BURNABY, B.C. – Western Oregon University's men's basketball team scored a season-high in points, while holding the highest scoring team in NCAA Division II an astonishing 41.7 points below it's season average in a 114-75 victory over Simon Fraser University in Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) play Thursday inside West Gymnasium.

Five players scored in double figures for Western Oregon (15-3, 7-1 GNAC) led by junior Jordan Wiley with a career-high 26 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field that included a 7-for-8 performance from beyond the three-point line. Along with Wiley, junior Andy Avgi and senior Marwan Sarhan also scored more than 20 points with Avgi pouring in 23 to go along with a season-high 20-point performance by Sarhan. With Avgi's total tonight against the Clan, the redshirt junior moves within one point of joining WOU's elite group of 1,000-point scorers in a career.

Juniors Devon Alexander and Jordan Schriber also scored in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively, while junior Julian Nichols handed out a season and career-high 15 assists to go along with a game-high 11 rebounds by senior Lewis Thomas. Nichols' assist total is the second highest in school history and the first time that a Wolves' player has tallied 15-or-more assists since former Wolf Doug Piquette set the single-game school record with 16 dimes against Oregon Tech during the 1991-92 season.

"We got significant contributions from all 11 guys in uniform tonight," said Head Coach Brady Bergeson. "We defended with great intensity and attacked their pressure with purpose."

Simon Fraser (6-10, 1-7 GNAC) dropped its seventh straight game despite 17 points from Sango Niang, while JJ Pankratz added 10 points off the Clan's bench. Niang and Justin Cole led SFU with four rebounds each, while Niang and two other SFU players – Michael Harper and Roderick Taylor-Evans – handed out a team-best three assists each.

In the opening minute of the game, Western Oregon jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead behind the play of Avgi and Wiley before Simon Fraser even got on the board. Over the next two minutes, Western Oregon would push its lead to eight points (12-4) on a three-pointer by Thomas with 17:10 on the clock. Simon Fraser would battle back to tie the game at 14-14 via a 10-2 run over a span of two-plus minutes before Western Oregon used a 16-5 run over the next four minutes to pull ahead 30-19 on a free throw by Schriber with just over 10 minutes left in the first half. Over the final 10 minutes of the first half, the Wolves slowly increased their lead to 24 points (63-39) at halftime with Western Oregon scoring 60-or-more points in a half for the first time since its non-conference victory over Northwest Indian on December 18, 2013.

The second half would continue to be more of the same, as Western Oregon pushed its lead to 32 points (75-43) in the opening three minutes with Wiley ending the Wolves' opening 12-4 run with a three-pointer at the 16:32 mark. Throughout the remainder of the game, Western Oregon continued to hold a lead of at least 30 points with the Wolves pushing their advantage to as much as 42 points (110-68) on a lay-in by Alexander with 2:09 on the clock. Schriber would score the final four points for WOU on a dunk and lay-in, as Western Oregon settled for the 114-75 victory to keep the Wolves in sole possession of first place in the current GNAC standings.

As a team, Western Oregon combined to shoot 43-for-74 (58.1%) from the field that included a 60.0% (24-for-40) clip in the first half followed by a 55.9% (19-for-34) showing in the second half. The Wolves were also a combined 10-of-22 (45.5%) from beyond the three-point line and 18-of-23 (78.3%) at the free throw line. On the other hand, Simon Fraser was a combined 29-for-73 (39.7%) from the field, 5-of-25 (20.0%) from long distance, and 12-of-17 (70.6%) at the charity stripe.

With tonight's victory, Western Oregon pushed its winning streak to a GNAC-high five games as the Wolves also captured their fifth victory in the past six games away from Monmouth.

Western Oregon returns to the hardwood on Saturday, January 24, against Western Washington University beginning at 7 p.m. inside Sam Carver Gymnasium in Bellingham, Washington.