Bremerman’s Career Night Leads SPU Past NNU
February 12, 2004

SEATTLE (Feb. 12) ­ Dustin Bremerman scored 21 of his career-high 29 points in the first half as Seattle Pacific University downed Northwest Nazarene, 94-85, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball game Thursday night at Brougham Pavilion.

The Falcons’ (6-6 GNAC, 10-11) broke a three-game losing skid and notched their fourth win in a row at home. The Crusaders (3-9 GNAC, 8-12) dropped their third consecutive game.

Jason Chivers (Jr., 6-8, Los Angeles, Ca.) scored 17 points, pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds and had six assists for SPU. Jordan Lee (Jr., 6-2, Tacoma, Wa./Life Christian) added 15 points and six assists.

Bremerman (Fr., 6-4, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) made his first six shots of the game and scored 17 points in a 4:06 span in the first half as the Falcons went up 31-10 with 12:01 to go. NNU went on a 29-10 run to narrow the gap to 41-39 with 3:34 left and the Falcons led 55-44 at the half.

SPU never trailed in the second half, but the Crusaders got to within 73-71 with 11:49 left before the Falcons reeled off nine straight points, including five by Jeff Knudson (So., 6-7, Mukilteo, Wa./Kamiak) and four from Bremerman. NNU managed to cut the lead to five (89-84) with 53 seconds to play, but Lee and Bremerman combined to hit 5-of-6 foul shots in the final minute to seal the win.

The Falcons shot 52 percent (32-61) from the field and hit 47 percent (9-19) from behind the arc. SPU, the top foul-shooting team in Division II, had an off night at the line, shooting just 21-for-31 (.677). The Crusaders outrebounded SPU, 38-33.

Brian Bieker led five Crusaders in double figures with 16 points.

The Falcons host Seattle University Saturday at 7 p.m.

SEATTLE PACIFIC 94, NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY 85

NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ((8-12, 3-9)) Bieker,Brian 6-8 1-1 16; Lehrschall,David 6-10 0-1 14; Wattling,Cam 5-8 4-5 14; Ademoglu,Mesut 5-7 2-2 13; Olich,Derek 3-8 5-8 12; Harris,Prentice 1-4 2-2 5; Mosbacher,Chris 2-8 0-0 4; Nyom,Daniel 2-4 0-2 4; Casper,Jerome 1-2 1-2 3; McCarthy,Ryan 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 31-63 15-23 85.

SEATTLE PACIFIC ((10-11, 6-6)) Bremerman,Dustin 10-17 6-6 29; Chivers,Jason 6-11 5-8 17; Lee,Jordan 4-10 6-9 15; Steele,Ralph 3-7 2-4 9; Knudson,Jeff 3-4 0-0 8; Binetti,Tony 3-7 0-2 6; Williams,Chad 2-3 0-0 5; Beede,Jordan 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 32-61 21-31 94.

Halftime: SPU 55, NNU 44 3-point goals-Northwest Nazarene University 8-19 (Bieker,Brian 3-4; Lehrschall,David 2-5; Ademoglu,Mesut 1-1; Harris,Prentice 1-3; Olich,Derek 1-1; McCarthy,Ryan 0-3; Casper,Jerome 0-1; Mosbacher,Chris 0-1), Seattle Pacific 9-19 (Bremerman,Dustin 3-4; Knudson,Jeff 2-3; Steele,Ralph 1-4; Beede,Jordan 1-2; Lee,Jordan 1-3; Williams,Chad 1-1; Binetti,Tony 0-2). Fouled out--Northwest Nazarene University-Olich,Derek; Wattling,Cam, Seattle Pacific-None. Rebounds-Northwest Nazarene University 38 (Mosbacher,Chris 8), Seattle Pacific 33 (Chivers,Jason 11). Assists-Northwest Nazarene University 15 (Olich,Derek 5), Seattle Pacific 21 (Lee,Jordan 6; Chivers,Jason 6). Total fouls-Northwest Nazarene University 21, Seattle Pacific 18. A-650