Box score

SEATTLE - Northwest Nazarene's Chelsie Luke produced a game-high double-double of 20 points and 13 rebounds but the Crusaders fell to Seattle Pacific University 72-58 this afternoon in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at Brougham Pavilion on the SPU campus.

The Crusaders (9-6, 3-4 GNAC) scored the first basket of the game but SPU then ran off the next 16 points. NNU cut the lead into single digits at 18-10, but the Falcons answered with six straight and the Crusaders never got closer than 10 the rest of the way.

Luke and Briaunna King each recorded double-doubles for the Crusaders as King tallied 12 points and 11 rebounds.  Luke's 13 rebounds was a career-high for the sophomore from Meridian, Idaho, while her point total was just two shy of her career best.  Alla Dzhidzhiyeshvili added 16 points.

The Falcons (12-4, 6-2 GNAC) were paced by Katie Benson with 17 points and Nyesha Sims with a 12 point - 10 rebound double-double.

The Falcons blocked 11 shots and held the Crusaders to 33.8-percent (24-71) shooting from the floor and a 2 of 11 mark from the three-point line.  SPU finished at 41.9-percent (26-62) from the field and were 6 of 16 from long range.

NNU will return to home court action next weekend, hosting Simon Fraser on Thursday and Western Washington on Saturday.  Both games tip off at 7:00 p.m. at the Johnson Sports Center.

Newspaper Box Score

Northwest Nazarene vs Seattle Pacific
01/14/12 2:00 PM at Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
At Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.

SEATTLE PACIFIC 72, NORTHWEST NAZARENE 58

NORTHWEST NAZARENE (9-6, 3-4 GNAC)
Luke,Chelsie 9-18 0-0 20; Dzhidzhiyeshvili,All 8-13 0-0 16; King,Briaunna
4-13 4-5 12; Hingston,Megan 2-13 2-2 6; Adams,Heather 0-6 2-2 2;
Schindler,Vanessa 1-4 0-0 2; Warwick,Leslie 0-2 0-0 0; Skokankova,Veronika
0-0 0-0 0; Smith,Falissa 0-2 0-0 0; Schumann,Kayla 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-71
8-9 58.

SEATTLE PACIFIC (12-4, 6-2 GNAC)
Benson,Katie 8-19 0-1 17; Sims,Nyesha 6-13 0-0 12; Murray,Rachel 2-5 5-8 9;
Harazin,Jordan 3-4 0-0 8; Kingma,Betsy 2-6 2-2 7; Ohlsen,Suzanna 2-3 2-2 7;
Reimer,Joani 2-3 1-2 5; Callen,Aubree 0-4 4-4 4; Gorman,McKayla 1-4 0-0 3;
Butler,Riley 0-1 0-0 0; Thralls,Katie 0-0 0-0 0; Teng,Michelle 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 26-62 14-19 72.

Northwest Nazarene............   24   34  -   58

Seattle Pacific...............   38   34  -   72

3-point goals--Northwest Nazarene 2-11 (Luke,Chelsie 2-5; Hingston,Megan 0-1; Adams,Heather 0-5), Seattle Pacific 6-16 (Harazin,Jordan 2-2; Ohlsen,Suzanna 1-2; Kingma,Betsy 1-1; Benson,Katie 1-4; Gorman,McKayla 1-2; Callen,Aubree 0-1; Murray,Rachel 0-2; Sims,Nyesha 0-2).

Fouled out--Northwest Nazarene-Dzhidzhiyeshvili,All; Hingston,Megan, Seattle Pacific-None.
Rebounds--Northwest Nazarene 42 (Luke,Chelsie 13), Seattle Pacific 44 (Sims,Nyesha 10).
Assists--Northwest Nazarene 7 (Adams,Heather 3), Seattle Pacific 18 (Callen,Aubree 7).
Total fouls--Northwest Nazarene 18, Seattle Pacific 13.
Technical fouls--Northwest Nazarene-None, Seattle Pacific-None.
A-248