Men's Basketball | 1/23/2014 9:13:00 PM

Box Score
POSTGAME QUOTES

MONMOUTH, Ore. – The University of Alaska Anchorage men's basketball team made 19 three-pointers in a 92-58 victory at Western Oregon University Thursday.

The Seawolves (11-8, 4-4 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) were one made three-pointer away from equaling the GNAC record for three-pointers made in a conference game. Northwest Nazarene made 20 against Seattle Pacific in 2005. UAA, which entered Thursday's game as the leader in NCAA Div. II in three-pointers attempted (579) and three-pointers made (228), finished 19-of-39 at Western Oregon. Alaska Anchorage improved on its 12.7 three-pointers made per contest average, which is third in the country.

Alaska Anchorage made 51.6 percent of its shots from the field, including 70 percent in the second half. The Seawolves also entered the game as the second best team in the country in turnovers per game (8.6) and 13th in assists per game (18). They had only four turnovers to 22 assists Thursday. UAA's turnover mark was also one off of the GNAC conference-game record.

The victory was also number 186 for UAA Head Coach Rusty Osborne, tying the most wins in Seawolf men's basketball history. The win was also the first Great Northwest Athletic Conference road win of the season for Alaska Anchorage.

Travis Thompson led all scorers with 29 points. The Seawolves' junior made nine of his 16 attempts, with 6-of-12 coming from behind-the-arc. He also made a game-high three steals. Kyle Fossman and Teancum Stafford both had double-double performances. Fossman scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Stafford had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Fossman dished out seven assists as well. Brian McGill had a game-high nine assists.

The Seawolves led for all 40 minutes, building their lead to 35 points late in the contest. They outrebounded Western Oregon, 34-32, with both teams grabbing 11 offensive rebounds. The Wolves had a 17-10 second-chance points advantage, but UAA held a 24-16 edge in the paint. Alaska Anchorage also outscored WOU, 17-4, in points off of turnovers.

Western Oregon (10-8, 3-5 GNAC) committed 14 turnovers in its fourth straight loss, following a six-game winning streak. The Wolves have dropped eight consecutive matchups with UAA. The last WOU win in the series was a 76-65 victory in Anchorage on Jan. 23, 2010. The last Western Oregon win in Monmouth over UAA was in 2006, 81-76.

Lewis Thomas and Rodney Webster both scored 12 points for the Wolves. Marwan Sarhan had eight rebounds. Drew Johnson matched his career-high with four assists. WOU finished 36 percent from the field, 9-of-24 from three-point range, and 13-for-18 from the free throw line.

Western Oregon and the University of Alaska meet for the 31st time Saturday. The Nanooks (11-5, 6-2) moved into a three-way tie for first place in the conference standings with a 64-47 win at Saint Martin's Thursday. UAF enters the game with the Wolves on a conference-best four-game win streak. It will be the final game of the first half of the conference schedule. Saturday's game is at 2 p.m. with live video and stats on WOUWolves.com. Live video will also be on WOUTV.

Alaska Anchorage vs Western Oregon
01/23/14 7 p.m. at Monmouth, OR (New P.E. Building)
At Monmouth, OR (New P.E. Building)
ALASKA ANCHORAGE 92, WESTERN OREGON 58
ALASKA ANCHORAGE (11-8, 4-4 GNAC)
Thompson,Travis 9-16 5-6 29; Fossman,Kyle 7-11 0-0 19; Stafford,Teancum 4-8
2-2 13; McGill,Brian 4-13 0-1 9; Leckband,Christian 3-3 0-0 7; Mears,Brad
3-4 0-0 6; Blossom,Boomer 2-5 0-0 6; Craft,Jacob 1-1 0-0 3; McTier,Jackson
0-0 0-0 0; Lauwers,Colton 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 33-64 7-9 92.
WESTERN OREGON (10-8, 3-5 GNAC)
Webster,Rodney 4-7 2-4 12; Thomas,Lewis 5-12 0-0 12; Sarhan,Marwan 2-7 5-6
9; Hastings,Adam 1-4 6-6 8; Wiley,Jordan 2-4 0-0 6; Schriber,Jordan 2-6 0-0
5; Alexander,Devon 1-4 0-2 3; Sabic,Mirza 1-5 0-0 3; Johnson,Drew 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 18-50 13-18 58.
Alaska Anchorage..............   40   52  -   92
Western Oregon................   31   27  -   58
3-point goals--Alaska Anchorage 19-39 (Thompson,Travis 6-12; Fossman,Kyle
5-9; Stafford,Teancum 3-6; Blossom,Boomer 2-4; Leckband,Christian 1-1;
Craft,Jacob 1-1; McGill,Brian 1-4; Lauwers,Colton 0-2), Western Oregon 9-24
(Thomas,Lewis 2-5; Webster,Rodney 2-3; Wiley,Jordan 2-4; Sabic,Mirza 1-4;
Schriber,Jordan 1-4; Alexander,Devon 1-3; Johnson,Drew 0-1). Fouled
out--Alaska Anchorage-None, Western Oregon-None. Rebounds--Alaska Anchorage
34 (Fossman,Kyle 10; Stafford,Teancum 10), Western Oregon 32 (Sarhan,Marwan
8). Assists--Alaska Anchorage 22 (McGill,Brian 9), Western Oregon 9
(Johnson,Drew 4). Total fouls--Alaska Anchorage 18, Western Oregon 13.
Technical fouls--Alaska Anchorage-None, Western Oregon-None. A-618
Great Northwest Athletic Conference game