Pair Of Games At Great Alaska Shootout Up Next For UC Riverside Women's Basketball

Great Alaska Shootout

Anchorage, Alaska—Fresh off a pair of victories, the UC Riverside Women's Basketball Team heads to the Great Alaska Shootout for two games beginning with a Tuesday, November 26 matchup against host Alaska Anchorage at 9 pm PT. The Highlanders will then face either Nicholls or Georgetown on Wednesday, November 27 at 3:30 or 6 pm.

This is UC Riverside's second appearance in the Great Alaska Shootout after previously participating in 2006. UCR defeated Butler in the first round (box score) before falling to the host Seawolves in the finals (box score).

The Highlanders evened their record to 2-2 this past weekend after wins at San Jose State (box score/recap) and Santa Clara (box score/recap). Brittany Crain was named Big West Player of the Week for her efforts averaging 30.0 points per game while shooting 67.9 percent from the floor.

Crain currently paces the Highlanders offense averaging 23.0 ppg. Senior Natasha Hadley is putting up 13.0 points while freshman Simone DeCoud rounds out the trio of double-figure scorers with 11.0 ppg.

Alaska Anchorage is 3-0 in 2013-14, winning by an average of 42.3 points. The Seawolves defeated Western New Mexico to open the season and most recently topped BYU-Hawai'i in a pair of games. UAA plays at Chaminade on November 21 before heading back home.

The Highlanders are just 1-7 all-time against the Seawolves with their lone victory coming on December 14, 1995 (view full results).

Nicholls and Georgetown meet in the first game of the Great Alaska Shootout slated for November 26 at 7 pm.

Nicholls is 3-1 this season with a most recent win over Texas Southern.

Georgetown is 2-2 this year most recently defeating Princeton by two points.

This will be the first meeting for the Highlanders against either of these squads.

Pair Of Games At Great Alaska Shootout Up Next For UC Riverside Women's Basketball

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