HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay women's basketball team will head north for their first road trip of the 2018-19 season to participate in the Seawolf Hoops Classic hosted by the University of Alaska-Anchorage. This will be the Pioneers second consecutive tournament of the season.
 
East Bay will take on the tournament host No. 6 Alaska-Anchorage on Friday evening, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. (PT) before rounding out the road trip with a contest against the University of Alaska-Fairbanks on Saturday afternoon, November 17 at 3:30 p.m. (PT). All games will be held at the Alaska Airlines Arena.
 
WEEK IN REVIEW
The Cal State East Bay women's basketball opened their 2018-19 campaign with an impressive 51-47 victory over Western Oregon to kickoff the Veteran's Day Classic on Friday afternoon in Pioneer Gymnasium.
 
The Pioneers found themselves down 47-44 with just under two minutes to play when Kayley Hsiung (Bakersfield, Calif.) tied the game with a thee-point field goal from the left wing. Then with less than a minute to go in regulation, newcomer Courtenay Brown (Oakland, Calif.) put the Pioneers ahead 50-47 with a three-point basket from the right wing.
 
Hsiung finished with seven points on 3-for-8 shooting with four rebounds and two assists in 26 minutes of action. Brown was one of two Pioneers to notch double figures with 10 points, including two three-pointers and three steals in 28 minutes off the bench.
 
East Bay would go on to force a five-second violation before icing the contest with late game free throws. Despite the clutch shooting from distance in the final minutes of action, the Pioneers only shot 3-for-17 (17.6%) from beyond the arc.
 
The Pioneers more than made up for their tough shooting night with stout defense. East Bay forced the visiting Wolves to shoot just 32.6% (15-for-46) including a porous 1-for-9 from three-point range (11.1%). CSUEB also forces WOU into 20 turnovers while allowing only nine assists.
 
The ball game featured six ties and nine lead changes over with neither team leading by more than six points. But it was the Pioneers bench points and paint production that was the major outlier in the victory. East Bay won the points in the paint battle 30-12 while also outscoring the Wolves 25-4 in bench points.
 
Junior forward Morgan Greene (Phoenix, Ariz.) collected her first double-double of the season as she grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds to go along with 11 points. Greene also paced the Pioneers with four steals.
 
Sophomore center Faith Turner (Auburn, Wash.) tallied eight points on 3-for-4 shooting from the floor and three rebounds in 13 minutes. Madison Schiller (Ridgecrest, Calif.) and Ruobing Bai (Beijing, China) scored four points each. Schiller added four steals.
 
The Cal State East Bay women's basketball team concluded their Veteran's Day Classic weekend with a tough 61-26 loss to the visiting Concordia University (Ore.) Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon, November 10 in Pioneer Gymnasium.
 
It was a rough afternoon offensively for the Pioneers as they only converted on 21.4% (9-for-42) shooting from the field including only connecting on 2-for-15 (13.3%) from beyond the arc. East Bay also racked up 32 turnovers that turned into 27 points for the Cavaliers.
 
Defensively the Pioneers played fairly well. They held the hot shooting Cavaliers to just 37.7% (23-for-61) shooting from the floor. But Concordia did knock down 40% (8-for-20) of their shots from three-point distance.
 
Junior forward Morgan Greene (Phoenix, Ariz.) paced the Pioneers with eight points and eight rebounds on 4-for-7 shooting from the field. She added two assists and a steal in 25 minutes of action.
 
Concordia narrowly edged out Cal State East Bay in the battle on the boards, 39-38. But the Cavaliers did however outscore the Pioneers 22-14 in points inside the painted area. The Pioneers got 15 points from their reserve players.
 
Madison Schiller (Ridgecrest, Calif.) contributed four points, two rebounds and two steals in 18 minutes off the bench. Courtenay Brown (Oakland, Calif.) added four points, one rebound and one steal in 27 reserve minutes.
 
The Pioneers got big rebounding games from front court players Savannah McGill (Lacey, Wash.) and Faith Turner (Auburn, Wash.). McGill grabbed nine rebounds to go along with three points and one assist and Turner corralled five rebounds with three points and one steal in 11 minutes of action.
 
Jojuan Carrington (Oakland, Calif.) chipped in two points, one rebound, one assist and one steal while Delia Moore (Merced, Calif.) added two points, a team high three steals, three rebounds and an assist.
 
With the loss, the Pioneers fall to 1-1 on the season.
 
PIONEER POINTS
Junior forward Morgan Greene (Phoenix, Ariz.) leads the Pioneers with 9.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per outing. Greene is currently second in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in rebounding and has one double double on the season. She has added three assists and five steals on 45.0% shooting from the floor through 29.5 minutes per game.
 
Newcomer Courtenay Brown (Oakland, Calif.) is contributing 7.0 points per contest and leading the Pioneers with three three-point field goals made on 33.3% accuracy from beyond the arc. Brow has tacked on four steals while leading the CSUEB reserves with 27.5 minutes off the bench.
 
Sophomore Faith Turner is third on the team with 4.0 rebounds and 5.5 points per game in only 12 minutes off the bench. She is currently shooting 80% from the field while accounting for one steal.
 
SCOUTING NO. 6 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE
The Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves enter the meeting against the Pioneers with a 2-0 record after defeating Holy Names and San Francisco State in the Gator Invitational last weekend. Guard Yazmeen Goo leads the Seawolves with 12.5 points per game to go along with 3.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.5 rebounds on 77.8% shooting from the field. Forward Hannah Wandersee is compiling 11.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Alaska-Anchorage is 6-0 all-time against East Bay and 4-0 in Anchorage. Their last meeting was on December 18, 1992 when the Seawolves pulled out a 75-55 victory in Hayward.
 
SCOUTING ALAKSA-FAIRBANKS
The Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks enter the weekend match up against East Bay with a 2-0 record after wins over San Francisco State and Holy Names during the Gator Invitational. Kylie Wallace leads the Nanooks with 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game on 55.6% accuracy from the floor. Sabrina Ungaro is adding 16.5 points, 7.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per outing for Fairbanks. The Nanooks are 0-1 against the East Bay Pioneers with their only meeting resulting in an 84-48 decision in favor of Cal State East Bay on Nov. 17, 2012.