ANCHORAGE, Alaska- Central Washington (9-13, 5-8 GNAC) men's basketball got outshot by Alaska Anchorage (10-11, 4-8 GNAC) in their 76-66 defeat Saturday night at the Alaska Airlines Center.
QUOTING HEAD COACH BRANDON RINTA
"We did not get off to a good start in either half tonight. We are better than we played. Credit to Alaska Anchorage they played well tonight."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Anchorage had the upper hand early but a three from Colby Gennett gave the 'Cats the 17-16 lead with 10:11 left in the first half.
- Anchorage scored 13 points off 12 Wildcat turnovers in the first twenty minutes. This helped the Seawolves go on a 17-5 run to close the half, capped off by a Bradley three that gave them the 40-31 lead.
- Six three-pointers elevated the Seawolves, but 5/6 from the charity stripe kept CWU in striking distance.
- Matt Poquette scored 14 points in the first half on 5/8 from the floor and four made free throws.
- Tyson Gilbert nailed a three extending the Seawolves' lead to 12, 45-33 with 17 minutes remaining in the second half.
- Shooting played a large part in the Seawolves' success, In the second half, Alaska Anchorage shot 55.8% from the field to Central Washington's 38.1%.
- The win snaps a four-game losing streak for the Seawolves.
NOTABLE STATS
- Samaad Hector led the 'Cats scoring 16 points and corralling 5 boards. Matt Poquette scored 15 points and went 5-6 from the free-throw line.
- Lachlan Viney led the Seawolves to victory scoring 21 points on 6-11 shooting and dishing out a team-high six assists. Tyson Gilbert and Sawyer Storms each contributed 13 points. Dathan Satchell chipped in 10 points.
- Anchorage made 12 three-pointers shooting 48% versus Central Washington's 8 threes at 33%.
- CWU committed 20 turnovers leading to 22 points for UAA.
- The Seawolves triumphed in points in the pain, 30-20.
- The 'Cats shot 48.9% from the floor to the Seawolves 52.8%
UP NEXT
- The Wildcats travel back home to play Northwest Nazarene (10-11, 7-6 GNAC) on Saturday, February 11th at 6:15 p.m.
