After Five-Week Absence, Falcons Back in Pavilion This Weekend
January 2, 2003

SEATTLE (Jan. 2) -- After spending all of December on the road, both the Seattle Pacific University men's and women's basketball teams return to Brougham Pavilion this weekend to begin home stands.

The Falcon men, now 5-4 after losing three in a row before Christmas, will host the eighth annual Oak Harbor Freight Lines Holiday Classic beginning Friday night to open a five-game home stand. They face UC Santa Cruz (0-11) at 7 p.m. while Seattle University (6-3) plays Montana's Rocky Mountain College (11-3), winners of nine in a row, at 5. On Saturday, Seattle U. plays Santa Cruz at 2 and SPU faces Rocky Mountain at 7.

Ranked No. 2 in the nation among NCAA Division II programs, the undefeated Seattle Pacific women (10-0) return home to play Lewis-Clark State (10-4) Saturday at 5 p.m. The Falcons have matched their best start ever while the Warriors are No. 16 in NAIA. SPU plays twice more at the pavilion when Great Northwest Athletic Conference play resumes next week.