RENO (Nov. 13) ­ In its final outing prior to the regular season men's basketball opener, Seattle Pacific University was unable to get untracked offensively and fell to Nevada, 73-56, Saturday night at the Lawlor Events Center.

Ramon Sessions scored 15 points and Kevinn Pinkney added 14 for the Wolfpack, who pulled awayin the early stages of the second half after holding the Falcons scoreless for the first 6 minutes, 15 seconds of the final period.

Jason Chivers (Sr., 6-8, Los Angeles, Ca.) led SPU with 18 points and seven rebounds, with 11 of those points coming in the first half. Dustin Bremerman (So., 6-4, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) had 12 points.

For the game's first 10 minutes, Seattle Pacific traded baskets with the Sweet 16 team of last spring. Chivers gave SPU a 10-5 advantage after six minutes.

However Nevada took the lead for good on a Nick Fazekas three-pointer, 22-19, and led 39-31 at the break. The 'Pack then went on a 22-9 run to start the second half, when the Falcons committed 12 of their 21 turnovers . Nevada's size and strength inside translated to a 47-28 margin in rebounds.

SPU opens the season Friday night at Washington. That game is nearing a sellout at Bank of America Arena.

SEATTLE PACIFIC ­ Lee 2-7 0-1 5, Binetti 1-5 0-0 2, Williams 3-5 1-2 9, Bremerman 4-9 2-2 12, Chivers 8-13 1-3 17, Birkle 3-4 1-2 8, Knudson 0-3 0-0 0, Steele 0-3 0-0 0, Bushmaker 0-0 0-0 0, Yuen 0-0 0-0 0, Gabelein 0-0 0-0 0, Matzen 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 22-50 5-10 56.
NEVADA ­ Shiloh 2-5 1-2 7, Sessions 5-10 5-6 15, Pinkney 6-14 2-4 14, Fazekas 3-8 1-2 8, Washington 3-4 2-2 8, Charlo 3-8 2-2 8, Taylor 1-4 0-0 2, Ellis 3-6 0-0 6, Bell 0-4 5-6 5, Lynch 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 26-64 18-26 73.
Halftime--NEV 39, SPU 31. 3-point field goals--SPU 7-20 (Williams 2-4, Bremerman 2-6, Birkle 1-1, Chivers 1-1, Lee 1-3, Lee 1-3, Binetti 0-1, Knudson 0-3, Steele 0-1, Lee 0-1), NEV 3-10 (Shiloh 2-3, Fazekas 1-2, Sessions 0-1, Taylor 0-1, Lynch 0-1, Charlo 0-2). Rebounds--SPU 28 (Chivers, Williams 7), NEV 47 (Pinkney 9). Assists--SPU 13 (Bushmaker, Chivers 3), NEV 11 (Shiloh, Sessions, Charlo 3). Total fouls--SPU 20, NEV 10. Fouled out--Binetti. A--2823.