Complete Box Score

SEATTLE (Mar. 3) -Stephanie Urrutia registered 15 points and had 10 rebounds and Gus Balogh had 15 points as 19th-ranked Seattle Pacific University closed out its regular season with a 68-39 win over Western Oregon in a Pacific West Conference women's basketball game Saturday night at Brougham Pavilion.

PacWest Champion Seattle Pacific, ranked No. 2 in the West Region, awaits tomorrow's NCAA tournament pairings. The top two seeds in the region receive a first round bye in the West Region March 8-10, at a site to be announced. Cal Poly Pomona held the top spot in last week's poll.

Balogh (Sr., Szombathely, Hungary) scored seven of her 15 points during a 12-2 Falcon run with 8:00 to play in the first half. The Falcons went into the locker room at intermission with a 34-19 advantage.

SPU led the entire second half as Urrutia (So., Sunnyside, Wa.) scored 13 of her 15 points. On the night, the sophomore guard connected on five of nine shots including two of three from beyond the three-point arc. Urrutia assisted on four plays as well.

With just under three minutes to play in the game, Liz Guppy (Sr., Beaverton, Or.) blocked a short jumper by Western Oregon's Mandi Dinan and in doing so, surpassed Caroline Pfiel (1886-90) on the school record list as career leader in blocked shots. Guppy's four-year total is 214. The senior finished the game with 11 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.

Seattle Pacific connected on 43.9 percent (25 of 57) of its shots compared to Western Oregon's 23.7 percent (14 of 59). The Falcons out-rebounded the Wolves 42-41.

The Falcons were aided by the return of point guard Kerie Hughes (So., Mount Vernon, Wa.). Hughes sat out the last eight games with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. The sophomore assisted on three plays in the game. Valerie Gustafson (Fr., Black Hills, Wa.) had 11 points and six rebounds for SPU while Heather Laats and Mandi Dinal scored eight points apiece to lead the Wolves (12-11, 15-13).

NCAA Division II tournament pairings and the site of the West Regional will be announced Sunday (Mar. 4). Regional play begins Thursday.

WESTERN OREGON -
Ottmar 5, Laats 8, Dinan 8, Gregory 3, Copple 7, Davidson, Brungardt 3, Williams, Anderson 3, Wheeler, Calderon 2.

SEATTLE PACIFIC -
Holme 9, Guppy 11, Daniel, Urrutia 15, Balogh 15, Beard, Hughes, Prescott 3, Lukkes 4, Gustafson 11.

Halftime-SPU 34, WOU 19.