 12 points and 8 rebounds in Thursday’s win, finishing the week with 31 points and 11 boards for the Crusaders. Logan shares the GNAC lead with teammate CoCo Gall in free-throw percentage, having made 42- Ellie Logan of-44 free throws (95.5 percent) this season, and is No. 3 in the nation in that stat category.
Men’s Basketball
Overall GNAC Team W L W L GB Alaska 10 2 4 0 — Alaska Anch. 11 4 4 0 — Western Ore. 10 2 3 1 1 MSU Billings 6 6 3 1 1 Central Wash. 7 2 2 2 2 Seattle Pacific 9 3 2 2 2 Western Wash. 8 5 2 2 2 St. Martin’s 7 5 1 3 3 Concordia 3 8 1 3 3 NW Nazarene 4 6 0 4 4 Simon Fraser 1 9 0 4 4
Tuesday’s Game Central Washington at Northwest Nazarene, 7 pm Thursday’s Game Simon Fraser at Alaska Anchorage; St. Martin’s at Concordia; Seattle Pacific at Western Oregon; Western Washington at Alaska; MSU Billings at Northwest Nazarene, 7 pm Saturday’s Games St. Martin’s at Western Oregon; Western Washington at Alaska Anchorage; MSU Billings at Central Washington; Seattle Pacific at Concordia; Simon Fraser at Alaska
Women’s Basketball Team Western Wash. Alaska Anch. MSU Billings Seattle Pacific NW Nazarene St. Martin’s Simon Fraser Central Wash. Concordia Western Ore. Alaska
Overall GNAC W L W L GB 8 4 4 0 — 16 1 3 1 1 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 4 6 2 2 2 4 7 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 8 4 1 3 3 3 9 1 3 3 2 10 1 3 3 5 9 0 4 4
Tuesday’s Games Seattle Pacific at St. Martin’s Thursday’s Games Western Oregon at Alaska Anchorage; Concordia at Alaska; Central Washington at Simon Fraser; St. Martin’s at MSU Billings; Northwest Nazarene at Western Washington, 8 pm (MT) Saturday’s Games Central Washington at Western Washington; Concordia at Alaska Anchorage; Western Oregon at Alaska; Seattle Pacific at MSU Billings; Northwest Nazarene at Simon Fraser, 8 pm (MT)
N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S January 4, 2016
THE WEEK IN PICTURES
Photos by NNU Athletics
TOP LEFT: Crusader freshman guard Nikola Prvulj looks to drive against Western Oregon on Saturday. ABOVE: Danielle Jardine passes to teammate Carly Parker during NNU’s game on New Year’s Eve against St. Martin’s. TOP RIGHT: Cierra White looks to drive against St. Martin’s on New Year’s Eve. LEFT: Coach Ryan Bragdon gives instructions in the huddle during a timeout. RIGHT: Leeor Konenkov works against a Western Oregon defender on Saturday. BELOW LEFT: NNU’s Ellie Logan and Danielle Jardine battle with St. Martin’s players for a rebound on New Year’s Eve. BELOW RIGHT: Detwon Rogers brings the ball up against Concordia on Thursday.
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