MONMOUTH, Or. (Feb. 7)— Jason Chivers poured in 28 points and had 11 rebounds and Jordan Lee chipped in 23 points but it was not enough to lift Seattle Pacific University over Western Oregon as the Wolves handed SPU its third straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference loss, 98-90 at the New P.E. Building in Monmouth.

Seattle Pacific (5-6, 9-11) trailed 37-42 at the half, as Chivers (Jr., Los Angeles, Ca./Highland-L.A. Trade Tech) connected on a perfect five of five tries from the field. The junior center had 18 of his team high 28 points in the second half and was 11 for 15 from the field on the night.

Teammate Lee (Jr., Tacoma, Wa./Life Christian) had 14 points in the first half, 12 of them on three-pointers. The junior guard connected on eight of 14 shots on the night and was five for seven from three-point land.

Western Oregon’s (12-8, 6-5) Sean Kelly had a game-high 31 points to lead four Wolves in double figures. Chris Olson and Evan Kieling had 17 apiece.

The Falcons led early, jumping out to an 8-2 lead less than a minute into the game. SPU shot 76 percent from the field during the opening 14 minutes, and led by as many as 10 behind Lee’s hot shooting.

Seattle Pacific twice cut Western Oregon’s lead to three during the waning minutes of the second half but was unable to pull ahead.

Chivers pulled down 11 rebounds to go with his 28 points, for his 14th double-double in his last 15 outings. Ralph Steele (Jr., North Birmingham, Al./Huffman-Citrus JC) chipped in 14 points for SPU.

The Falcons return to Seattle for a two-game home stand beginning Thursday with a GNAC match-up against Northwest Nazarene. Tip-off is at 7:30.

SPU: Lee 23, Binetti 4, Williams 9, Bremerman 6, Chivers 28, Steele 14, Knudson, Bushmaker 2, Matzen 2, Cohen 2.

WOU: Tyner 12, Olson 17, Kelly 31, Day 8, Kieling 17, Hutcherson 1, Barnhart, Brautiqam 12.