Seattle Pacific 95, Cal State Monterey Bay 79

Cal State San Bernardino 80, Northwest Nazarene 56

Seattle Pacific 95, Cal State Monterey Bay 79 Box Score

SEATTLE (Nov. 18) ­ Dustin Bremerman poured in a career-high 32 points to pace Seattle Pacific University to a 95-79 win over Cal State Monterey Bay in the men's basketball opener for both teams at the Sodexho Tip-Off Classic Friday night at Brougham Pavilion.

Brian Lynch (Jr., 6-1, Missoula, Mt.) added 18 points and Chad Williams (Sr., 6-8, Burlington, Wa.) 16 for the Falcons (1-0), who won their home opener for the fourth year in a row.

The Otters (0-1), who stayed close until the final 10 minutes, were led by the 30 of Devoughn Lamont.

Bremerman (Jr., 6-4, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) sliced his way inside for most of his 21 second-half points but also connected on a pair of three-pointers. Still, CSMB hung on, and was within 63-56 after Lamont powered inside with 10:50 left.

But beginning with a Bremerman layup, the Falcons responded with 14 unanswered points, punctuated by two three-pointers from Lynch and another from Jeff Knudson (Sr., 6-7, Mukilteo, Wa./Kamiak).

Seattle Pacific had nursed a lead throughout the first half, drawing out to a 10-point lead after Lynch hit a pair of perimeter jumpers, including a three-pointer, and then putting a ball at the rim for Williams to lay in for a 40-30 advantage.

SPU shot 65 percent in the second half (15-23) and 55 percent from the field overall. Lynch was 7-9, including 4-6 outside the arc. Bremerman was 11-17. The Falcons got nine rebounds apiece from Williams and Robbie Will (So., 6-10, Seattle, Wa./O'Dea) to control the boards, 47-31.

SPU concludes the tournament Saturday versus Cal State San Bernardino. Monterey Bay meets Northwest Nazarene at 3.

Cal St. Monterey Bay..........   36   43  -   79
Seattle Pacific...............   42   53  -   95

Cal State San Bernardino 80, Northwest Nazarene 56 Box Score

In the first men's game Cal State San Bernardino (1-0) stormed in front, held off an early second-half rally by Northwest Nazarene (0-1) and pulled away to an 80-56 win.

The Coyotes scored the contest's first 14 points but the Crusaders pulled within 40-37with 11:41 remaining. Curtis Williams hit two three-pointers and Chet Johnson added another, helping rebuild the lead to 51-40.

Johnson and Moses Gonzalez each had 13 points and NNU was led by the 10 points of Marcus Clift.

CAL ST. SAN BERNARDINO 80, NORTHWEST NAZARENE 56
NORTHWEST NAZARENE (0-1) Clift,Marcus 4-9 0-0 10; Ademoglu,Mesut 4-9 0-0 9; McCarthy,Ryan 3-9 0-0 9; Ehui,Eric 3-4 2-2 8; Ireland,Tim 2-7 3-3 7; Joseph,Wade 3-5 0-0 6; Irby,Kenneth 1-6 3-5 5; Fridrich,Travis 1-4 0-0 2; Branzov,Boycho 0-1 0-0 0; Mayer,Jordan 0-0 0-0 0; Rowland,Jermell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-54 8-10 56.
CAL ST. SAN BERNARDINO (1-0) Johnson,Chet 4-5 4-5 13; Gonzalez,Moses 5-9 2-2 13; Breland,Jason 4-8 2-2 12; Williams,Curtis 3-6 0-0 9; Lewis,Khorry 3-4 0-0 8; Clark-Watts,Rummel 3-6 1-2 7; Harris,Prentice 2-2 0-0 6; Barnes,Kenneth 2-5 1-2 5; James,Perkins 1-4 1-2 3; Parker,Antoine 1-3 0-0 2; Clayton,Geoffrey 0-1 2-2 2; Davis,Jason 0-1 0-0 0; Williams,Jeremiah 0-1 0-0 0; Roberts,Mario 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-55 13-17 80.

Northwest Nazarene............ 18 38 - 56 
Cal St. San Bernardino........ 35 45 - 80 

3-point goals-Northwest Nazarene 6-23 (McCarthy,Ryan 3-7; Clift,Marcus 2-7; Ademoglu,Mesut 1-3; Fridrich,Travis 0-3; Ireland,Tim 0-3), Cal St. San Bernardino 11-15 (Williams,Curtis 3-4; Lewis,Khorry 2-2; Breland,Jason 2-3; Harris,Prentice 2-2; Johnson,Chet 1-1; Gonzalez,Moses 1-2; Clayton,Geoffrey 0-1). Fouled out--Northwest Nazarene-None, Cal St. San Bernardino-None. Rebounds-Northwest Nazarene 27 (Irby,Kenneth 7), Cal St. San Bernardino 35 (Johnson,Chet 8). Assists-Northwest Nazarene 15 (Clift,Marcus 5), Cal St. San Bernardino 21 (James,Perkins 4; Williams,Curtis 4). Total fouls-Northwest Nazarene 19, Cal St. San Bernardino 18. A-237 Sodexho Tipoff Classic