Complete Box Score

FAIRBANKS (Jan. 6) ­ Seattle Pacific University's bid for a rare road sweep in Alaska came up short Saturday night as Jushay Rockett scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds in a 90-78 win by Alaska Fairbanks in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at Patty Center.

The Falcons (1-1, 8-5), who had won four in a row, were led by the 20 of Dustin Bremerman (Sr., 6-4, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower).

Shooting 63 percent from the field (35-56), the Nanooks (1-1, 10-3) took command early, led by 10 at halftime and continually repelled SPU rallies.

Seattle Pacific sliced the UAF lead to five with 5:04 left. An 8-1 spurt was capped by Bremerman's three-pointer, cutting the deficit to 70-65.

But Rushay maneuvered inside for a bucket on the next possession and, later, jumpers by Steven Sandles and Kenny Barker pushed the lead back to 10.

Rockett was strong underneath, hitting 9 of 12 shots. He also blocked six shots.

On a frigid night outdoors--temperatures reached 30 below at game time)--the Falcons started cold. Alaska bolted to a 13-1 lead behind Rockett's six points and never trailed.

SPU, which was coming off a Thursday win at Alaska Anchorage, has only swept an Alaska road trip four times in 23 tries.

Bremerman was effective on the drive but was just 1-6 outside the arc. Rob Will (jr., 6-10, Seattle, Wa./O'Dea), Rob Diederichs (Fr., 6-8, Shoreline, Wa./Shorewood) and Marques Echols (Jr., 6-2, Seattle, Wa./Garfield) each added 11 points.

Barker contributed 19 points and Sandles 16 for UAF.

The Falcons shot a respectable 49 percent (29-59) overall yet were out-rebounded 33-24.

SPU returns home to host Western Oregon Thursday night in Brougham Pavilion.