NAMPA, Id.-Gus Balogh scored a game high 27 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as Seattle Pacific University dropped Northwest Nazarene 79-68, in a Pacific West Conference women's basketball game Saturday night at Montgomery Fieldhouse.

Balogh (Sr., Szombathely, Hungary) hit a short jumper to open up the scoring at 19:36. The Falcons racked up leads of 13 and 15 two different times in the first period and never trailed in the game. SPU was ahead 33-32 at intermission.

Balogh accounted for eight of her game high 10 rebounds in the second half and connected on 11 of 17 field goal attempts in the game on the way to her first double-double of the season.

Seattle Pacific shot 43.3 percent as a team to Northwest Nazarene's 34.3 percent. The Falcons posted a one-rebound advantage on the boards, edging the Crusaders 46-45.

Stephanie Urrutia (So., Sunnyside, Wa.) dropped in a career-high 16 points on six of 10 shooting for SPU and teammate Valerie Gustafson (Fr., Black Hills, Wa.) scored 11.

Point Guard Kerie Hughes (So., Mount Vernon) assisted on seven plays and stole the ball five times.

Chelsey Hall paced the Crusaders with 20 points.

The Falcons (2-0, 5-0), picked to finish first in the PacWest Conference in a preseason poll, are undefeated and head to Bellingham for a pivotal game against last year's conference champion, Western Washington, Saturday night (Dec. 9). Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00.

GAME RESULTS: SPU 79, NNC 68.

SPU: Beard, Hughes 4, Prescott 4, Urrutia 16, Lukkes 4, Poe 7, Holme 2, Balogh 27, Guppy 4, Gustafson 11.

NNC: Imhof, Allen-McGarrah 5, Vail, Hellbert 15, Lawrence 4, Kollman 10, Downie 3, Hall 20, Smith-Paulson 8, Graham 3.