OPENING TIP
• Fresh off of six of their last eight games coming away from home, Western Oregon women's basketball continues Great Northwest Athletic Conference play at home for the next four games. The Wolves will host Concordia on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. PT and Montana State Billings on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. PT.
• Both games will have coverage on WOUWolves.com/Live with video and stats.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Wolves returned from their trip to Alaska without a win, falling to Alaska 79-65 on Feb. 2 and 91-50 to No. 2/2 Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 4. In both matchups, WOU played solidly in the first quarter, but both the Nanooks and the Seawolves separated themselves with big second periods. On Thursday, Alaska took the second quarter 23-11 while Alaska Anchorage outpaced WOU 26-11 over the second 10 minutes.
 
WOLVES AT A GLANCE
Junior guard Shelby Snook leads WOU in scoring, averaging 15.2 points and 5. 2 rebounds per game. Junior guard Sydney Azorr is next at 10.0 points and 3.9 rebounds. Junior forward Jasmine Miller sits just outside the double-digit scoring for WOU contributing 9.9 points and a team-high 5.4 rebounds per game.
 
After playing 21 games, the Wolves are scoring 61.8 points per game while shooting 39.6 percent from the field, 29.1 percent from 3-point range and 73 percent from the free-throw line. The team also pulls down 35.6 rebounds a contest.
 
• Head coach: Holli Howard-Carpenter (Cal State East Bay, '02), Fourth season
• Team's leading scorer: #12 Shelby Snook, 15.2 ppg
• Team's leading rebounder: #2 Jasmine Miller, 5.4 rpg
• Team's assists leader: #12 Snook, 3.2 apg
• Team's steals leader: #22 Kaylie Boschma, 1.3 spg
• Team's blocks leader: #2 Miller, 0.6 bpg
 
ABOUT CONCORDIA
The Concordia Cavaliers have compiled an 8-14, 5-8 record to date. In GNAC play, they have picked up road wins at Northwest Nazarene, Central Washington and Alaska over the last three weeks. This will be the second meeting of the year after the Cavs defended home court, 55-46, on January 10. Concordia has just one player scoring in double figures, Danielle Hartzog at 12.3 points per game. She's followed by 8.7 points from Bailey Cartwright, 8.6 points by Kizzah Maltezo and 8.4 points from Keesha Sarman. The Cavaliers are scoring 62.9 points per game while shooting 37.1 percent from the field, 34.3 from behind the arc and 70.5 percent at the line. Concordia grabs 36.2 rebounds a game on average.
 
• Head coach: Sean Kelly (Pacific Lutheran, '95), Third season
• Team's leading scorer: #2 Danielle Hartzog, 12.3 ppg
• Team's leading rebounder: #25 Bailey Cartwright, 6.8 rpg
• Team's assists leader: #40 Keesha Sarman, 3.6 apg
• Team's steals leader: #2 Hartzog, 2.2 spg
• Team's blocks leader: #23 Jordan Peacock, 2.3 bpg
  
ABOUT MONTANA STATE BILLINGS
Montana State Billings has compiled a 7-15 overall record and 4-10 mark in the GNAC. One of the four league wins came at home over Western Oregon, 74-67, on January 14. Last week, the Yellowjackets split games at home defeating Saint Martin's (71-57) before falling to Seattle Pacific (57-98). MSUB will open their Oregon road trip at WOU on Thursday before playing Concordia on Saturday. Tiana Hanson leads the way in scoring for the Yellowjackets with 15.7 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game. Rylee Kane tallies 11.7 points per game and posted a career-high 25 points against WOU earlier this year. MSUB is shooting 38.2 percent from the field and 70.5 percent from the free-throw line while scoring 59.5 points and pulling down 29.5 boards a game.
 
• Head coach: Kevin Woodin (Carroll, '87), Thirteenth season
• Team's leading scorer: #34 Tiana Hanson, 15.7 ppg
• Team's leading rebounder: #34 Hanson, 6.7 rpg
• Team's assists leader: #25 Rylee Kane, 5.4 apg
• Team's steals leader: #25 Kane, 1.8 spg
• Team's blocks leader: #34 Hanson, 1.0 bpg