FAIRBANKS, Ak. (Jan. 15) – Amy Taylor scored eight of her 12 points in the final nine minutes and Valerie Gustafson finished with 18 as No. 7-ranked Seattle Pacific University held on for its 13th straight win, 76-70 over Alaska Fairbanks in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball game Thursday night at Patty Center.

Taylor (Jr., 5-8, Shoreline, Wa./Shorewood) connected on a pair of three-pointers after the Nanooks had closed within 55-54 with 8:30 remaining. Taylor’s second trey pushed the SPU advantage back to 63-56 and, later, a Gustafson (Sr., 6-0, Olympia, Wa./Balck Hills) layup put the visitors ahead by nine, 69-60, with 3:06 to go.

Seattle Pacific (4-0, 13-0) is now unbeaten in 28 consecutive GNAC games and 46 straight regular season contests. It plays at Alaska Anchorage Saturday night.

Adrienne Taalak of Alaska Fairbanks (2-2, 6-6) topped all players with 32 points–26 coming in the second half. She hit 6-8 three-pointers and UAF was 10-20 from beyond the arc. The Nanooks trailed virtually the entire game and by 10, 41-31, at halftime.

Gustafson was 8-13 from the floor and also had four steals. Brittney Kroon (So., 6-4, Wasilla, Ak.) hit all five of her field goals and had 11 points and four blocked shots for SPU, which shot 53 percent (27-51) to 42 percent (23-55) for Fairbanks. The Falcons missed 12 of 31 free throws.

SEATTLE PACIFIC 76, ALASKA FAIRBANKS 70

SEATTLE PACIFIC – Taylor 4-8 2-3 12, Beaumont 2-5 5-10 9, K. Poe 3-5 3-4 10, Kroon 5-5 1-2 11, Gustafson 8-13 2-4 18, Smith 3-4 1-2 7, Hermanson 0-1 0-0 0, Wood 1-4 2-2 4, J. Poe 1-4 1-2 3, Duffin 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 27-51 19-31 76.

ALASKA FAIRBANKS – Chan 3-13 2-2 9, Hartman 3-5 1-3 8, Taalak 9-15 8-8 32, Schirack 4-8 0-0 10, Rabung 3-11 3-6 9, Durny 1-2 0-0 2, Mason 0-0 0-0 0, Wasson 0-0 0-0 0, McNulty 0-0 0-0 0, Diesher 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-55 14-19 70.

Halftime–SPU 41, UAF 31. 3-Point goals–SPU 3-10 (Taylor 2-4, K. Poe 1-1, Wood 0-2, J. Poe 0-2, Beaumont 0-1), UAF 10-20 (Taalak 6-8, Schirack 2-4, Chan 1-5, Hartman 1-2, Durny 0-1). Rebounds–SPU 32 (Smith 7), UAF 31 (Rabung 8). Assists–SPU 15 Beaumont 5), UAF 14 (Hartman 5). Total fouls–SPU 15, UAF 21. Fouled out–Chan.