ELLENSBURG, Wash. — The Central Washington University men's basketball team takes on Seattle Pacific in the regular season finale.

GAME INFORMATION
Saturday, February 29
At Seattle Pacific
4:30 p.m.
Brougham Pavilion
Seattle, WA

QUOTABLE
"Seattle Pacific has great size and skill," CWU Head Coach Brandon Rinta said.  "They have been the most efficient offensive team in the league all year. We are going to have to give our best effort defensively tomorrow."

SCOUTING SEATTLE PACIFIC
Seattle Pacific slipped past the Nighthawks in their last meeting against Northwest Nazarene, 72-70, on Thursday.  The win moved the Falcons to 17-2 in GNAC play and 21-6 overall.  The Falcons two losses on the season in GNAC competition came against Alaska (83-77) and Western Washington 73-68.

Henry Cavell was nearly perfect from the field against the Nighthawks, finishing 7-for-9 and tallying 17 points.  He hit the go-ahead basket for SPU during their comeback.  Cavell is currently second in points per game for the Falcons, scoring at a clip of 13.5 points per night.

Divant'e Moffitt leads the Falcons with 16.7 points per game.  He is shooting 51.8 percent from the floor and is averaging 11.2 field goals attempted per night.

Beyond the arc, Shaw Anderson has led the way for SPU.  He is 58-for-101 (.574), while the next closest player, Gabe Colosimo stands at 43.1 percent.

In the rebounding department, it is Cavell who is in the driver's seat.  He is hauling in 6.8 rebounds per game and has accumulated 183 on the season.

Seattle Pacific is averaging 79.9 points per game, while holding opponents to just 70.3.  The Falcons are knocking down their shots at a clip of 49.9 percent

LAST TIME OUT
Central Washington took down Saint Martin's University, 71-65, as they completed a second half comeback.

Saint Martin's opened the first half on a 9-0 run, before Xavier Smith gave the Crimson and Black their first points with a layup.  After a relatively slow start, Central's offense clicked into gear midway through the first half.  Saint Martin's was able to slowly edge their lead to double digits, but the Wildcats made sure they hung around throughout the half.  A 13-4 stretch in favor of CWU brought the game within three halfway through the opening stanza, but a trey from SMU's Alex Clinton forced the Saint's lead back to six.

The Saints' lead hovered around double digits throughout the first half.  Each time, Central responded to force the advantage back down to a single digit, closing the half at 34-26 in favor of Saint Martin's.

Central opened the second half with the first six points, three via free throws and a trey from Micah Pollard, made it 34-31.  Back-to-back jumpers from SMU gave the Saints a six-point edge three and a half minutes into the second period.  

With 14:09 on the clock, a three from Alex Schumacher extended the Saints' lead to 11 at 45-34.  Matt Poquette found Pollard open for a three, but SMU responded with a trey of their own.  Undeterred, the Wildcats found Lucas for another chance from range and he did not miss.  Two possessions later, Lucas was at it again from beyond the arc.  He knocked down another trey, carving into the Saints' lead, and bringing the score to 49-45 with 9:28 to play.  

Pollard was next up for Central.  He drained a three of his own, on an assist from Smith, before a turnover from SMU led to a bucket from Marqus Gilson.  The Crimson and Black had cut the Saints' lead to 53-50 with 7:16 left in regulation.

The next basket for either side came a minute and a half later.  CJ Jennings doubled the lead for Saint Martin's, 56-50, at 6:49.  The next four minutes belonged solely to Central Washington.

A steal by Pollard started the run for the Wildcats.  He and Poquette used tic-tac passing on the break for a layup from Pollard, who was fouled on the way up.  Pollard then converted a free throw after being fouled by Schumacher on the next possession.  Saint Martin's briefly imposed on the Wildcats' momentum with a free throw from Marky Adams, but Lucas converted a trey to tie the game at 57-57.  A steal from Smith on the next possession for Saint Martin's gave way to another three from Lucas, this time giving CWU a 60-57 lead.

Pollard converted a pair of free throws at the charity stripe, pushing the Wildcats' advantage to 62-57.  A jumper from SMU's John Moore cut the lead back to three, but Gilson responded with a jumper of his own to reestablish the five-point edge.

Central outscored the Saints in the last minute of the game, 3-2, with a trio of shots at the free throw line.  

CWU scored 16 points off turnovers and allowed just four to the Saints.  The Crimson and Black's reserves scored 47 points.  CWU also scored 15 points in the paint and allowed seven.

GNAC TABLE UPDATE
A win from the Wildcats and loss from Alaska Fairbanks puts Central Washington and the Nanooks in a two-way tie for sixth place.