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SEATTLE, Wash. - 19th-ranked Seattle Pacific University defeated Northwest Nazarene University 63-62 on Saturday afternoon in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at Royal Brougham Pavilion on the SPU campus.

Megan Hoisington tied her career high with 17 points and also grabbed 15 rebounds and Maddie Maloney pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds as Seattle Pacific overcame an early 11-point deficit and hung on for the victory.

Seattle Pacific (17-3, 8-1) yielded the first 11 points of the game in its win, then turned that all the way around to lead Northwest Nazarene by 11 at 57-46 in the second half.

It was the second time this year SPU and NNU (14-6, 4-5) went down to the wire. The Falcons won 63-61 on a buzzer-beater by Daesha Henderson on Jan. 16 in Nampa, Idaho.

Five of NNU's defeats this season have been by six or fewer points and four have been by margins of three or less.

Its only double-digit defeat came Thursday at Bellingham to Western Washington (76-63) and the Crusaders had a 13-point first-half lead in that contest.

Hoisington came within one rebound of her career high of 16, while Maloney easily eclipsed her previous career high of six rebounds, which she set twice. Guard Nyesha Sims joined the two in double figures scoring 11 points.

The Crusaders were led by the 22 points of Brittney Roggenkamp. Roggenkamp made nine of 16 shots, including two of three treys.

Kristin Hein produced a double-double scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. She also had two steals and two blocks.

NNU, which led 36-29 at halftime, held Seattle Pacific to just 18 field goals in 59 attempts (30.5 percent), but were outrebounded 50-40.

The Crusaders shot 35.8 percent (24-67) but had 15 fewer points from the foul line where they made only seven of 13. NNU began the week ranked third nationally shooting at a 79 percent clip.