Complete Box Score

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 25) ­ Behind the 23 points of Dustin Bremerman and career-high 21 by Drew Matzen, No. 4-ranked Seattle Pacific University beat Cal State Dominguez Hills 84-65 in the final game of the Falcon Thanksgiving Classic Saturday at the McDermott Center.

Bouncing back from frigid shooting the previous outing, the Falcons (3-1) shot a torrid 63 percent from the field, including 13 of 23 three-pointers.

Matzen (Sr., 6-4, Bothell, Wa./Lynnwood) connected on all five of his shots from beyond the arc while Bremerman (Sr., Yakima, Wa.) hit 4 of 7.

The Toros (0-2) trimmed a 19-point deficit to 36-31 shortly before halftime, but Bremerman responded with threes on two of the next three possessions. Another of his treys enlarged the bulge to 73-50 with 7:10 to go.

Seattle Pacific never trailed after reeling off 14 unanswered points for a 16-5 lead seven minutes into the game. Matzen drilled two three-pointers and JoJay Jackson (Jr., 6-5, Fairfield, Ca.) hit another.

Bremerman and Matzen shot a combined 16-22 from the floor. Jackson led all players with 10 rebounds and Rob Diederichs (Fr., 6-8, Shoreline, Wa./Shorewood) came off the bench for 12 points.

Rob Will (Jr., 6-10, Seattle, Wa./O'Dea) contributed nine points, eight rebounds and seven assists. SPU was credited with 29 assists on 32 baskets.

Seattle Pacific had scored a nine-year low in Friday's first-round, 62-52 loss to UC San Diego. The Tritons upset No. 2 Montevallo 61-60 Saturday.

Dominguez Hills shot 37 percent (25-67) but forced 19 turnovers, 13 coming from steals.

The Falcons host BYU Hawaii Saturday night at Brougham Pavilion.

SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY 84, CAL. STATE - DOMINGUEZ HILLS 65
CAL. STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS (0-0, 0-2) BARNES, Jamaal 5-7 3-4 13; TOLIVER, Jonathan 4-7 0-0 11; RIVERS, Carlos 4-7 0-0 11; BROWN, Shamont 4-6 0-2 8; LOVE, Demetrius 3-4 0-0 6; WARD, Jamel 2-7 2-2 6; NIBO, Nonso 1-6 3-6 5; BERNARD, Gabe 2-12 0-0 4; BRYANT, Trevon 0-2 1-2 1; COOPER, Murphy 0-1 0-1 0; CAWTHORNE, James 0-5 0-0 0; WALTON, Ryan 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 25-67 9-17 65.
SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (0-0, 3-1) Bremerman,Dustin 8-12 3-3 23; Matzen,Drew 8-10 0-0 21; Diederichs,Rob 5-9 0-0 12; Jackson,JoJay 4-6 0-0 9; Will,Rob 4-7 1-4 9; Echols,Marques 2-3 0-0 5; Larrieu,Brandon 0-1 3-3 3; Lynch,Brian 1-2 0-1 2; Wardell,Adam 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-51 7-11 84.
Halftime-SPU 39, CSDH 31. 3-point goals-CSDH 6-20 (TOLIVER, Jonathan 3-6; RIVERS, Carlos 3-5; WARD, Jamel 0-2; BERNARD, Gabe 0-4; CAWTHORNE, James 0-1; WALTON, Ryan 0-1; BROWN, Shamont 0-1), SPU 13-23 (Matzen,Drew 5-5; Bremerman,Dustin 4-7; Diederichs,Rob 2-5; Echols,Marques 1-1; Jackson,JoJay 1-3; Lynch,Brian 0-1; Larrieu,Brandon 0-1). Fouled out-- None. Rebounds-CSDH 34 (BERNARD, Gabe 8), SPU 34 (Jackson,JoJay 10). Assists-CSDH 14 (TOLIVER, Jonathan 5), SPU 29 (Will,Rob 7). Total fouls-CSDH 13, SPU 14. A-119