Complete Box Score

SEATTLE (Feb. 24) – Jackie Hollands scored 16 of her career-high 22 points in the second half, including nine during a game-breaking run, and Seattle Pacific inched closer to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship with a 76-52 victory over Western Washington Saturday night at Brougham Pavilion.

Hollands (Jr., 5-9, Oregon City, Or.) drained a three pointer to open the second half as Seattle Pacific (11-3, 18-7) extended a 10-point halftime lead to 13. Western Washington (9-6, 17-9) responded with six unanswered points to get back to within seven, but Hollands and the Falcons took the game over and eliminated the Vikings-one of five teams in contention for the league title when the night began-from the GNAC playoff picture.

Hollands scored five of the game’s next seven points and capped off a 20-4 run with her fifth three pointer of the night to put SPU on top by 23, 57-34, with 11:31 left to play. Hollands shot 7-for-8 overall, including 5-for-6 from three-point range in matching the team’s top individual scoring performance of the season. She also had five rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Kelsey Hill (So., 6-2, Portland, Or./Portland Christian) added 11 points, 11 rebounds and five assists for her fifth double-double of the season. Rachel Strand (Sr., 6-0, Shoreline, Wa./King’s) chipped in nine points and six rebounds, and Libby Magnusson (Jr., 5-10, White Bear Lake, Mn.) scored nine points in 28 minutes off the bench.

The Falcons finished with a perfect conference record at home (8-0) and tallied their 68th victory in the past 70 conference home games.

Willow Cabe led the Vikings with 11 points in a reserve role as no WWU starters scored in double figures. The Falcons held the Vikings to just 27.6 percent shooting and their second-lowest scoring performance of the season.

Claire Pallansch added nine points and eight rebounds in the loss.

The Falcons shot 62.5 percent and outscored Western 42-28 in the second half. SPU shot 52 percent overall for the game, including 53 percent (8-15) from behind the arc. Seattle Pacific had a 37-32 advantage in rebounding and scored 24 points off 21 Viking turnovers.

With two games remaining, Seattle Pacific can capture its fourth GNAC title in the past five years with one more victory or a loss by Alaska Anchorage. The Seawolves are in action against Northwest Nazarene tonight in a battle for second place as both schools try to keep pace with the Falcons.

The Falcons finish the regular season on the road with GNAC games at Northwest Nazarene (Thursday, March 1) and Seattle University (Saturday, March 3).

SEATTLE PACIFIC 76, WESTERN WASHINGTON 52
WESTERN WASHINGTON (9-6, 17-9) Cabe,Willow 1-6 8-8 11; Pallansch,Claire 3-10 3-4 9; Stelmack,Mollie 3 12 0-0 8; Robinson,Krystal 3-6 0-0 6; Soo,India 2-5 0-0 5; Schramm,Sarah 1-6 2-2 4; McCarrell,Liz 1-5 1-3 4; Flynn,MacKenzie 1-7 0-0 3; Lersch,Krista 1-1 0-0 2; Wade,Gabby 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-58 14-17 52.
SEATTLE PACIFIC (11-3, 18-7) Hollands,Jackie 7-8 3-4 22; Hill,Kelsey 4-5 3-4 11; Magnuson,Libby 3-8 2-3 9; Strand,Rachel 4-7 0-0 9; Christensen,Beth 1-3 5-6 7; Henderson,Daesha 2-3 1-2 6; Menkens,Jessie 2-5 2-2 6; Christensen,Jessie 1-5 2-2 4; Hoisington,Megan 1-1 0-0 2; Fielding,Autumn 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 25-48 18-23 76.

Western Washington............ 24 28 - 52 
Seattle Pacific............... 34 42 - 76

Halftime-SPU34, WWU 24. 3-point goals-Western Washington 6-20 (Stelmack,Mollie 2-7; Soo,India 1 2; Flynn,MacKenzie 1-5; Cabe,Willow 1-2; McCarrell,Liz 1-2; Schramm,Sarah 0-2), Seattle Pacific 8-15 (Hollands,Jackie 5-6; Strand,Rachel 1-1; Henderson,Daesha 1-1; Magnuson,Libby 1-2; Fielding,Autumn 0-1; Menkens,Jessie 0-3; Christensen,Beth 0-1). Fouled out—Western Washington-None, Seattle Pacific-None. Rebounds-Western Washington 33 (Pallansch,Claire 8), Seattle Pacific 37 (Hill,Kelsey 11). Assists Western Washington 12 (McCarrell,Liz 4), Seattle Pacific 19 (Hill,Kelsey 5). Total fouls-Western Washington 18, Seattle Pacific 19. A-573.