COMING UP: The Evergreen State College (5-18 overall, 5-13 CCC) closes out its 2015-16 season with Cascade Collegiate Conference games against Warner Pacific (13-11, 8-10) on Friday and Multnomah (4-22, 2-16) on Saturday. Tip off for both games is 5:30 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTS: Friday night is the Pink Out game to promote cancer awareness. At the start of Friday night's halftime the team will honor teachers that have made a difference in the lives of Evergreen's three seniors – Uriah Thomas, Irene Moore and Victoria Elleby. On Saturday, directly following the conclusion of the women's game and prior to the men's game warmup, Thomas, Moore and Elleby will be feted on Senior Night.

FOLLOW THE GEODUCKS: All Evergreen home basketball games are available either via live stats or pay-per-view video stream at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/evergreen/#. John Hammargren is in his fourth year as the play-by-play voice of Evergreen basketball.

ABOUT THE GEODUCKS: With back-to-back victories to their credit for the first time this season, the Geoducks look to add two more to the win column as they close out the season at CRC Gymnasium. A real highlight for this year's team is the ability to rebound effectively, as evidenced by the Geoducks pulling down an average of 6.8 rebounds more per game than their opponents. On the other end of the spectrum, they continue to average more turnovers (4.2 per game) than their CCC foes. Evergreen averages 61.2 points and allows 69.5 per game in conference action. Individually, the Geoducks continue to get great play from a pair of post players. Junior Gabi Fenumiai ranks second in CCC scoring with 17.1 points per game and third with 7.9 rebounds per contest. Senior Uriah Thomas is second in league rebounding with 8.1 per contest and she also contributes an average of 11.9 points. Fenumiai ranks among the field goal percentage leaders at .543, while Thomas is among the CCC best with a .770 free throw shooting mark. Two other players are among the conference leaders, junior guard Lacey Morris with a CCC-leading 5.0 assists per game, and Autumn Moorcroft with 5.0 rebounds per contest.

THOMAS CLOSING IN ON CAREER RECORD: The only member of the senior class to have played all four years at Evergreen, Uriah Thomas is closing in on the program's career free throw percentage record. Entering weekend play Thomas is 121-for-156 at the charity stripe during her career, a .776 percentage. Heather Johnson (1997-99) is the career leader at .765 percent (153-for-200). A few other of Thomas' career numbers - 81 games, 36 starts, 23.2 minutes per game, 603 points (7.4 average) and 357 rebounds (4.4 average).

ABOUT WARNER PACIFIC: The Knights have assured themselves of a conference tournament berth, but how they fare this weekend against Evergreen on Friday and Northwest on Saturday will go a long way toward determining their first-round opponent. Currently tied for sixth in the conference with an 8-10 record, WPC averages 64.4 points and allows 64.0 per conference game, and their rebounding differential is essentially the same with an average of 0.5 more rebounds per game than their opponents. The Knights rank first in the conference with a .751 free throw percentage, led by junior guard Taylor Howlett at .915 (first in the CCC) and senior guard Daesha Jackson at .905 (second). In addition, the team ranks in the top four among league teams in blocked shots, assists and steals per game. Jackson averages 11.1 points per conference game, followed by Howlett at 9.7. Senior forward Lindsay Loe shoots .623 from the field and carries averages of 9.1 points and 5.2 rebounds, while 6-3 senior forward Brett Larson averages 2.0 blocks per game.

THE FIRST TIME: Evergreen shot just 27 percent from the field and committed 29 turnovers in losing to Warner Pacific, 74-43, on Dec. 5 in Portland. Gabi Fenumiai scored 11 points to lead the Geoducks in scoring. 

ABOUT THE LIONS: In their first season in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, the Lions have managed just two victories, both against winless Walla Walla. Multnomah is outscored by nearly 20 points per game and is 8.0 rebounds to the negative in conference contests. It's field goal, three-point and free throw shooting percentages all rank 10th in the 11-team league. Junior guard Miranda Schmillen is the team's top scorer in conference with 9.9 points per game. while junior forward Lacie Kamper leads with 6.7 rebounds per game, and senior guard/forward Lexie Govert is among the CCC leaders with 1.6 steals per game.

THE FIRST TIME: Jonelle Staveland scored 22 points on 6-for-8 from beyond the three-point line in leading the Geoducks to an 82-76 victory over Multnomah in the CCC opener on Dec. 4 in Portland.

EVERGREEN 85, WALLA WALLA 43: Double-doubles were the order of the day last Sunday afternoon as the Geoducks routed the host Walla Walla University Wolves, 85-43. A trio of players – Victoria Elleby, Uriah Thomas and Autumn Moorcroft – all posted double-digit totals in points and rebounds to lead Evergreen. Elleby led the way with 16 points and 15 rebounds, Thomas added 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Moorcroft contributed 11 points and 11 boards.