2014 playoff qualifier Dixie State. Nichols made 15 of 31
field goal attempts and also converted on 19 of 20 foul
shots. Twenty-six of his points came in Saturday’s 83-73
win at the Academy of Art.
Western Oregon (F, 6-6, Jr., Woodburn, OR) … Gataric
scored 45 points and shot 72.7 percent from the floor (16of-22) as the Yellowjackets split two games defeating
Simon Fraser 111-104 Saturday for their first conference
win of the season. He had 25 points on 10 of 14 shooting
in a 88-68 loss to Western Washington before contributing
20 points, five assists and four assists against the Clan …
Avgi scored 41 points as the Wolves defeated Northwest
Nazarene and Central Washington to extend their home
win streak to eight and take over sole possession of first
place in the GNAC. Avgi made 17 of 29 shots, including a
key tip-in with 23 seconds remaining in the win against
NNU.
Dec. 1-7: Dom Williams, Central Washington (G, 5-11, Sr.,
Tacoma, WA – Curtis & Tacoma CC) scored 50 points and
also had 10 assists and just one turnover in wins over
Montana State Billings and defending GNAC champion
Seattle Pacific. He had a career-high 31 points and five
assists in an 88-79 win over MSUB Thursday, connecting
on 11 of 20 shots, including 5-of-7 three-pointers. Williams
then added 19 points and five assists in a 73-67 victory
against SPU Saturday, converting on 4-of-7 three-point
shots. The win snapped a four-game CWU losing streak to
the Falcons. For the week, Williams made 18-of-37 shots
(48.6 percent), including 9-of-14 three-pointers. He also
converted on 5-of-6 foul shots.
Jan. 12-18: Kevin Rima, Northwest Nazarene (F/C, 6-7, Sr.,
Fairbanks, AK - Hutchison) and Sango Niang, Simon Fraser
(G, 6-0, Sr., Paris, France – Chaffey CC) … Rima, who is
averaging 12.2 points per game, scored 47 points and also
had 19 rebounds to lead the Crusaders to their fourth and
fifth wins in their last six games. He had 18 points and 12
rebounds, recording his 13th career double-double, in a
107-103 victory against Simon Fraser Thursday. On
Saturday, he tallied 29 points and grabbed seven rebounds
in a 80-73 conquest of Western Washington. Rima, who
made 18 of 25 field goal attempts and 11 of 13 foul shots,
helped rally NNU from double-digit second-half deficits in
both games … Niang scored 71 points, including 46 in a
104-95 loss Saturday at Central Washington. That is the
second highest single-game point total in GNAC history
trailing only Western Washington’s Ryan Diggs who scored
47 in 2006. Niang made 18 field goals equaling the GNAC
single-game record set by Gerrit Eades of Saint Martin’s in
2002. In two games, he made 27 of 46 field goal attempts
and also had 11 assists.
Dec. 8-14: Mitch Penner, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-5, Jr., Seattle,
WA – Kennedy) scored 26 points and also had 11
rebounds, three steals and two blocks to lead the Falcons
to a 100-67 win over George Fox. Penner, who made 7-of12 field goal attempts, was perfect from the foul line
connecting on 11-of-11.
Dec. 15-21: Shawn Reid, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-4, Sr., Post
Falls, ID) scored a team-best 36 points shooting 71.4
percent in leading the Falcons to wins over Dixie State (7666) and Rollins (74-54) in the Las Vegas Challenge. Reid
made 15-of-21 shots, including 5-of-9 three-pointers. He
also led the Falcons with three steals. Reid came off the
bench against Dixie State with SPU trailing 17-2 and scored
30 points in just 18 minutes to rally SPU to the 10-point
win. Reid, whose previous SPU career-high was 13, made
12 of 15 shots, including 5-of-7 from the arc.
Jan. 19-Jan. 25: Jordan Wiley, Western Oregon (G, 6-6, Jr.,
McKenzie River, OR) scored 26 points in a 114-75 win at
Simon Fraser and had 15 points including a key threepointer with 1:49 left in a 90-87 victory at Western
Washington as the Wolves completed the first half of the
conference race with an 8-1 record and a one-game lead
over Seattle Pacific and Central Washington. Wiley shot
75.0 from the field (12-of-16) and also had nine rebounds,
four assists and three steals in the two wins. He made 7of-8 three-pointers against SFU equaling the second
highest total for three-pointers made in a game with just
one miss in GNAC history.
Dec. 29-Jan. 4: Ashton Edwards, Alaska (G, Jr., Compton,
CA – Long Beach CC) and Brian McGill, Alaska Anchorage
(G, 6-2, Jr., Clackamas, OR – Western Oregon) … Edwards
scored 53 points including 30 in Thursday’s 64-60 home
win against Western Washington and 23 in Saturday’s 121111 victory against Simon Fraser. Edwards made 16-of-32
field goal attempts including 7-of-12 three-pointers and
14-of-15 free throws. He also had seven rebounds and
four assists. His point total against the Vikings
represented nearly 47 percent of the Nanooks’ team total
… McGill had 48 poin ts, nine rebounds and nine assists as
the Seawolves also swept SFU (108-86) and Western
Washington (62-60). McGill scored 28 points and had six
rebounds in 26 minutes against the Clan Thursday and had
a game-high 20 points, including the game-winning shot
with 6.5 seconds left, in Saturday’s win against Western
Washington. In that contest, McGill was perfect from the
foul line, converting on 8-of-8 attempts.
Jan. 5-11: Momir Gataric, MSU Billings (F, 6-5, Jr.,
Sunnyvale, CA – West Valley College) and Andy Avgi,
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