MONMOUTH, ORE. (Feb. 23) -- A season-high 22 points and career-best 10 rebounds by Kerie Hughes lifted the 11th-ranked Seattle Pacific University women's basketball team (13-4, 21-5) over Western Oregon 94-80 in double overtime in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game Saturday night in Monmouth, Ore.

The Falcons (13-4, 21-5), winners of seven of their last eight games, outscored the Wolves (15-10, 8-8) 23-9 in the second overtime to pullout the victory. The Falcons host Central Washington on March 2 at Brougham Pavilion. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.

SPU went on a 9-0 run to begin the second overtime and did not allow a WOU basket until the 1:08 mark. Emily Faurholt (Fr., 5-11, Kennewick, Wa./Kennewick) converted three field-goals and Hughes (Jr., 5-6, Mt. Vernon, Wa./Mt. Vernon) was a perfect six-for-six from the free-throw line to lead the Falcons in the second and decisive overtime period with six points apiece.

The Wolves rallied back after trailing the Falcons 17-5 in the first half to pull to within a basket at halftime. WOU captured the lead in the second half and led by as many seven points. The Falcons tied the game with 1:10 to play and gained a two-point advantage on a pair of free-throws by Hughes with 20 seconds remaining. Becky Gregory drove the lane and scooped a shot off the glass with 2.7 seconds left to send the game into overtime.

The SPU offense went cold in the first overtime and did not score until 2:30 into the period. More clutch free-throw shooting by Hughes gave the Falcons a single-point advantage with under a minute left. The Wolves Gregory converted one of two free-throws with 2.6 seconds remaining to force a second overtime.

The Falcons shot a season-worst .329 percent from the floor. SPU was 26-for-79 overall and 7-for-21 from three-point range. The Falcons won the battle on the glass with a season-high rebounds.

The Falcons were without starting center Berglund (Jr., 6-3, Port Angeles, Wa./Washington State) for much of the game as she sprained her ankle in the first half. She played just 23 minutes and scored four points.

Hughes' double-double is her first as a Falcon. She shot a career-high 16 free-throws and converted 13 of them to tie her personal best for free-throws made. She also led the Falcons in assists with six. Kristin Poe (So., 5-8, Enumclaw, Wa./Enumclaw) recorded her second double-double in three days with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

SPU -- Gustafson 4-5 7-10 15, Poe 3-15 5-6 11, Berglund 2-10 0-0 4, Hughes 4-12 13-16 22, Urrutia 5-15 3-4 16, Faurholt 6-12 3-4 17, Hermanson 0-2 2-2 2, Isaacson 0-0 0-0 0, Beaumont 2-6 2-2 7, Cadotte 0-1 0-0 0, Duffin 0-1 0-0 0.

WOU -- Latts 6-15 1-3 13, Dinan 6-11 1-2 13, Anderson 2-7 1-3 7, Gregory 6-8 6-11 18, Copple 4-15 4-4 12, Matthews 1-1 2-2 4, Ottmar 4-14 4-4 12, Bainter 0-0 0-0 0, Schwenk 0-0 0-0 0, Ragone 0-0 1-2 1.

Halftime -- SPU 25, WOU 23
Regulation -- SPU 63, WOU 63
Overtime 1 -- SPU 71, WOU 71