STORYLINES
•   Western Oregon women's basketball heads into Great Northwest Athletic Conference play this week with two home games. The Wolves and nationally-ranked Seattle Pacific will tip off on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the New P.E. Building. WOU will then face Saint Martin's at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1.
•   Western Oregon is undefeated in three non-leagues games this season, the longest winning stretch for the Wolves under head coach Holli Howard-Carpenter.
•   Both games will have coverage on WOUWolves.com/Live with video and stats.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Western Oregon played once last week after the Thanksgiving holiday. Led by a big fourth-quarter charge, the Wolves came back to defeat Oregon Tech 59-50 on Nov. 26.
• The Wolves trailed by as many as 10 in the third quarter and headed into the final period down 43-39. Over the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, the momentum had turned in favor of the Wolves. WOU won the quarter by outscoring OIT 20-7 holding the Lady Owls to 1 of 14 shooting from the floor.
• Jasmine Miller and Kaylie Boschma each had 10 points to lead WOU in scoring. Miller and Savannah Heugly each had eight rebounds.
• The Wolves had 25 bench points, led by nine points from a returning Sydney Azorr.
 
ABOUT WESTERN OREGON
• Western Oregon is averaging 66.0 points per game on the season and owns a scoring margin of +2.0.
• The Wolves are shooting 41.3 percent from the field, including 25.6 percent from 3-point range.
• WOU is averaging 13.8 free throws a game and is shooting 74.2 percent from the stripe this season.
• Western Oregon is averaging 36.2 rebounds per game, sporting a +2.2 rebounding margin.
• Western Oregon is averaging 11.0 assists, 13.4 turnovers, 6.2 steals and 2.2 blocks per game.
• Transfer guard Shelby Snook enters this weekend leading the Wolves in scoring averaging 14.6 points per game.
• Snook is also averaging 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. She was named to the Chico State Coslet Classic All-Tournament Team earlier in the season.
• Jasmine Miller (11.6) and Kaylie Boschma (10.4) round out the three Western Oregon players averaging double figures through four games. Miller is the leading rebounder at 6.6 boards a contest.
• Head coach Holli Howard-Carpenter is in her fourth season at Western Oregon. She has compiled a 21-54 career record at WOU.
• Familiar faces appear on Howard-Carpenter's bench with the Katie Girten, Nia Bravo and Micah Walker all returning to the Western Oregon staff.
• Western Oregon was picked to finish 11th in the 2016-17 GNAC regular season title race by the league's coaches.
 
ABOUT SEATTLE PACIFIC
• Seattle Pacific is unbeaten (5-0) on the season. The team is ranked No. 5 in the D2SIDA Division II National Poll, No. 1 in the D2SIDA West Region poll, and receiving votes in the WBCA National Top 25.
• The Falcons cruised past the Evergreen State College in their lone game last week at home, 88-47.
• Seattle Pacific is being led in scoring by junior guard Courtney Hollander at 13.2 points per game. She also leads SPU averaging 8.4 rebounds per game.
• Erica Pagano is shooting 60.6 percent from the floor to average 11.0 ppg.
• Six players are better than 6.5 ppg for SPU.
• Oregon Tech is coached by Julie Heisey who is in her 12th season at Seattle Pacific and 21^st overall.
 
ABOUT SAINT MARTIN'S
• Saint Martin's is 4-2 on the season after defeating a pair of PacWest teams last weekend at the WWU Lynda Goodrich Classic – Holy Names (69-60) and Notre Dame de Namur (78-61)
• The Saints split weekend games to open the season in Monmouth at the WOU/Hampton Inn D2 Shootout.
• Saint Martin's is being led by junior forward Elin Johansson Ashleigh Vandenbrink at 14.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game while shooting 62.5 percent from the floor. She also helps facilitate the offense with 2.8 assists a game.
• Hannah Reynolds and Mercedes Victor are each at 9.2 ppg with Baylee Olsen sitting at 8.5 ppg.
• Veteran head coach Tim Healy is in his 24^th season at Saint Martin's.