Box Score FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Jonathan Hawkins scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Northwest Nazarene men's basketball team to a 93-83 conference victory over the University of Alaska Fairbanks tonight at the Patty Center.

Hawkins led five players into double-figures as the Crusaders improved to 1-2 in GNAC play and 7-4 overall.  The Nanooks, who fell to 3-8 overall and 0-1 in league action, were led by a trio of players with 13 points each.

Following Hawkins, JB Pillard scored 18, Anthony Golden finished with 17 points and a game-high seven assists, Keith Moilanen added 12 and Michal Kurimsky chipped in with 10.  The Crusaders 93 points is the second-highest scoring performance of the season, trailing only the 109 points scored against non-conference Multnomah University.

The Nanooks were impressively balanced as all seven players who scored reached double-digits.  Daniel Shaw, Sergej Pucar and Dominique Brinson all scored 13, Jesse Ward had 12, Stefan Tica and Nico Matthews finished with 11 and Ben Teer scored 10.

NNU shot 49.2-percent (29-59) from the field and were 11 of 24 (45.8-percent) from the three-point line, while UAF finished at 40-percent (29-72) from the floor and just five-of-21 (23.8-percent) from the arc.

UAF out-rebounded the Crusaders 44-36, as both Matthews and Ward posted double-doubles with 11 rebounds each.

NNU will travel to Anchorage and face the Seawolves on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. AST (5:00 p.m. MST).  UAA defeated Central Washington tonight 99-62 in Anchorage.