SEATTLE (Feb. 14) -- Kelley Berglund's game-high 21 points led the 15th- ranked Seattle Pacific University women's basketball team to its 18th straight home victory with a 88-63 win over Alaska-Fairbanks in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game Thursday night at Brougham Pavilion.

The Falcons (10-4, 18-5), winners of four of their last five games, avenged an overtime loss to the Nanooks (6-8, 12-11) on Jan. 12 in Fairbanks. SPU hosts Alaska-Anchorage this Saturday at 7 p.m.

SPU began a 45-13 run with 2:26 remaining in the first to blow the game wide open. The Falcons largest lead of the game, 34 points, came at the 6:50 mark in the second-half. Five three-pointers in the second half and 54 percent field-goal shooting built and sustained the margin.

The Falcons pressured the ball heavily, forcing Fairbanks to shoot 32 percent from the floor. UAF was just 4-for-16 from the three-point line. Kristin Poe (So., 5-8, Enumclaw, Wa./Enumclaw) and Emily Faurholt (Fr., 5-11, Kennewick, Wa./Kennewick) recorded 12 and 10 rebounds, respectively, to lead a decisive 52-34 rebounding edge over the Nanooks.

Michelle Beaumont (Fr., 5-11, Bellingham, Wa./Sehome) and Kerie Hughes (Jr., 5-6, Mt. Vernon, Wa./Mt. Vernon) each joined Berglund (Jr., 6-3, Port Angeles, Wa./Washington State) in double-figures with 15 and 14 points, respectively. Hughes was a perfect six-for-six from the floor, including one three-pointer, and sank one free-throw. Berglund shot 8-for-14 from the floor and five-for-six from the charity stripe.

SPU -- Faurholt 4-10 0-0 8, Berglund 8-14 5-6 21, Hughes 6-6 1-1 14, Urrutia 3-8 0-0 7, Poe 3-11 0-0 6, Hermanson 3-6 0-0 8, Isaacson 0-1 0-0 0, Beaumont 7-9 0-0 15, Cadotte 1-1 0-0 3, Gustafson 2-4 0-0 4.

UAF -- Wolf 4-6 0-0 8, Woodruff 4-12 2-2 12, Arts 6-16 4-4 16, Chan 2-10 0-0 4, Wagoner 2-9 2-2 7, Durny 1-3 2-2 4, Jemmett 2-6 0-0 5, Taalak 3-12 1-3 7, Kupczyk 0-0 0-0 0, Hollenbeck 0-1 0-0 0

Halftime -- SPU 42, UAF 34