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FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Louie Beech scored a game-high 23 points, but it wasn't quite enough as the Northwest Nazarene men's basketball team fell 77-75 on Saturday afternoon against the University of Alaska Fairbanks at the Patty Center on the UAF campus.

 

The final game of the season for both teams, the Crusaders finish the year 15-12 overall and 7-9 in league play, while the Nanooks end the season 9-16 overall and 4-12 in GNAC play.  UAF doubled their conference win total this week, having shocked first-place Seattle Pacific 113-105 in overtime on Thursday night.

 

Brian Barkdoll scored 11 points and Kendall Gielow added 10 to join Beech in double-figures.  Gielow and Beech also led the Crusaders on the glass with eight rebounds apiece.

 

Nashorn Maynard led UAF with 20 points and Emmanuel Jenkins added 18.  Joe Powell led the Nanook effort on the glass with seven points and a game-high 12 rebounds.  UAF out-rebounded NNU 48-41.

 

NNU shot only 36.9-percent (24-65) from the field and committed 16 turnovers in the road loss.