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Men's Basketball Media Guide - Week 8

Coming Up – Simon Fraser (December 28, Lacey, Washington, 7:00 p.m.), Western Washington (December 30, Lacey, Washington, 7:30 p.m.).

COMPLETE MEDIA GUIDE
 
Live Stats/Live Video – Live Stats and Live Video of SMU's Basketball Games will be available with links found on smusaints.com. Live stats and video will be produced by the Host Team.
 
Listen On Bryant and Clark Sports Connection - All Saint Martin's Men's Home games will be broadcasted on the Bryant and Clark Sports Connection with links to broadcast found on smusaints.com. Follow them on facebook (The Bryant and Clark Sports Connection).
 
Social Media – Follow the Saints on Twitter (@SMUSaints_MBB) and follow SMU Athletics on Facebook (Saint Martin's Saints), Twitter (SMUAthletics), Instagram (saints_athletics) and YouTube (SMU Athletics).
 
Ticket Information - SMU students get in free to all SMU home games with a valid student ID card and tickets are available for only six dollars. Seniors/Military/Non-SMU Students get in for four dollars. Children under the age of 11 get in free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling Abbey Bergquist at 360-438-4305.
 
Boyce On Fire From Beyond The Arc – Boyce, who took all 13 of his shots against The Evergreen State College, connected eight times. His eight 3-pointers marked the most in a single game since 2008 by any Saint.
 
Tale Of Two Halves –The Saints responded from a 35.9/26.3/40.0 percent shooting line in the first half to 58.1/50.0/53.8 percent in the second half to run away from the Geoducks, scoring 35 points in the first half and 50 in the second.
 
Saints Carry Perfect Home Record Into Conference Season – Entering their first conference games at home, the Saints will put their perfect 3-0 record at home on the line. The Saints have defeated Hawaii Hilo, Quest and The Evergreen State College inside Marcus Pavilion.
 
EJ Boyce Leads Conference – EJ Boyce leads the GNAC in Assist to Turnover Ratio at 2.3 by recording 30 assists and only committing 13 turnovers in nine games. His 3.3 assist per game mark is tied for tenth best in the conference. On the year, Boyce is averaging 10.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 3.3 apg, .89 spg in 30.8 minutes per game (fourth most in the GNAC).
 
Chavez Named Saint Of The Month – Every month, Saint Martin's names one male and one female athlete Saint of the Month. After leading the Saints in the month of November to a 6-1 start with a GNAC Team of the Week award, and a GNAC Player of the Week honor, Luke Chavez was named for the first time in his career.
 
SMU Connects From Deep – Saint Martin's rebounded from their poor 3-point shooting performances against Central Washington (27.3 percent) and Northwest Nazarene (23.1 percent) against Quest. The Saints found their rhythm early, going 11-for-15 (73.3 percent) in the first half and ending on 17-for-30 (56.7 percent), a new season-high in most made field goals and percent. 
 
Simon Fraser Preview – The Clan carry a 7-3, 1-1 record to Lacey and ride a three-game win streak, with their last loss coming in November. Leading the way is Kedar Salam who averages 16.1 ppg along with 3.3 rpg. Salam is an efficient scorer, averages 52.0 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from beyond the arc. JJ Pankratz is second on the team in scoring (14.8 ppg) and leads the team in rebounding (7.2 rpg). The Saints will also have to stop Izaih Sherman-Newsome who scores 12.9 ppg and 5.8 boards per game. Othniel Spence and Michael Provenzano combine for 19.3 ppg and 5.1 rpg to round out Simon Fraser's major weapons. SFU averages 76.9 points per game and allows only 68.5 points per game. The Clan records 34.4 rpg, 13.5 apg on 12.4 turnovers per game, along with 9.3 steals per game and 4.1 blocks per game.
 
Western Washington Preview – The 2016 GNAC Champions have quickly regained their top spot in the conference with a 2-0 record and 7-3 overall. The Vikings will travel to Seattle Pacific before heading to Marcus Pavilion for a rematch of last season's GNAC Championship Semifinal game. WWU features a trio of some the best players in the GNAC in Daulton Hommes and Trey Drechsel and Deandre Dickson. Hommes leads the team in scoring at 18.1 ppg along with 5.9 rpg. Dickson is second in scoring at 14.2 ppg while Drechsel is third in 13.4 ppg with both players averages 6.5 rpg. Logan Schilder provides the Vikings with 7.6 rpg while averaging 9.7 ppg. WWU also features Siaan Rojas and Trevor Jasinsky who combined for 16.8 ppg and 6.5 rpg. The Vikings have dominated their opponents this season, outscoring them 88.3 to 71.0 ppg. WWU averages 43.2 rpg, 15.9 apg on 15.2 turnovers per game along with 5.8 steals per game and 6.6 blocks per game.
 
GNAC Recap – Western Washington holds a perfect 2-0 record in conference and the top spot in the conference standings. Tied for the second spot in Western Oregon and Alaska Anchorage, both sitting at 3-1 in GNAC action. Northwest Nazarene places fourth at 2-1 ahead of Central Washington and Alaska who currently have 2-2 records. Saint Martin's Simon Fraser and Seattle Pacific all remain tied for seventh at 1-1 while Montana State Billings and Concordia looking for their first wins at 0-3 and 0-4.
 
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