WESTERN OREGON WOLVES (3-5)
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Head Coach: Jessica Peatross
Record at WOU: 13-18 (2nd Season)

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Watch/Live Stat Links
vs. Pacific
Toy Drive Game - Free admission with unwrapped toy

• 5:30 p.m. Thursday
• Monmouth, Oregon
• All-Time: 21-7 · Last 10: 6-4 · Streak: Won 3
• Last: 75-57 win at Pacific (1994-95 season)

HEADING INTO THE WEEK

• This will be the first time WOU has taken on Pacific in a contest that counted for the Wolves in 30 years (Thursday's contest is an exhibition for the Boxers).
• That 1994-95 season the Wolves won the NAIA national title as this year marks the 30th anniversary of the first of back-to-back national titles for WOU.
• Bella Pedrojetti enters the week third in the GNAC in scoring at 17.6 per game after scoring a career-high 36 points at Alaska Fairbanks last Thursday - the most points in a game by a WOU player since Leada Berkey scored a school-record 45 at Central Washington Feb. 21, 2008. 
• WOU has two of the top three players in the GNAC in assists with Ciona Wells leading the conference at 4.8 per game while Enid Vaifanua is third at 4.6). WOU also has the top rebounder in the GNAC in Natalie Brown (10.0 - 22nd in D-II).
• Pacific has dropped three straight heading into Thursday. The Boxers are led by Shaade Williams (11.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.2 spg), Brookelynn Burke (11.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 43.3 3FG%) and Emily Holsan (10.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.3 apg, 2.0 spg).

LAST TIME OUT

• The Wolves split their GNAC opening weekend, defeating Alaska 82-73 behind a career-high 36 points from Bella Pedrojetti, a double-double from Natalie Brown (10 points, 14 rebounds) and seven points and 11 assists from freshman Ciona Wells - the most by a Wolf since 2002 and the most on the road by a WOU player in the program's NCAA era. WOU then lost to Alaska Anchorage to split the road trip.
• Pacific hasn't played since the day before Thanksgiving - a 78-73 overtime home loss to Hardin-Simmons. Ava Cook had a team-high 14 points while Shaade Williams added a double-double (10 pts, 11 reb).

WOU NOTES
Pedrojetti's 7 3s at Alaska second most in WOU history, 36 points most since 2008
Bella Pedrojetti exploded for her second 30-plus point game by scoring 36 points - draining seven 3-pointers in the process - during the Wolves' win at Alaska on Dec. 5. The seven 3-pointers is the second most in WOU history and the most since Shelby Snook tied the school record of eight against Montana State Billings in 2017 (Joanne Steffey hit eight against Linfield in the 1990-91 season).

Pedrojetti's 36 points - two better than her career-high 34 set in the season opener against Multnomah - is the most by a Wolf since Leada Berkey scored a school-record 45 points against Central Washington on Feb. 21, 2008. It's the 10th time in program history a player has scored 36 or more points in a game and Pedrojetti is the sixth player to do it (Lead Berkey and Sandie Graves scored 36 or more three times and Casey Cosler, Jodi Siddall and Shelley Potter each did it once). Berkey and Pedrojetti are the only two to score 35 or more in the Wolves' NCAA era (since the 2000-01 season).

35 or more points, WOU history

• 45 Leada Berkey at Central Washington, Feb. 21, 2008
• 43 Sandie Graves at Eastern Oregon, 1995-96
• 41 Casey Cosler vs. Eastern Oregon, 1986-87
• 40 Sandie Graves vs. Humboldt State, 1995-96
• 39 Jodi Siddall at Warner Pacific, 1982-83
• 38 Leada Berkey vs. Cascade, Nov. 15, 2006
• 38 Sandie Graves at Humboldt State, 1995-96
• 36 Bella Pedrojetti at Alaska, Dec. 5, 2024
• 36 Leada Berkey vs. Stanislaus State (Nampa, Idaho), Nov. 24, 2007
• 36 Shelly Potter at Columbia Christian, 1992-93
• 35 Casey Cosler vs. George Fox-H, 1986-87

Frosh Wells' 11 assists at Alaska most in nearly 22 years for Wolves
Freshman Ciona Wells became the sixth WOU player to reach double figures in assists in the program's NCAA era (since 2000) when she had 11 in a win over Alaska on Dec. 5 in Fairbanks. It's the sixth time a player has reached double figures in assists - most recently done by Triniti Youngblood last season at Alaska (10 on Jan. 27, 2024). The 11 assists for Wells is the most since Erica Matthews had 11 against Concordia on Dec. 20, 2022, and is the most by a WOU player on the road in the Wolves' NCAA era.

WOU double-digit assists in NCAA Era (Since 2000)

• 13* Becky Gregory vs. Alaska (Dec. 6, 2001)
• 11 Ciona Wells at Alaska (Dec. 5, 2024)
• 11 Erica Matthews vs. Concordia (Dec. 20, 2002)
• 11 Shannon Copple vs. Alaska (Nov. 30, 2000)
• 10 Triniti Youngblood at Alaska (Jan. 27, 2024)
• 10 Becky Gregory vs. Saint Martin's (Feb. 2, 2001)
• *Tied for school record with Julie Miller (1994-95) and Carrie Tobey (1989-90)

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).

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).