Men's Basketball | 12/14/2013 4:38:00 PM

Box Score

MONMOUTH, Ore. – The Western Oregon University men's basketball team cruised to an 88-69 non-conference victory over Capilano University (B.C.) Saturday.

Jordan Wiley was one of five Wolves (6-4, 1-1 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) to finish in double-figures. He had a game-high 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field. WOU shot 53 percent from the field, and held the Blues to 33 percent in the first meeting between the programs ever.

Marwan Sarhan was one rebound away from his second double-double of the season with 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds. After scoring four points in the season-opener, the junior has reached double-digits nine straight times. Rodney Webster and Mirza Sabic added 13 and 12 points off of the bench. Webster also had team-highs of four assists and two steals. Devon Alexander chipped in 11 points.

Western Oregon finished with seven blocks matching a season-high total. Capilano outrebounded WOU, 45-39, and grabbed 26 offensive boards in the contest. The Blues' rebound total was the second most for a Western Oregon opponent this season. CU turned those offensive rebounds into only 15 points.

Capilano had two early leads, the latter at 5-4, but WOU then led for the final 37 and a half minutes. The Wolves began to pull away with a 10-2 run over a four-minute span capped by a Webster lay-in. A Wiley three-pointer at the 11:44 mark gave the Wolves their first double-digit lead at 23-11. An Alexander three-pointer with two minutes left in the half gave WOU its largest advantage of the first stanza, 47-21. The Wolves had a 49-26 lead at halftime.

Western Oregon made 61 percent of its shots in the opening half, while it held CU to 7-of-35 from the field. WOU also made eight of its 10 shots from behind-the-arc, and the Blues missed all eight of their attempts. The Wolves are now 4-0 this season when they have a better field goal percentage than their opponent this season, and 5-0 when they shoot 50 percent of better.

A Sarhan basket two minutes into the second half gave the Wolves' their largest lead of the game, 55-28. WOU had a 71-50 lead with eight minutes left in the contest, but a 10-2 Capilano run cut the lead to just 13 points with 6:23 left in regulation. The Blues would come no closer. Western Oregon would slowly build its lead back to 23 before pulling away with the victory.

The Wolves committed 14 turnovers to Capilano's 12, but it was WOU that had an 18-13 points off of turnovers advantage. Western Oregon had a 38-30 edge in the paint and 35-23 off of the bench. CU was 19-of-33 from the free throw line, while Western Oregon was 15-for-25.

Tony Rowe led Capilano (4-5) with 15 points. He finished 4-of-20 from the field, and his 20 shot attempts and nine assists were new individual season-highs for a WOU opponent. Rowe also made three steals. Michael Hunter added 12 points, and Andrew Moore scored all 10 of his points in the second half. Daniel Dubois grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.

Western Oregon welcomes Northwest Indian College (Wash.) for another non-conference matchup Wednesday. It will be the fourth time this season WOU meets an opponent for the first time ever. All local Lions Club, Elks Lodge, and Rotary Club members are invited for free. Fans can receive a dollar off admission with the donation of two non-perishable food items or gift for toys-for-tots. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Live video and stats will be available on WOUWolves.com.

Capilano vs Western Oregon
12/14/13 2 p.m. at Monmouth, OR
At Monmouth, OR
WESTERN OREGON 88, CAPILANO 69
CAPILANO (4-5)
Rowe,Tony 4-20 5-7 15; Hunter,Michael 4-12 4-9 12; Morris,Andrew 4-8 2-2 10;
Liang,Warren 2-10 4-4 8; Wera,Lukas 4-9 0-0 8; Dubois,Daniel 2-3 4-9 8;
Zhang,Sai 2-2 0-0 5; Leong,John 1-5 0-2 3; Pagbilao,Gino 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
23-69 19-33 69.
WESTERN OREGON (6-4, 1-1 GNAC)
Wiley,Jordan 5-7 2-3 15; Sarhan,Marwan 6-8 2-4 14; Webster,Rodney 4-8 5-6
13; Sabic,Mirza 4-6 1-2 12; Alexander,Devon 4-7 0-0 11; Hastings,Adam 4-5
0-0 8; Schriber,Jordan 1-5 2-2 5; Avgi,Andy 1-4 3-6 5; Thomas,Lewis 1-4 0-0
3; DupreeTurner,Dezmond 1-3 0-0 2; Thompson,Connor 0-0 0-2 0; Holbrook,Eric
0-1 0-0 0; Johnson,Drew 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-58 15-25 88.
Capilano......................   26   43  -   69
Western Oregon................   49   39  -   88
3-point goals--Capilano 4-18 (Rowe,Tony 2-4; Zhang,Sai 1-1; Leong,John 1-4;
Liang,Warren 0-2; Wera,Lukas 0-2; Morris,Andrew 0-2; Hunter,Michael 0-3),
Western Oregon 11-19 (Alexander,Devon 3-5; Sabic,Mirza 3-4; Wiley,Jordan
3-4; Thomas,Lewis 1-2; Schriber,Jordan 1-2; Holbrook,Eric 0-1;
Webster,Rodney 0-1). Fouled out--Capilano-Liang,Warren, Western Oregon-None.
Rebounds--Capilano 45 (Dubois,Daniel 11), Western Oregon 39 (Sarhan,Marwan
9). Assists--Capilano 11 (Rowe,Tony 9), Western Oregon 18 (Webster,Rodney
4). Total fouls--Capilano 18, Western Oregon 23. Technical
fouls--Capilano-None, Western Oregon-None. A-318
First meeting between programs