Women's Basketball | 2/17/2014 4:32:00 PM

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MONMOUTH, Ore. -- The Western Oregon University women's basketball team welcomes Montana State University Billings and Seattle Pacific University in its final home games of the 2013-14 season Thursday and Friday. Fans are encourage to wear pink Thursday for Play4Kay Night and the Wolves will honor two seniors on Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT
• Western Washington pulled away from Western Oregon last Saturday, 63-55, in Bellingham.
• WWU led for the entire game, but watched its 22-point second half lead slim to single digits in the final minutes.
• The Vikings turned 21 Western Oregon turnovers into 25 points.
• Melissa Fowler led four double-digit scorers for the Wolves with a season-high 16 points.

WESTERN OREGON STORYLINES
• In the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, Dana Goularte is currently second in blocks per game (2.1), third in rebounds (8.6), and her 17.8 points per outing is third.
• Western Oregon is 5-2 when it finishes with a better shooting percentage than its opponent, but 1-14 when the opponent has a better field goal percentage.
• The Wolves are 2-14 this season when their opponents score at least 60 points in a game.

ABOUT THE YELLOWJACKETS
• Montana State Billings has won 10 straight games, the longest streak in the conference.
• The Yellowjackets have clinched a spot in the GNAC postseason tournament, and are two wins away from locking up the first seed.
• MSUB has won all 13 of its games at home this season.
• MSU Billings leads the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2), personal fouls per game (14.7), rebound margin (8.5) and turnovers per game (12.0).
• It's turnovers and fouls per game are both third nationally.
• Bobbi Knudsen is in the GNAC top five in five statistical categories.
• The senior's 5.7 assists per game is seventh in NCAA Div. II.
• Janiel Olson leads the conference at 10.4 rebounds per contest.

SERIES HISTORY
• Thursday is the 24th matchup between the schools, with MSUB holding a 18-5 advantage.
• WOU is 4-8 all-time against the Yellowjackets in Monmouth.
• The only Wolves win at MSUB was a 68-64 decision on Jan. 17, 2009.

ABOUT THE FALCONS
• With four games left on its schedule, Seattle Pacific is tied for fifth in the conference standings, and in the hunt for fourth place.
• After five straight wins, the Falcons have traded wins and losses in their past six games, going 3-3.
• SPU leads the conference in blocks per game (4.8), which is also 15th in NCAA Div. II.
• Katie Benson's seven double-doubles leads the GNAC. Her 20.0 points and 9.1 rebounds per game averages are also second in the conference.
• Benson is also fifth in the GNAC in blocks averaging 1.59.
• As a team, Seattle Pacific is 19th in the country in free throw percentage shooting 76.3.
• Suzanna Ohlsen is 14th in the nation at the line shooting 89.9.
• SPU's opponents are averaging 63.5 points per game.

SERIES HISTORY
• It will be the 39th matchup, with SPU holding a 33-5 advantage.
• The Wolves are 1-14 in their 15 games at home versus Seattle Pacific.
• WOU has lost 19 straight at Seattle Pacific, where it is 2-19 all-time.

NEXT UP...
• Western Oregon travels to Central Washington Thursday at 5:15 p.m.
• The Wolves won the first meeting this season in overtime, 71-63, in Monmouth.
• Live video and stats will be available online at WOUWolves.com.