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Women's Basketball 12/30/2012 1:28:00 PM Jeff Cluff, Coordinator of Media Relations

WBB: Game #12 -- at Seattle Pacific Game Notes

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Game #10 -Dixie State (6-5) at Seattle Pacific (7-2)
Game Details	Monday, December 31 \| Seattle, WA \| 3:00 pm MT Brougham Pavillion (2,650)
Game Coverage	TV: None\| Radio: None DSC All Access: Video, Audio and Live Stats Twitter: @DixieAthletics #DSCwbb
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GAME INFO: Coach Angie Kristensen's squad will make the journey to the northwest on the the last calendar day of the year to take on Seattle Pacific University in the Seattle, WA. Tip off is scheduled for 3:00 pm MT from Brougham Pavillion on the campus of SPU.

SERIES RECORD: DSC won the last meeting between in the two school sin Saint George on Dec. 4, 2010. They defeated the Falcons 76-66, but SPU leads the all-time series 3-1.

LAST TIME OUT: The Red Storm played in the Las Vegas Challenge at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas and it didnt treat them to kindly. Losing to then #17 ranked Pittsburg State 58-81 and to #27 ranked Central Missouri 69-78. The Red Storm got great performances from Mandy Munns (Brigham City, UT/Box Elder) and Kaylah Miler during the tournament.

SCOUTING the RED STORM:  After a 1-3 start, with all three of those losses to GNAC opponents (two to Montana State Billings, one to Simon Fraser), Dixie State powered past its first four Pac West foes. Junior forward Johnna Brown (Las Vegas, NV/Centennial ), at 6-foot-1, is a powerful presence on the court for the Red Storm. Brown averages a double-double of 12.3 points and 11.3 rebounds, the latter of which leads the Pac West. Only once in 11 games has she not led the team on the boards, with double-figure performances in 10 of those games. Redshirt senior center Mandy Munns (Brigham City, UT/Box Elder) and sophomore guard Kaylah Miller (San Diego, CA/La Jolla Country Day) each average 11.1 points per game. Among the regulars, Munns is the most accurate shooter on the team at 51.5 percent (50 of 97). The Red Storm average 74.7 points per game and have been in the 80-point range six times this season.

KRISTENSEN KORNER: “We have yet another tough West Region opponent in Seattle Pacific.   There is no way around it, this is by far the toughest schedule we have ever put together at Dixie State. I have always felt in order to be the best you have to beat the best and in my eyes spu has always been one of the top contenders in West coast. ”

SCOUTING SEATTLE PACIFIC:The Falcons are off to a 7-2 record and one of the leading teams in D-2 at the foul line by shooting 78.5 percent. They can put points on the board by averaging 75.3 per game and last time out against Notre Dame de Namur they scored 97. Fromt he field head coach Julie Heisey's team shoots 45.9 percent and 39.8 percent from the three point line. Both team have struggled taking care of the ball, witht he Falcons and the Red Storm averaging 18.7 per game. Foreard Kaite Benson leads the team in scoring at 14.3 ppg, followed closely by guard Suzanna Ohlsen at 13.2 ppg and guard Rachel Murray at 10.3 ppg.

KRISTENSEN on SEATTLE PACIFIC: “ They are extremely well coached and work hard. We will need to control three things in order to win this game. Tempo rebounding and turnovers.   They haven't lost at home so we know that we have to play well in order to win this game.”

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