Coming Up
The Vulcans host 7^th-ranked University of Alaska Anchorage in a pair of 6 p.m. games on Thursday and Friday, November 19-20, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 21. All games will be held in the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.
 
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A look at the Vulcans   Roster   Schedule   Statistics
 
The Vulcans are coming off an exhibition loss to the University of Hawaii in which newcomer junior guard Lauren Hong led the team with 11 points.
 
UH Hilo returns four players from the 2014-15 squad which finished 10-14 overall and 4-7 in the PacWest. Returning are 5-8 junior guard Alexa Jacobs (Glendale, Ariz.), 5-3 senior Alia Alvarez (Porterville, Calif.), 5-8 senior Felicia Kolb (Kooskia, Idaho) and 5-4 sophomore Keani Shirai (Hilo, Hawai'i).

This year's newcomers include a guard group of Ashley Duyao (5-5, Gardena, Calif.), Lauren Hong (5-4, Cerritos, Calif.), Renatta Olson (5-5, Golovin, Alaska), Vanessa Mancera (5-6, Bakersfield, Calif.) and Kim Schmelz (5-9, Rancho Murieta, Calif.). Players providing size are 5-10 Sydney Mercer (Prosser, Wash.), 6-0 Asia Smith (Los Angeles, Calif.), 6-0 Pilialoha Kailiawa (Pahala, Hawai'i), and 6-0 Patience Taylor (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Head Coach David Kaneshiro enters his sixth season with the Vulcans with a 55-68 record.
 
A look at the Seawolves   Roster   Schedule   Statistics
 
UAA will have played eight games before entering the civic auditorium. They won their first five games before an 84-75 exhibition loss to UNLV. They will host Dixie State and Cal State Stanislaus before playing at Hawaii Pacific University on November 17.
 
The 7^th-ranked UAA Seawolves were picked to repeat at GNAC champions while 6-foot senior forward Megan Mullings was chosen the Great Northwest Athletic Conference's 2015-16 Preseason Player of the Year. She was joined by teammates 5-5 junior guard Kiki Robertson and 5-8 shooting guard Jenna Buchanan on the Preseason All-GNAC Team. UAA added more experience and depth with Division I senior transfers Dominique Brooks (6-4 center) from Penn State and Kejahnna Engel (5-7 guard) from Boise State.

Head Coach Ryan McCarthy begins his fourth year at the helm of the Alaska Anchorage women's basketball program with a 65-21 record.

Last meeting
The teams last met in 2011 in a game played Anchorage, where the Seawolves won 80-44.
 
A look at the Nanooks   Roster   Schedule   Statistics
 
The UAF Nanooks were selected to finish ninth in the GNAC and will play four games before entering the civic. They host Cal State Stanislaus and Dixie State then head to Oahu to play Brigham Young University-Hawaii and Chaminade University on November 18 and 19, respectively, before hitting the civic hardwood.
 
Junior Jordan Wilson was selected to the Preseason GNAC team. The 5-11 Wilson, who was the 2013-14 GNAC Freshman of the Year, returns to the Nanooks after an injury-riddled 2014-15 season that forced her to miss eight of Alaska's 28 games. The Henderson, Colorado native was still able to lead the Nanooks in scoring last season, as she chipped in 15.6 points per game and ranked third on the team in rebounds with her 5.6 per game average.

Head Coach Cody Bench enters her fourth season with a 28-52 record.

Last meeting
The teams last met in 2013 in Hilo for a pair of games. The Nanooks won the first game 62-61. Jordan Kealoha made a pair of free throws with four seconds left to give the Vulcans a 59-58 victory in game two.