Box Score

LACEY (Mar. 2) -- Five Central Washington University men's basketball players scored in double figures, but the Wildcats' 2011-12 season came to a close with a 93-81 loss to 15th-ranked Alaska Anchorage in the 2012 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship semifinals at Marcus Pavilion on Friday afternoon.

Senior JODY JOHNSON (Seattle/Franklin HS) scored the game's opening basket giving the Wildcats their first lead of the contest. UAA responded by making a three-pointer, and the Seawolves didn't trail for the next 11:18 before Central Washington took a 22-21 lead on a lay-up by senior ROBY CLYDE (Connell/Pasco HS) at the 7:29 mark. Central Washington built a five-point first-half lead, but the Seawolves ended the half on a 17-2 run to take a 41-31 lead heading into halftime.   

The Wildcats turned the ball over nine times in the opening period, of which four were offensive fouls.

Alaska Anchorage extended its lead to 16 points early into the second half, making five of its first six shot attempts including two three-pointers. Central Washington got to within nine points on a number of occasions, and cut the deficit to eight points at the 11:08 mark on a three by junior JORDAN COBY (Tacoma/Wilson HS), but the Wildcats were unable keep pace with the Seawolves who led by double figures for the majority of the second half. An 8-0 run brought the Wildcats to within six points (80-74) with 3:02 left in regulation. However, CWU was outscored 13-6 down the stretch, with the Seawolves scoring their final six points from the charity stripe.    

Alaska Anchorage shot 53.8 percent from the field, was 8 of 16 from three-point territory and made 29 of 41 free throw attempts. Central Washington shot 42.2 percent from the field and was 6 of 16 from behind the arc. 

Coby scored a team-high 15 points, making three of the Wildcats' six treys in the game. Sophomore LACY HADDOCK (Las Vegas, Nev./Sierra Vista HS), Johnson, and Tyler each added 12 points, while Clyde added 11 in his final collegiate contest.

UAA had a slight 37-36 rebounding advantage, but CWU controlled the offensive glass by grabbing 16 offensive rebounds and scoring 18 second-chance points.

Alaska Anchorage got 24 points from Travis Thompson, an 11 points-per-game scorer on the season who finished 5 of 7 from behind the three-point arc. GNAC regular-season Most Valuable Player Taylor Rohde scored 19 points and had a game-high eight rebounds for the Seawolves.

UAA, which advances to the GNAC championship game on Saturday at 5:15 p.m., improved to 22-5 while the Wildcats finished the season with a 15-13 overall record.