Second-Ranked Falcons Women Storm Past Northwest Nazarene
February 3, 2005

Season    Game Stats

NAMPA, Id. (Feb. 12) – The Crusaders came across the Falcons on the wrong night. Behind career nights from Quinn Brewe and Carli Smith, nationally second-ranked Seattle Pacific routed host Northwest Nazarene 90-47 on Saturday, just two nights after suffering its first league loss in over three years.

The Falcons, who are also ranked No. 1 in the west region, improved to 12-1 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and 19-2 overall. Seattle Pacific came out strong, capturing a 47-22 lead, in an impressive performance after having their league winning streak of 53 games snapped on Thursday at Saint Martin’s. The Crusaders fell to 3-9 in the GNAC and 7-14 overall.

Brewe (Fr., 6-1, Edmonds, Wa./Meadowdale) scored a career-high 14 points to go along with six rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench. SPU’s bench outscored NNU’s 35-8. Smith (Jr., 5-11, Spokane, Wa./Valley Christian) matched her career best with 19 points. The league’s rebounding leader, Smith also hauled in a team-high 10 boards for her seventh double-double of the season.

Point guard Amy Taylor (Sr., 5-8, Shoreline, Wa./Shorewood) got the Falcons, who never trailed in the game, off to a blazing start. She opened the game with one of her four three pointers as SPU jumped out to a 10-point lead just eight minutes into the game. Taylor, who three treys and totaled 16 points by halftime, finished with a season-high 21. She was 8-for-13 from the field, including 4-for-5 from long range.

The Crusaders climbed back to within six with just under eight minutes left in the half, but Taylor buried a three that led to a 25-6 SPU run to finish the half. The Falcons scored 21 unanswered points to begin the run, holding NNU scoreless for over six minutes. Northwest Nazarene never got closer than 20 throughout the rest of the game.

Danielle Pridgen had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the loss for the Crusaders. Whitney VanBrocklin led NNU with 11 points.

Brittney Kroon (Jr., 6-4, Wasilla, Ak.) added nine points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots for SPU.

The Falcons shot 51 percent in the game and held NNU to just 28 percent on its own court. The Falcons were also 7-for-15 (47 percent) from three-point range and 19-for-21 (91 percent) from the free-throw line. SPU out-rebounded NNU 50-30.

The Falcons return to Brougham Pavilion for their final regular season home games. SPU opens three straight at home against Central Washington next Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

SEATTLE PACIFIC 90, NORTHWEST NAZARENE 47
SEATTLE PACIFIC (20-2, 12-1 GNAC) Taylor,Amy 8-13 1-1 21; Smith,Carli 7-12 5-5 19; Brewe,Quinn 5-7 4-4 14; Kroon,Brittney 4-5 1-2 9; Fielding,Autumn 1-2 4-4 7; Beaumont,Michelle 3-5 0-0 7; Hermanson,Trisha 1-3 2-2 5; Poe,Jenny 2-4 0-1 4; Wood,Mandy 0-5 2-2 2; Christensen,Jessie 1-1 0-0 2; Christensen,Beth 0-4 0-0 0; Strand,Rachel 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 32-63 19-21 90.
NORTHWEST NAZARENE (7-14, 3-9 GNAC) VanBrocklin,Whitney 4-9 1-2 11; Pridgen,Danielle 4-14 2-2 10; Kotter,Katie 1-2 5-8 7; Gonzalez,Kara 3-8 0-0 6; Lind,Trisha 2-6 0-0 5; Metz,Jessica 1-8 2-2 4; Schutte,Nicole 1-4 0-0 2; Clark,Whitney 1-8 0-0 2; Clevenger,Jami 0-0 0-0 0; Thorpe,Amanda 0-0 0-0 0; Sacht,Faith 0-2 0-1 0; Shively,Erin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-61 10-15 47.

Seattle Pacific............... 47 43 - 90 Northwest Nazarene............ 22 25 - 47

3-point goals-Seattle Pacific 7-15 (Taylor,Amy 4-5; Hermanson,Trisha 1-2; Beaumont,Michelle 1-1; Fielding,Autumn 1-2; Wood,Mandy 0-3; Christensen,Beth 0-2), Northwest Nazarene 3-17 (VanBrocklin,Whitney 2-6; Lind,Trisha 1-2; Kotter,Katie 0-1; Gonzalez,Kara 0-2; Metz,Jessica 0-2; Clark,Whitney 0-4). Fouled out--Seattle Pacific-None, Northwest Nazarene-None. Rebounds-Seattle Pacific 50 (Smith,Carli 10), Northwest Nazarene 30 (Pridgen,Danielle 11). Assists-Seattle Pacific 21 (Christensen,Beth 7), Northwest Nazarene 9 (Gonzalez,Kara 4). Total fouls-Seattle Pacific 17, Northwest Nazarene 16. A-345