Second-Ranked Seattle Pacific Women Rout Western Oregon
February 3, 2005

Season    Game Stats

SEATTLE (Feb. 3) – Carli Smith led a balanced Seattle Pacific attack with team highs of 13 points and nine rebounds as the Falcons routed Western Oregon 87-41 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game on Thursday night at Brougham Pavilion.

The Falcons (10-0 GNAC, 18-1), ranked first in the region and second nationally, won their 16th straight game of the year and their 52nd straight league game. SPU also extended its home winning streak to 24 games. The Wolves (1-9 GNAC, 4-14) dropped their 12th straight game.

Smith (Jr., 5-11, Spokane, Wa./Valley Christian), who shot 6-for-8 from the field, was one of five SPU players in double figures as all 11 Falcons who saw action scored at least a basket. Michelle Beaumont (Sr., 5-11, Bellingham, Wa./Sehome) added 11 points in 14 minutes off the bench as SPU’s reserves outscored WOU’s 39-2.

Quinn Brewe (Fr., 6-1, Edmonds, Wa./Meadowdale), Brittney Kroon (Jr., 6-4, Wasilla, Ak.) and Mandy Wood (Jr., 5-6, Port Angeles, Wa.) all scored 10 points each in the win. Brewe also finished with five rebounds and two steals.

The Falcons, who led the entire game, broke the contest open midway through the first half. After WOU’s Kagney Kohne hit a lay-up to bring the Wolves to within one, 11-10, SPU’s Amy Taylor (Sr., 5-8, Shoreline, Wa./Shorewood) buried one of her three triples and Wood followed with a basket to extend the lead to six. Minutes later Brewe hit a pair of free throws to catalyze a 17-5 run that gave Seattle Pacific a 19-point lead, 38-19, with three minutes left in the half.

Taylor finished with nine points for the Falcons, scoring all of them in the first half on 3-for-7 shooting from three-point range. Beth Christensen (Fr., 5-5, Enumclaw, Wa.), who backed up Taylor at the point, tallied a career-high 12 assists in 21 minutes off the bench. That was a also a team season best for SPU, who finished with a season-high 30 assists in the game.

Seattle Pacific came out of the intermission on fire, extending its lead to 32 with 12 minutes remaining and then 40 with six minutes to play. The Falcons went on to outscore the Wolves 47-19 in the second half, shooting a blistering 68 percent from the field after the break.

WOU’s Shannon Talbott poured in a game-high 20 points in the loss. Kohne added 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Wolves.

The Falcons shot a season-high 58.7 percent from the field and held Western Oregon to just 38.6 percent. WOU’s 41 points were the lowest by a Seattle Pacific opponent this year. SPU outscored WOU 50-20 in the paint and scored 36 points off 26 Western Oregon turnovers. The Falcons also scored 18 points off fast breaks compared to just two by the Wolves.

The Falcons host Humboldt State in a GNAC game on Saturday at 1:30 in the afternoon.

SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY 87, WESTERN OREGON 41

WESTERN OREGON (1-9 GNAC, 4-14) Talbott,Shannon 7-14 3-4 20; Kohne,Kagney 5-13 0-2 10; Berkey,Leada 3-7 0-0 6; Pahl,Chelsea 1-2 0-0 3; Goracke,Mary 1-1 0-0 2; Stephens,Libby 0-4 0-0 0; Bennett,Kellen 0-0 0-0 0; Laski,Michelle 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 17-44 3-6 41.

SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (10-0 GNAC, 18-1) Smith,Carli 6-8 1-1 13; Beaumont,Michelle 5-10 0-0 11; Kroon,Brittney 4-6 2-2 10; Brewe,Quinn 4-5 2-2 10; Wood,Mandy 5-6 0-0 10; Taylor,Amy 3-9 0-0 9; Strand,Rachel 3-4 2-2 8; Poe,Jenny 3-7 0-0 6; Christensen,Jessie 2-2 0-1 4; Christensen,Beth 1-3 1-2 4; Fielding,Autumn 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 37-63 8-10 87.

Western Oregon................ 22 19 - 41 
Seattle Pacific University.... 40 47 - 87

3-point goals-Western Oregon 4-14 (Talbott,Shannon 3-4; Pahl,Chelsea 1-2; Stephens,Libby 0-4; Laski,Michelle 0-2; Kohne,Kagney 0-2), Seattle Pacific University 5-16 (Taylor,Amy 3-7; Beaumont,Michelle 1-3; Christensen,Beth 1-2; Strand,Rachel 0-1; Poe,Jenny 0-1; Fielding,Autumn 0-2). Fouled out--Western Oregon-None, Seattle Pacific University-None. Rebounds-Western Oregon 24 (Kohne,Kagney 7), Seattle Pacific University 31 (Smith,Carli 9). Assists-Western Oregon 14 (Laski,Michelle 4; Talbott,Shannon 4), Seattle Pacific University 30 (Christensen,Beth 12). Total fouls-Western Oregon 9, Seattle Pacific University 9. A-357