WESTERN OREGON WOLVES (7-12, 3-8)
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Head Coach: Jessica Peatross
Record at WOU: 17-25 (2nd Season)

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
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vs. Seattle Pacific (6-17 overall, 0-10 GNAC)

• 7 p.m. Thursday
• Monmouth, Oregon
• All-Time: 9-49 · Last 10: 3-7 · Streak: Won 1
• Earlier this season: 78-67 win at SPU (Jan. 11, 2025)
• Last Loss vs. SPU: Feb. 10, 2024, at WOU - 59-57
• Last Win at WOU vs. SPU: Feb. 28, 2019 (60-53, four straight home losses to SPU)

vs. #18 Montana State Billings (19-4 overall, 8-2 GNAC)

• 2 p.m. Saturday
• Monmouth, Oregon
• All-Time: 9-33 · Last 10: 2-8 · Streak: Lost 6
• Earlier this season: 53-36 loss at MSUB (Jan. 9, 2025)
• Last win: Jan. 14, 2022 at WOU (66-57)

QUICK TEAM SUMMARIES

• The Wolves at 3-8 are in eighth in the conference - two games back of the sixth and final spot into the GNAC Championships with seven games to go. WOU ranks 10th in the conference in scoring (61.8 ppg) and is eighth in scoring defense (72.8). Bella Pedrojetti continues to lead WOU in scoring at 15.5 points per game while Natalie Brown leads the team and the conference in rebounding at 8.3 per game. Ciona Wells leads the team and is third in the conference in assists at 4.4 per game.
• Seattle Pacific has dropped eight in a row and is in last place in the conference at 0-10. The Falcons are eighth in the GNAC in scoring (65.5) and ninth in scoring defense (74.0). SPU is second in the conference and 24th in the nation in blocks at 4.3 per game. SPU is led in scoring by Hunter Beirne at 13.6 points per game - 12th in the GNAC. She also leads the team in assists per game at 3.5 - seventh in the GNAC.
• No. 18 Montana State Billings - which has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the country this season - sits second in the GNAC at 8-2 - 1.5 games behind first-place and No. 25 Alaska Anchorage. Defense paces the Yellowjackets as they are second in the conference and 22nd in D-II in points allowed per game at 55.6 while averaging 68.7 points - a scoring margin of plus-13.1 - second in the GNAC and 33rd in D-II. Dyauni Boyce leads the team and is fourth in the conference in scoring at 15.6 points per game while Aspen Giese is 13th in the GNAC at 13.3 points per game. Kortney Nelson leads the conference in assists at 4.7 per game.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Wolves dropped a pair of road games last week, falling 83-68 at Simon Fraser on Thursday and 82-61 at Westsern Washington on Saturday.
• SPU and MSU Billings played each other last week in Seattle with the Yellowjackets coming away with the road win 77-67. Dyauni Boyce led five MSUB players in double figures with 22 points while Korney Nelson added 19 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals. For SPU, Hunter Beirne had a team-high 19 points while Lolo Weatherspoon added 17 points and six rebounds.

WOU NOTES

Wolves in D-II Top 50 Stat Rankings

Bella Pedrojetti

• 36th 3-pointers per game (2.56)
• 42nd 3-point percentage (37.7)

Ciona Wells

• 36th Assists per game (4.4)
• 41st Assist/turnover ratio (1.83)

Pedrojetti Named Academic GNAC | GNAC Release
WOU's Bella Pedrojetti was named Academic All-GNAC on Wednesday - the Wolves' lone representative on the team.

To qualify for academic all-conference, student-athletes must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20, must be in at least their second season competing for their team and must have competed on the court during the 2024-25 campaign.

Wolves drain season-best 11 3-pointers in win over Seattle Pacific, most since 2017
WOU in a key 78-67 win at Seattle Pacific on Jan. 11 set season bests for 3-pointers (11) and 3-point percentage (47.8).  It's tied for the most 3-pointers since Jan. 14, 2017, when WOU hit a school-record 15 at MSU Billings (also hit 11 Jan. 11, 2022 against Alaska Fairbanks) and for the third most since the 2011-12 season.

Most WOU 3-pointers in game since 2010-11 season

• 15 at MSU Billings, Jan. 14, 2017
• 12 at Saint Martin's, Nov. 10, 2012
• 11 at Seattle Pacific, Jan. 11, 2025
• 11 at Alaska Fairbanks, Jan. 11, 2022
• 11 at Simon Fraser, Jan. 6, 2011

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 tournament eight out of nine years and went a combined 217-85 (.719).