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Western Oregon comes into the first games of the new year riding a five-game win streak, the second longest of any team in the confernece. Related Links
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. – The winter break has come and gone. Now, the only thing standing in front of a conference championship for GNAC women’s basketball teams is each other. All 10 teams will return to conference action this week after capping off 2023 with non-conference contests. Heading into the first games of the new year, No. 14 Western Washington and No. 17 Montana State Billings both remain in the top 25 of the national rankings. The two teams are joined by Central Washington in the regional rankings as all three look to lead the field to the GNAC Women’s Basketball Championships on March 7-9. Both the Vikings and the Yellowjackets will be on the road this week with WWU heading north to face the Alaska schools along with Simon Fraser while MSUB and Seattle Pacific face Central Washington and Northwest Nazarene. Western Oregon and Saint Martin’s both have a bye on Thursday ahead of their matchup on Saturday in Monmouth.
View the complete 2023-24 GNAC women’s basketball schedule online here.
Kiylynn Dawkins, Western Oregon Dawkins has shown an ability to grow in her second full season for Western Oregon. The redshirt sophomore forward is on pace to eclipse her scoring total from last season, racking up an average of 10.1 points per game. That scoring touch sees Dawkins ranked No. 22 in the league in scoring while her incredibly efficient shooting from the field ranks her No. 3 in the conference at 60.4%. Along with her reliable work on offense, she has added a clear defensive edge to her game with 95 rebounds in just 13 games, already just seven shy of her total from a season ago. That consistency on both sides of the ball sees Dawkins tied for 22nd in Division II with five double-doubles so far. The Beaverton, Ore., native notched her first double-double of the season on Nov. 25 at Azusa Pacific. Dawkins finished with 12 points on 6 of 7 from the field to go with a then career-high 13 rebounds against the regionally ranked Cougars. In the month of December, Dawkins tallied double-digit points in every game for Western Oregon and picked up double-doubles in each of the last four games against Oregon Tech, Linfield, Willamette and Lewis & Clark. Against the Pioneers, Dawkins finished with 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds to cap off the calendar year. Coming off of six straight starts for the Wolves, Western Oregon will likely look to Dawkins to help the team climb the standings as it resumes GNAC action on Saturday against Saint Martin’s.
Both Western Washington (9-2, 1-0 GNAC) and Montana State Billings (11-3, 2-0) remained in the top 25 of the WBCA poll through the winter break with the Vikings moving up to No. 14 and while the Yellowjackets slipped back one place to No. 17 after going 1-1 at the Daytona Beach Shootout. The script was flipped in the D2CSC rankings where MSUB stayed steady at No. 15 in the national rankings and leapfrogged WWU in the regional ranking to lead the west for the first time since Nov. 21. The Vikings remain within the top 20 of the D2CSC national rankings at No. 19 and stay in the top two of the west region for the sixth straight week. Central Washington (11-3, 2-0) also maintained a presence in the regional rankings at No. 6 after extending its win streak to eight games.
Team Rankings (Top-30)
Assist/Turnover Ratio: 3. MSUB, 1.31; 13. WOU, 1.17 Individual Rankings (Top-30)
Assist/Turnover Ratio: 5. Layla Baumann, MSUB, 4.00; 17. Tori Maeda, CWU, 3.10
Player of the Week - Brooke Walling, Western Washington Third-career player of the week – second this season. Walling had a commanding week on the hardwood, leading all GNAC players in rebounds per game (13.0) and blocks per game (3.33) while contributing 14.0 points to help the Vikings finish the calendar year going 2-1. Walling kicked off her week with a season-high 16 rebounds while adding 11 points, three assists and a pair of blocks against Dominican. Walling then posted her fifth 20-point game of the season finishing with 21 against Cal State East Bay and narrowly missing a double-double with nine rebounds. The junior finished the week with a 10-point, 14-rebound double-double while adding a season-high five assists against Cal State San Bernardino. Also Nominated: Senya Rabouin, UAA; Asher Cai, CWU; Kortney Nelson, MSUB; Schuyler Berry, SPU; Sophia Wisotzki, SFU; Bella Pedrojetti, WOU.
The 2023-24 GNAC Women’s Basketball Championships will be held March 7-9 at Nicholson Pavilion on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. The top-six teams in the final GNAC regular-season standings will advance to the single-elimination tournament. The winner of the event will earn the conference’s automatic berth into the NCAA West Region Championships.
2023 CCA Canadian Tip-Off Classic D2CCAA Tipoff Classic at the Trailhead GNAC/PacWest Crossover WWU Veterans Day Classic 2023 Warrior Classic
Nov. 17-18 at Turlock, Calif. (Stanislaus State, Host)
Simon Fraser: Makenna Gardner, G (MVP); Jessica Wisotzki, G/F; Sophia Wisotzki, G
Lynda Goodrich Classic Nov. 24-25 at Bellingham, Wash. (Western Washington, Host) Central Washington: Sunny Huerta, G (MVP); Asher Cai, G Western Washington: Brooke Walling, F; Stephanie Peterson, G; Riley Dykstra, G; Mason Oberg, G 2023 Mt. McKinley Bank North Star Invitational
Points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
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