SEATTLE (Feb. 28) -- Robert Day poured in 26 points as Western Oregon held on to upset 9th-ranked Seattle Pacific University 77-74, snapping the Falcons home winning streak at 12 games Thursday night at Brougham Pavilion.

Despite the loss, Seattle Pacific (22-4, 14-3 GNAC) can still earn a share of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship by beating Humboldt State in the final game of the regular season Saturday night at 7. The 5th-ranked Lumberjacks fell to Western Washington, 76-66, in Bellingham.

Nick Johnson (Sr., 6-3, Burlington, Wa./Burlington-Edison) pumped in 23 of his 25 points in the second half as the Falcons erased a 19-point deficit in just over eight minutes. A trey by Johnson gave SPU its only lead of the second half at 44-43, capping a 25-5 burst.

However Day restored the Wolves lead with a 3-pointer and a tip by Drew Summers made it 54-49 with 7:49 remaining. After another trey by Jay Glover and a put-back by Luke Gambee, the lead reached 61-53. Seattle Pacific got no closer than three until the final 14 seconds and never had a chance to shoot for the tie or lead.

Glover finished with 18 points and nine rebounds for Western Oregon, which had lost seven of its last eight meetings with SPU, including a 73-57 setback in Monmouth Jan. 26. The Wolves out-rebounded SPU 43-34 as Summers and Yuri Whyms also collected seven boards each.

Day connected on 4-5 treys and was 9-16 overall. Western Oregon made 6-13 treys and converted 21-23 free throws.

Yusef Aziz (Jr., 6-4, Seattle, Wa./Foster-Higline CC) adde 12 points and Gene Woodard (Jr., 6-3, Edmonds, Wa./O'Dea) for the Falcons shot a season-low 38.5 percent (25-65) from the field. Brannon Stone (Sr., 6-9, Oak Harbor, Wa.) pulled down 11 rebounds, passed for eight assists and blocked five shots to lead all players.

Johnson made seven of 10 shots in the second half and was 8-14 overall, including 3-6 3-pointers.

Western Oregon's trapping zone held the Falcons to just 19 first-half points--six fewer than any previous game. Meanwhile the Wolves were hitting 50 percent at their end. Robert Day, despite being faced with a box-and-one, hit five of seven field goals and scored 16 points.

It was Day who led a 19-2 charge for a 34-17 advantage with 3:22 left in the opening half. The gap grew to 19 on a layup by Glover to open the second half.

WESTERN OREGON -- Williams 2-8 2-2 6, Day 9-16 4-4 26, Glover 5-14 7-7 18, Gambee 2-4 0-0 4, Whyms 0-2 2-2 2, Summers 3-5 3-4 9, Broderick-Kartye 2-4 1-1 5, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Bahler 2-5 0-1 5, Simonson 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 25-59 21-23 77.

SEATTLE PACIFIC -- Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Aziz 5-11 2-2 12, Stone 2-12 2-2 8, Johnson 8-14 6-7 25, E. Sandrin 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 3-6 0-0 7, Cato 1-8 6-6 9, Bellessa 0-0 0-0 0, Keely 1-1 0-0 2, Woodard 5-11 1-1 11, D. Sandrin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-65 17-18 74.

Halftime--WOU 36, SPU 19. 3-Point goals--WOU 6-13 (Day 4, Glover, Bahler), SPU 7-29 (Johnson 3, Stone 2, Cato). Fouled out--none. Rebounds--WOU 43 (Glover 9), SPU 34 (Stone 11). Assists--WOU 15 (Day, Glover, Bahler 3), SPU 18 (Stone 8). Total fouls--WOU 17, SPU 22.