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Falcons Down Anchorage for 11th Straight Home Victory
January 11, 2001

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SEATTLE, Wa. (Jan. 11) -- Gus Balogh scored a game-high 22 points and Kerie Hughes had 10 points and eight assists as 19th-ranked Seattle Pacific University won it's 11th straight at home, defeating Alaska Anchorage 63-49 in a Pacific West Conference women's basketball game Thursday night at Brougham Pavilion.

Balogh (Sr., 5-10, Szombathely, Hungary) scored 15 of her points in the first half, including seven straight points during a three-minute stretch, five minutes into the game. She also had five rebounds and a pair of assists. Hughes (So., 5-7, Mount Vernon, Wa.) was 3-4 from the field and perfect 4-4 at the line for the Falcons, who moved to 5-2 in conference and 10-2 overall. She also had four steals.

Stacie Lukkes (So., 6-0, Kent, Wa.) came off the bench to pull down a team-high seven rebounds for SPU, and assisted on three plays.

Anchorage (1-6, 3-9), which was the last team to defeat the Falcons at home, was led by Tiffany Massey and Dana Bottoms, who scored 14 points apiece. Massey had nine rebounds.

SPU shot only 40 percent from the field (to the Seawolves' 34 percent), but hit 8-16 3-pointers.

Seattle Pacific can move into a tie for the lead in the PacWest with a win over first place Alaska Fairbanks Saturday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m.

ALASKA ANCHORAGE --
Massey 14, Larrabee 2, Bottoms 14, Buchmann 5, Gardeline 3, Nizich 6, Carr 3, Wilhelm, Adams, Jordan 2.

SEATTLE PACIFIC --
Holme 9, Balogh 22, Guppy 6, Hughes 10, Urrutia 8, Beard, Daniel 5, Prescott 3, Lukkes, Gustafson.


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