Box Score BURNABY, BC (Feb. 20) -- Central Washington University senior KEVIN DAVIS (Todd Beamer HS) recorded two blocks to become the school's all-time leader in career blocked shots, but the Wildcats were unable to contain the hot-shooting of Simon Fraser University as the Clan defeated the Wildcats 112-99 Thursday in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Davis got his record-setting block with 7:19 in the second-half and is now in a tie with former Wildcat Chris Sprinker for the all-time record of 136 blocks.

"I am very happy for Kevin, he deserves this record." CWU head coach Greg Sparling said. "I just wish we could give it a proper celebration by bring home a win."

Central Washington has now lost its third straight contest and falls to 11-12 on the season and 7-8 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.  Simon Fraser improves to 10-13 on the season and 3-13 in the conference.

MARK MCLAUGHLIN (Inglemoor HS) led the Wildcats with 34 points on 11 of 19 shooting and was a perfect 10-10 from the free throw line.  Jordan Russel (Lincoln HSl continued his hot scoring by giving CWU a 20 -point performance off the bench, sinking four three pointers on the night.

Eleven first-half turnovers and hot three-point shooting by the Clan plagued Central Washington in the opening period.  Simon Fraser connected on 8-of-16 first-half treys and was 23-of-43 overall.  In fact, five different Clan players made three-pointers in the opening half with Sango Niang making 3-of-4.

"Our first-half turnovers really prevented us from executing offensively and they scored too many points in transition." Sparling added. "To their credit they hit a lot of the shots they took, but we handed them far too many chances to score."

Early in the half the Wildcats led 14-5 but the Clan would answer by going on a 14-4 run to take a 19-18 advantage with 10:57 left. MARK MCLAUGHLIN was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and the free throw line in the first half and led the Wildcats with 15 first-half points. But it wasn't enough as Simon Fraser held a 58-39 advantage going into intermission.

Simon Fraser would increase its advantage early in the second-half  as they led 78-54 with 11:31 remaining in the contest.  The Wildcats called upon a full court press where they were able to cut the SFU lead to just 11 with just over five minutes left in regulation.

Russell Sparked a CWU comeback by hitting three of his four treys in the half and after a couple made free throws the Wildcats trailed 92-84 with 4:04 left in the contest.  The teams exchanged baskets on back to back possessions and Simon Fraser still held an eight-point advantage until McLaughlin hit a big three-pointer with under three minutes left to cut the SFU lead to 97-91.

But the Wildcat were unable to get a stop as the Clan continued to score as the home team ended the game with the final 112-99 victory. 

Simon Fraser was led by Niang who finished the contest with a game-high 36 points on 12-of-16 shooting.  He also recorded a double double by adding 11 assists.

Central Washington will next compete this Saturday Feb. 22 against Western Washington University at 7:00 p.m.  The game will be broadcast live on Root Sports.