NAMPA, Id. (Jan. 17) - Tony Binetti scored all eight of his points in the decisive second-half run and Jordan Lee had 19 points as Seattle Pacific University earned its biggest road win of the season, 83-68 over Northwest Nazarene in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men¹s basketball game Saturday night at Montgomery Fieldhouse.

The Falcons (3-3, 7-8) broke the game open with a 20-6 run in the second period, when they shot 57 percent from the field. Jason Chivers (Jr., 6-8, Los Angeles, Ca.) got his ninth double double in his last 10 outings, with 14 rebounds and 10 points. He also blocked four shots.

Binetti (So., 6-1, Enumclaw, Wa.) connected on a pair of three-pointers and also converted a layup off his own steal as a five-point lead swelled to 71-52 with 10 minutes left and 22 points with under three minutes remaining.

The Crusaders (2-3, 7-6), who shot just 42 percent , lost for the eighth time in the last nine meetings with Seattle Pacific. Daniel Nyom paced NNU with 16 points.

Lee (Jr., 6-2, Tacoma, Wa./Life Christian) scored 11 in the first half. He shot 9-14 overall. Although SPU led by as much as 10, it held just a 45-41 advantage at the break.

Seattle Pacific committed a season-low six turnovers and converted 19 of 20 free throws. It finished 28-55 from the floor (51 percent). The bench accounted for 30 points, with Ralph Steele (Jr., 6-2, N. Birmingham, Al.) netting 10 and Mike Bushmaker (So., 6-7, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) eight.

The Falcons are back in Brougham Pavilion for Homecoming week, beginning Thursday night against Central Washington.

SEATTLE PACIFIC 83, NORTHWEST NAZARENE 63

SEATTLE PACIFIC - Lee 9-14 0-0 19, Binetti 3-4 0-0 8, Williams 2-4 0-0 6, Bremerman 2-6 5-6 10, Chivers 3-9 4-4 10, Steele 1-5 8-8 10, Knudson 2-5 0-0 6, Beede 0-0 0-0 0, Bushmaker 4-4 0-0 8, Gabelein 0-0 0-0 0, Matzen 0-1 2-2 2, Cohen 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 28-55 19-20 83.

NORTHWEST NAZARENE - Weidenbach 2-6 0-0 5, Olich 2-8 0-0 4, Harris 3-10 2-3 8, Nyom 7-1 1-2 16, Wattling 6-10 0-3 12, Finkbeiner 1-3 0-0 3, Casper 2-3 4-44 8, Mosbacher 0-4 0-0 0, Lehrschall 4-9 1-2 12, McCarthy 0-0 0-0 0, Post 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 8-14 63.

Halftime-SPU 45, NNU 41. 3-point goals-SPU 8-17 (Binetti 2-3, Williams 2-4, Knudson 2-4, Lee 1-2 Chivers 0-1, Matzen 0-1), NNU 6-16 (Lehrschell 3-7, Weidenbach 1-1, Nyom 1-1, Finkbeiner 1-3, Olich 0-2, Harris 0-2). Rebounds-SPU 34 (Chivers 14), NNU 33 (Harris 7). Assists-SPU 10 (Williams 3), NNU 13 (Olich 6). Total fouls-SPU 21, NNU 15. Fouled out-none. A-978.