WESTERN OREGON WOLVES (2-2)
STATS | GAME NOTES
Head Coach: Jessica Peatross
Record at WOU: 12-15 (2nd Season)

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
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BIG ISLAND HOLIDAY CLASSIC (Hilo, Hawaii)
Hawaii at Hilo (0-1)

• 9 p.m. (PT) Wednesday
• Hilo, Hawaii
• WOU All-Time Series Record: 0-0
• Last: N/A

#18 CSU Dominguez Hills (6-0) 

• 3 p.m. (PT) Friday
• Hilo, Hawaii
• WOU All-Time Series Record: 1-1
• Last Played: 12/16/22 (Lost 100-58 at CSUDH) 

A LOOK INTO THE GAME

• The Wolves are in Hawaii this week taking part in the 2024 Big Island Holiday Classic in Hilo, Hawaii. 
• WOU will play host Hawaii at Hilo for the first time in their history Wednesday.
• The Vulcans have played just one game (a 68-51 loss to Hawaii Pacific on Nov. 10) and Caiyle Kaupu led the team with 16 points and seven rebounds.
• WOU faces and undefeated and 18th-ranked CSU Dominguez Hills squad this week that has knocked off with authority fellow GNAC schools Western Washington (76-50) and Seattle Pacific (76-41). Overall, the Toros are winning by an average of 27.3 points per game this season.
• 6-foot forward Asia Jordan leads CSUDH in scoring (17.8) and rebounding (7.8)

LAST TIME OUT

• The Wolves are coming off a buzzer-beating 89-86 loss to Willamette at home last Thursday. Bella Pedrojetti had a team-high 16 points while Enid Vaifanua had 15 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.
• Hawaii at Hilo last played its only game of the season Nov. 10 against Hawaii Pacific, falling 68-51. After going 7-for-10 in the first quarter of that game, the Vulcans went 11-for-37 from the field the rest of the way (29.7 percent) - including 1-for-12 from 3-point range.
• CSUDH is coming off a road win in their CCAA opener at Cal State LA, 75-52. Nala Williams had 23 points, six rebounds and four steals to lead the Toros.

WOU NOTES
Vaifuna flirts with triple-double against Willamette
WOU guard Enid Vaifuna nearly went for a triple-double against Willamette on Nov. 23 in Monmouth, going for 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. A Western Oregon player hasn't had a triple-double in its NCAA era (since 2001). The GNAC has had seven triple-doubles in the conference's history - the last coming Jan. 12, 2023 (Samantha Bowman of Central Washington - 15 points, 19 rebounds, 10 assists vs. Alaska Anchorage).

Pedrojetti's 34 in opener most by a Wolf since 2008
Bella Pedrojetti scored a career-high 34 points in the Wolves' 81-77 victory over Multnomah on Nov. 10 in WOU's season opener in Monmouth. It's the most points by a Wolf since Leada Berkey scored a school-record 45 points against Central Washington on Feb. 21, 2008. It's the sixth time in WOU's NCAA era (since 2001) that a player has scored 34 or more points in a game and the third player to do so (Berkey scored 34 or more four times, Shannon Talbott scored 34 against UC Davis during the 2003-04 season).

Brown with quite the WOU debut with 17 boards in opener
Natalie Brown in her first game for WOU scored 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the Wolves' win over Multnomah on Nov. 10. The 17 rebounds is tied for the most rebounds since Heather Laats grabbed 18 on Jan. 26, 2002. It was the fifth time since Latts' 18 rebound-game in 2002 that a Wolf has grabbed 17 rebounds (last done in 2022 by Meadow Aragon).

30th Anniversary of WOU's first of back-to-back NAIA National Titles
The Western Oregon women's basketball team owns the athletic department's two team national titles, winning them back-to-back in 1994-95 and 1995-96 (WOU finished as national runner-up in 1993-94). The 1994-95 team, coached by Rusty Rogers, went 23-9 and finished the season on a eight-game winning streak - capped with a 75-67 win over current GNAC foe Northwest Nazarene in the title game in Monmouth. The 1995-96 went 31-4 and won in the title game 80-77 over Huron (S.D.) in Angola, Indiana. From the 1990-91 to the 1998-99 seasons, the Wolves made the national tournamnent eight out of nine years and went a combined 217-85 (.719).