Falcon Forward Aziz Earns GNAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week
February 10, 2003

SEATTLE (Feb. 10) -- Seattle Pacific University star forward Yusef Aziz was selected as men's basketball co-player of the week in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference after scoring 28 points in the Falcons' comeback victory at Western Washington.

Aziz (Sr., 6-4, Seattle, Wa./Foster-Highline CC) scored 19 of his 28 points in the second half to spark an 80-72 victory, the team's third in a row and sixth in the last seven games. Aziz scored 11 points during a decisive 20-6 run in which the Falcons went from six down to an eight-point lead in the final nine minutes. He tied a school record by hitting all 12 of his free throws and was eight of 12 from the floor. He also had seven rebounds and three steals.

Sharing the award with Aziz was Western Oregon's Sean Kelly.

Seattle Pacific (8-2, 12-7) resumes play Thursday at Alaska Fairbanks.