Lee, Bremerman Pace Falcons to OT Win in GNAC Men's Opener
December 4, 2003

ANCHORAGE (Dec. 4) -- Jordan Lee poured in a career-high 29 points and Dustin Bremerman scored five of his 16 points in overtime as Seattle Pacific University opened Great Northwest Athletic Conference play by beating Alaska Anchorage 89-83 at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

A three-pointer by Lee (Jr., 6-2, Tacoma, Wa./Life Christian) gave the Falcons (1-0, 3-2) an 80-75 lead midway through the third period. Bremerman (Fr., 6-4, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) connected on a trey and a long two-pointer in the overtime.

Down 86-83, the Seawolves (0-1, 5-2) had a final opportunity to tie the game with 14 seconds left but Aaron Lawrence missed a three-pointer. Tony Binetti (So., 6-1, Enumclaw, Wa.) got the rebound and made three of four free throws in the final 11 seconds to provide the final margin and give SPU its second road win in a row.

Seattle Pacific trailed by 43-37 at halftime the two teams exchanged the lead nine times in the second half. Two free throws by Lee and a short jumper by Jason Chivers (Jr., 6-8, Los Angeles, Ca.) put SPU ahead 71-68 with 2:35 left in regulation. But after Anchorage went back in front, Bremerman made the second of two foul shots to tie it at 72 and send the game into overtime with 29 seconds to go.

Chivers scored 13 -- 10 in the second half -- and hauled down 11 rebounds before fouling out with a minute left in regulation. Binetti and Mike Bushmaker (So., 6-7, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) each finished with 11 points. Binetti also had eight assists while Bushmaker collected eight boards.

The Seawolves, coming off a pair of wins over Div. I teams last week, were led by 24 points and 10 rebounds of Kemmy Burgess. Mark Drake scored 22. Peter Bullock, an all-tournament selection at the Great Alaska Shootout, scored the first three UAA points of the extra period but later fouled out with 14 points.

Anchorage led by as many as nine points in the opening half, when it shot 57 percent from the field. However the Seawolves hit just 29 percent in the second half and SPU controlled the boards, 43-27, and hit 18 of 21 free throws.

The Falcons, three games into a stretch of seven straight road games, face Alaska Fairbanks Saturday afternoon. It will be the final conference game prior to Jan. 8.

SEATTLE PACIFIC 89, ALASKA ANCHORAGE 83

SEATTLE PACIFIC (3-2, 1-0 GNAC) Lee, Jordan 10-19 4-4 29; Bremerman, Dustin 5-11 3-4 16; Chivers, Jason 6-11 1-1 13; Bushmaker, Mike 3-4 5-6 11; Binetti, Tony 3-9 3-4 11; Steele, Ralph 2-4 0-0 5; Cohen, Chris 0-3 2-2 2; Williams, Chad 1-5 0-0 2; Matzen, Drew 0-0 0-0 0; Knudson, Jeff 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-66 18-21 89.

ALASKA ANCHORAGE (5-2, 0-1 GNAC) Burgess, Kemmy 8-18 3-4 24; Drake, Mark 7-13 2-2 22; Bullock, Peter 4-11 5-6 14; Fitt-Chappell, Adam 3-3 1-2 8; Simpson, Adam 3-5 1-3 7; Lawrence, Aaron 2-4 0-0 4; Stevens, Scott 1-2 0-0 2; Evans, Josh 0-1 2-2 2; Durrant, Blaine 0-1 0-0 0; Austin, Bob 0-0 0-0 0; Brown, Jesse 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 28-61 14-19 83.

Seattle Pacific............... 37 35 17 - 89 
Alaska Anchorage.............. 43 29 11 - 83

3-point goals-Seattle Pacific 11-21 (Lee, Jordan 5-8; Bremerman, Dustin 3-5; Binetti, Tony 2-4; Steele, Ralph 1-2; Williams, Chad 0-2), Alaska Anchorage 13-23 (Drake, Mark 6-11; Burgess, Kemmy 5-8; Fitt-Chappell, Adam 1-1; Bullock, Peter 1-1; Lawrence, Aaron 0-2). Fouled out-Seattle Pacific-Chivers, Jason, Alaska Anchorage-Lawrence, Aaron; Bullock, Peter. Rebounds-Seattle Pacific 43 (Chivers, Jason 11), Alaska Anchorage 27 (Burgess, Kemmy 10). Assists-Seattle Pacific 19 (Binetti, Tony 8), Alaska Anchorage 22 (Fitt-Chappell, Adam 7). Total fouls-Seattle Pacific 20, Alaska Anchorage 22. A-1066