SEATTLE, Wa.-Gus Balogh scored a game high 14 points and Kerie Hughes had 13 as Seattle Pacific University opened its PacWest Conference season with a 65-49 win over rival Seattle University, Thursday night at Connelly Center.

The Falcons pulled ahead mid way through the first half did not trail the rest of the game. SPU headed into the locker room at half time with a 33-30 advantage.

Balogh (Sr., Szombathely, Hungary) was four of five from the free throw line on the night and Hughes (So., Mount Vernon) tallied a game high seven assists. The sophomore point guard also stole the ball seven times.

Four Falcons scored in double figures. Stephanie Urrutia (Sunnyside, Wa.) and Kristin Poe (So., Enumclaw, Wa.) dropped in 10 points apiece. Poe pulled down a team high five rebounds.

The Redhawks were paced by the 11 points of Courtney Tinsley.

Germaine Espinoza contributed 10. Seattle U. out-rebounded Seattle Pacific 30-24, but a stingy Falcon defense held the Redhawks to just 30 shots in the game. Seattle Pacific shot 23 of 56 on the night.

The Falcons (1-0, 4-0) meet Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho, in another PacWest Conference game Friday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00.

SPU 88, SCU 63

SPU:
Poe 10, Balogh 14, Gustafson 6, Hughes 13, Urrutia 10, Berberian, Beard, Prescott 6, Lukkes, Holme 4, Guppy 2.

SCU:
Cordova 5, kloeck 8, Tinsley 11, Espinoza 10, Crabbe, Young 3, Elmore, Bresee 1, DeLaunay 3, Ellis 1, Asante 3, Takeuchi.