NAMPA, Idaho – What do you do when you are struggling to score the ball?

You give the ball to Adonis Arms and get out of the way.

The Northwest Nazarene junior went on a personal 11-3 run in the second half, highlighted by a monster dunk in traffic that brought the house down.

It all added up to an 82-74 Great Northwest Athletic Conference victory Thursday as the Nighthawks (9-2 overall, 4-1 GNAC) ended a seven-game losing streak against Western Washington.

"When you are struggling to score the ball, it's nice having a player that is super talented and you can put the ball in his hands and let him go to work," NNU coach Paul Rush said. "It was nice to have Adonis do that at that point."

After trailing by as many as 19 in the first half, the Vikings (8-7, 2-3) pulled within 49-44 with 11 minutes left in the game. Arms had injured his ankle and subbed out a few minutes earlier. After an Olamilekan Adetunji free throw made it 50-44, Arms took over.

The GNAC's leading scorer had a three-point play, the big dunk in the lane over two defenders, two free throws and then a 3-pointer to make it 60-47 with 9:04 left.

"I had a little tweak, but I wasn't going to let that stop me," he said. "Everybody gets hurt, but only the great ones come back and play through injuries."

Arms is certainly showing out as a great one at NNU. He poured in a season-high 34 points on 11-of-17 shooting and 9-of-11 from the free-throw line. He added seven rebounds, two steals and a block.

"I was pumped," Adetunji said of Arms' scoring binge. "Especially when he had that dunk. I knew it was over and everyone was just so pumped up."

The Nighthawks let the Vikings make it somewhat interesting down the stretch as the lead shrank to six, but Arms made a pair of free throws and Jayden Bezzant capped the win with a 3-pointer.

"We just have to stay focused and not get into anything," Adetunji said. "We can be very good."

The Nighthawks remain tied in the loss column for first place with the victory, winning their third consecutive game.

Adetunji had a big night, scoring 11 points and pulling down 12 rebounds against a team starting three players taller than him. NNU outrebounded the much taller Vikings 53-33.

"Coach told us what to do to win the game and we did a good job executing," Adetunji said. "We knew if we can outrebound these guys and don't give them second chances and we can run the floor, they are going to get tired. And we can win the game."

The Nighthawks did just that.

Obi Megwa added 14 points, Adalberto Diaz had six rebounds and three assists, Sam Roth had six points and four rebounds, Jalen Burkett pulled down nine rebounds and Felix White had four.

Arms' dunk, though, is what everyone was still talking about postgame.

"I just jump and dunk it," he said. "It is just a passion. A love. I don't want to lose – that kind of mentality. It just overcomes me and it takes over."

NNU hosts Simon Fraser at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the nightcap of a doubleheader with the women's team.