SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 17) -- Cold shooting plagued Seattle Pacific University for the second game in many nights as Pittsburg State (Ks.) beat the Falcons 70-64 in the second round of the River City Shootout Tuesday night in a men's basketball game at Greehey Arena.

Cedric Brooks scored 20 points and Jamey Richardson had 10 of his 16 in the second half and added 14 rebounds for the Gorillas (8-1), who charged in front early and then protected a slim lead for the final 14 minutes.

Maurice Cato (Sr., 6-0, Fairfield, Ca.) pumped in 15 points for SPU (5-3), which lost back-to-back games for the first time in two seasons.

Yusef Aziz (Sr., 6-4, Seattle, Wa./Foster) managed just nine points. Jason Chivers (So., 6-8, Palmdale, Ca.) finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Repeating the trend of Monday's loss to Missouri Western, the Falcons fell behind early and could not sustain a rally due to sub-40 percent shooting. Richardson's layup pushed Pittsburg's lead to 18-4 after the first 12 minutes.

Chivers, who scored all of his points in the first half, fueled a comeback which brought Seattle Pacific within 31-30 at intermission. A three-point play by Cato gave SPU its second and final lead at 42-41.

A Richardson jumper quickly restored the lead and later his two free throws widened the gap to 61-54 with 2:55 left. The Falcons, who were 25 of 67 from the field (37 percent) and 11 of 22 from the foul line, got no closer than four the rest of the way.

Pittsburg hit 57 percent from the field in the second half and 44 percent (24-54) for the game. The Gorillas were 17-21 at the line, including 6-6 by Richardson, who along with Brooks had three blocked shots.

The Falcons, who have not lost three straight since midway through the 1997-98 season, complete their road trip Thursday night at Nevada.

SEATTLE PACIFIC -- Cato 15, Harris 7, Aziz 9, Chivers 10, Sandrin 6, Lee 0, Bushmaker 2, Binetti 2, Knudson 0, Keely 5, Woodard 2, Cohen 6.

PITTSBURG ST. -- Brooks 20, Vosseler 7, Richardson 16, Twito 4, Campbell 12, Gordon 0, Bovain 5, Shepherd 0, Vogt 6.

Halftime--PSU 31, SPU 30.