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SEATTLE (Jan. 19) -- Brannon Stone scored 11 of
his 14 points in the first half and Yusef Aziz finished with 17 as
9th-ranked Seattle Pacific University established a new record for
consecutive victories with its 15th straight, 95-64 over Alaska
Anchorage in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference basketball game
at Brougham Pavilion Saturday night.
The Falcons, now atop the conference at 7-0 and
15-1 overall, shot a season-high 60 percent, including 10 of 17
3-pointers. They have won 28 of their last 30 home conference
games. The previous mark for consecutive wins was 14 set in the
1965-66 season.
Maurice Cato (Jr., 6-0, Fairfield, Ca.) also
had 14 points, Nick Johnson (Sr., 6-3, Burlington,
Wa./Burlington-Edison) 12 and Eric Sandrin (Sr., 6-10, Bothell,
Wa./Shorecrest) 10 for Seattle Pacific, which led by as many as 36
in the second half. Sandrin's eight rebounds helped SPU finish
with a 38-31 advantage on the boards.
Alaska Anchorage's Peter Bullock led all
players with 18 points and 10 boards. The Seawolves shot just 36
percent for the game in dropping to 4-3 and 4-12.
Stone (Sr., 6-7, Oak Harbor, Wa.) took only
seven shots, making five, including 4-6 treys. He also had six
assists. Aziz (Jr., 6-4, Seattle, Wa./Foster-Highline CC).
Playing its fourth straight game on the road,
Anchorage managed to stay with Seattle Pacific only for the first
few minutes. At that point Stone struck with back-to-back
3-pointers to ignite a 16-4 charge. A bigger 22-4 burst over the
final nine minutes of the period buried the Seawolves in a
26-point hole at halftime. Cato's off-balance trey from the left
corner came just before the buzzer.
The 19 points was the fewest by a Falcon
opponent during the season and UAA hit just six of 21 shots from
the floor while committing nine turnovers.
Meanwhile, SPU sizzled, connecting on 20 of 31
field goals.
SPU, which has not been beaten since an opening
night, 68-67 loss to Indianapolis, now plays seven of its next
nine on the road, beginning Thursday and 10th-ranked Humboldt
State.
UA ANCHORAGE -- Bullock 6-14 6-8 18,
Glover 5-11 1-4 12, Evans 2-3 2-3 6, Vaughan 1-3 0-0 2, Drake 2-5
2-2 7, Gallatin 3-10 7-9 16, Shippen 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 0-0 0-0 0,
Abbott 0-0 0-0 0, Bannarbie 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 19-53 21-30 64.
SEATTLE PACIFIC -- Aziz 8-14 1-2 17,
Stone 5-7 4-6 14, E. Sandrin 3-6 4-6 10, Cato 5-7 2-2 14, Johnson
5-8 2-3 12, Lee 2-3 0-0 5, Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Bellessa 0-0 0-0 0,
Keely 1-3 0-0 3, Woodard 2-5 0-4 4, Sundberg 1-1 0-0 2, D. Sandrin
3-5 0-0 8, Cohen 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 38-63 9-17 95.
Halftime--SPU 45, UAA 19. 3-Point Goals--UAA
5-15 Gallatin 3, Glover, Drake), SPU 10-17 (Stone 4, Cato 2, D.
Sandrin 2, Keely, Lee). Rebounds--UAA 31 (Bullock 10), SPU 38 (E.
Sandrin 8). Assists----UAA 7 (Gallatin 2), SPU 22 (Stone 6). Total
fouls--UAA 14, SPU 21. Technicals--Drake, UAA. A--1,150.
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