NAMPA, Id. (Jan. 29) – Brittney Kroon had a record 13 blocks and just missed a triple-double as the No. 4 Seattle Pacific University women’s basketball team beat Northwest Nazarene 99-80 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference action on Thursday.

Kroon’s (So., 6-4, Wasilla, Ak.) total is an SPU and GNAC record, as well as the best single-game total this winter among Division II players. It equals the sixth-best total all-time since the NCAA started keeping track of the statistic in 1993. The all-time record is 20. Kroon led seven Falcons (17-0, 8-0 GNAC) in double figures with 17 points and eight rebounds.

Seattle Pacific has now won 50 straight regular season games and 32 consecutive conference contests.

Michelle Beaumont (Jr., 5-11, Bellingham, Wa./Sehome) and Mandy Wood (So., 5-7, Port Angeles, Wa.) scored 16 points apiece for SPU. Valerie Gustafson (Sr., 6-0, Olympia, Wa./Black Hills), Kristin Poe (Sr., 5-8, Enumclaw, Wa./Enumclaw) and Jenny Poe (So., 5-8, Enumclaw, Wa./Enumclaw-Portland State) each had 12 while Amy Taylor (Jr., 5-8, Shoreline, Wa./Shorewood-Oregon) added 11 points and eight assists.

The Falcons shot a season-high 63 percent (43-for-68) from the field, including 11-for-21 (.524) from three-point range, while holding the Crusaders (7-9, 3-5 GNAC) to 36 percent. SPU also outrebounded NNU 43-28.

Northwest Nazarene was led by Jenny Binford’s 26 points while Danielle Pridgen added 20 points and 11 rebounds.

The Falcons next travel to Saint Martin’s on Saturday in a battle of the top two teams in the GNAC.

SEATTLE PACIFIC – Kroon 17, Beaumont 16, Wood 16, Gustafson 12, K. Poe 12, J. Poe 12, Taylor 11, Smith 3, Strand 0, Duffin 0, Hermanson 0, Soule 0.

NORTHWEST NAZARENE – Binford 26, Pridgen 20, Buehler 17, Zillner 6, Gonzalez 5, Barker 2, Lind 2, Sacht 2, Thorpe 0, Harrison 0.

Halftime – SPU 52, NNU 31