Complete Box Score

RENO, Nev. (Dec. 13) ­ Seattle Pacific University absorbed its first men's basketball loss of the season at the hands of 20th-ranked Nevada as Charlo Mo and Nick Fazekas combined for 33 points in an 83-57 win at the Lawlor Events Center Tuesday night.

The Falcons (5-1), ranked fifth in NCAA Division II, were paced by the 17 points and eight rebounds of center Robbie Will (So., 6-10, Seattle, Wa./O'Dea).

The high-flying Mo and the 6-foot-11 Fazekas, the starting forwards, totaled 18 and 15 points, respectively, and together hit 9-of-13 field goals as the Wolf Pack (7-1) moved out to a 41-21 halftime lead. Mo connected on three of his treys, including two in the first eight minutes.

SPU closed within 47-32 four minutes into the second half on back-to-back three-pointers by Chad Williams (Sr., 6-8, Burlington, Wa.) but got no closer the rest of the way.

The defeat halted the best start in six seasons for SPU. Nevada is the highest-ranked Div. I opponent for the Falcons since visiting then-No. 4-ranked Kansas in 1993-94.

Nevada never trailed but did not begin to pull away until the latter stages of the first half, with Demarshay Johnson sparking a 10-2 tear with a pair of baskets. The Wolf Pack connected on four of their first five treys, shot X percent from the field in the opening period and 53 percent (32-60) overall.

Scoring 12 of his total in the first half, Will kept SPU in contention early. Mike Bushmaker (Sr., 6-7, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) came off the bench for a season-high 13 points, all in the second half. Tony Binetti (Sr., 6-1, Enumclaw, Wa.) added 12.

Seattle Pacific missed its first seven three-pointers and finished 4-19 outside the arc. It hit 40 percent (25-63) from the field and was out-rebounded 33-23, with Fazekas grabbing a game-high 10 boards.

SPU plays Missouri Southern in the opening round of the High Desert Classic in Las Vegas Saturday.

NEVADA 83, SEATTLE PACIFIC 57
SEATTLE PACIFIC (5-1) Will,Robbie 8-17 1-3 17; Bushmaker,Mike 6-10 0-0 13; Binetti,Tony 5-9 1-2 12; Williams,Chad 2-8 0-0 6; Matzen,Drew 3-5 0-0 6; Bremerman,Dustin 1-7 0-0 2; Moultrie,Jared 0-1 1-2 1; Gabelein,Tim 0-1 0-0 0; Yuen,Austin 0-2 0-0 0; Lynch,Brian 0-1 0-0 0; Knudson,Jeff 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-63 3-7 57.
NEVADA (7-1) Charlo, Mo 7-10 1-1 18; Fazekas, Nick 6-11 3-4 15; Kemp, Marcelus 5-6 0-0 10; Ikovlev, Denis 2-3 2-2 8; Taylor, Seth 1-1 4-4 6; Ellis, David 3-7 0-0 6; Bell, Chad 3-8 0-0 6; Johnson, Demarshay 2-5 1-4 5; Shiloh, Kyle 2-5 0-2 5; Lynch, Curry 1-1 2-4 4; Burleson, Lyndale 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 32-60 13-21 83.
Halftime--NEV 41, SPU 21. 3-point goals-SPU 4-19 (Williams,Chad 2-6; Binetti,Tony 1-2; Bushmaker,Mike 1-1; Moultrie,Jared 0-1; Yuen,Austin 0-1; Lynch,Brian 0-1; Knudson,Jeff 0-2; Bremerman,Dustin 0-4; Matzen,Drew 0-1), NEV 6-12 (Charlo, Mo 3-3; Ikovlev, Denis 2-3; Shiloh, Kyle 1-3; Burleson, Lyndale 0-1; Fazekas, Nick 0-2). Fouled out--None. Rebounds-SPU 31 (Will,Robbie 8), NEV 44 (Fazekas, Nick 10). Assists-SPU 15 (Bremerman,Dustin 5), NEV23 (Burleson, Lyndale 7). Total fouls-SPU 22, NEV 9. A-6422