Boxscore

SEATTLE – Andy Poling scored 19 points, including five that capped the decisive 16-point second-half run for the Seattle Pacific men in Saturday's 84-67 Great Northwest Athletic Conference basketball victory over Northwest Nazarene at Brougham Pavilion.
 
SPU (9-5) halted a two-game losing streak and evened its conference record at 3-3.
 
The Crusaders (6-8) dropped to 2-5 in GNAC play. They went without a basket for over seven minutes in the second half, between a layup by Darious Walker at 14:02 and a 3-pointer by Joey Wayman at 6:38.
 
After Anthony Golden made the second of two free throws to bring NNU within 55-50 with 12:36 left to play, the Crusaders were scoreless for the next six minutes.
 
The Falcons capitalized on their opponent's drought with 16 straight points to extend their lead to 71-50 and gain control. NNU never got closer than 13 points the rest of the way.
 
SPU senior Jeff Downs scored 15 points and sophomore teammate Scott Morse added a career-high 14. Morse hit all five of his shots, including four 3-pointers, and also grabbed eight rebounds.
 
Sophomore Modou Niang, a transfer to SPU from Utah State, posted career highs with 11 points and nine rebounds. The Falcons out-boarded NNU 31-24.
 
Golden paced the Crusaders with 19 points, 18 of them coming on six 3-pointers. Jamie Eisinger was NNU's only other double-figure scorer with 16 points.
 
The Falcons shot 61 percent from the field (33 of 54) and made 11 of 22 shots from 3-point range.
 
NNU also made 11 of 22 treys, but shot just 41 percent overall (21 of 51).
 
SPU hit 12 of its first 15 shots to build a 15-point lead. Ryan Sweet made the second of back-to-back layups to provide a 28-13 advantage with 6:55 left in the first half.
 
Sweet played a part in 18 of the first 28 SPU points, scoring six points and distributing five assists in the opening 13 minutes. He finished with 10 points.
 
The Crusaders outscored SPU 21-8 over the next six minutes. They capped the run with 14 consecutive points, including nine from Golden, to tie the game at 36-36 with 55 seconds on the clock.
 
Poling, a Gonzaga transfer who had 10 first-half points, hit an eight-foot jumper with 17 seconds remaining to give the Falcons a 38-36 halftime edge.
 
NCAA Men's Basketball
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Brougham Pavilion/Seattle, Wash.
 
SEATTLE PACIFIC 84, NORTHWEST NAZARENE 67
 
NORTHWEST NAZARENE (6-8, 2-5 GNAC)
Golden 6-11 1-2 19, J. Eisinger 7-10 0-0 16, Walker 2-3 4-6 8, Barkdoll 2-3 3-4 7, D. Eisinger 2-10 0-0 5, Wayman 1-4 2-2 5, Blair 1-3 0-0 3, Egwuonwu 0-4 2-2 2, Williams 0-3 2-2 2, Rima 0-0 0-0 0, Shula 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 14-18 67.
 
SEATTLE PACIFIC (9-5, 3-3 GNAC)
Poling 9-13 1-6 19, J. Downs 5-12 1-1 15, Morse 5-5 0-0 14, Niang 4-5 3-4 11, Sweet 5-7 0-0 10, D. Downs 2-5 2-2 8, Dorman 1-4 0-0 3, Carel 1-1 0-0 2, Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Hope 0-0 0-0 0, Moll 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-54 7-13 84.
 
Halftime – SPU 38, NNU 36.
 
3-point goals--NNU 11-22 (Golden 6-9, J. Eisinger 2-2, D. Eisinger 1-6, Wayman 1-2, Blair 1-3), SPU 11-22 (J. Downs 4-10, Morse 4-4, D. Downs 2-3, Dorman 1-4, Sweet 0-1). Fouled out--NNU-None, SPU-None. Rebounds--NNU 24 (Egwuonwu 5, Barkdoll 5), SPU 31 (Niang 9). Assists--NNU 11 (J. Eisinger 4, Wayman 4), SPU 27 (D. Downs 8). Total fouls--NNU 14, SPU 13. Technical fouls--NNU-None, SPU-None. A-578.