BAKERSFIELD, Calif. ? The Seattle University men's basketball team got off to a blazing start and rode that effort to a 78-54 win over CSUB Monday night at Rabobank Arena.
Seattle (17-6) won for the ninth consecutive time, using an efficient offense and strong rebounding to race to an 11-point lead eight minutes into the game. CSUB (6-19) never got within single digits the rest of the way.
Senior center Austen Powers led four Redhawks in double figures with 21 points. Michael Wright added a 16-point, 12-rebound double-double for Seattle.
Senior guard Terrence Johns (Chicago/Bakersfield College) came off the bench to lead CSUB with 12 points and seven rebounds.
The Redhawks got several second chance opportunities to support their early offensive effort. On the defensive end, they forced 10 first-half turnovers to stymie the Roadrunner attack.
The ?Runners made a run to get back into the game late in the first half. Down 20 points at 30-10, CSUB got to within 13 at 34-21 and forced a desperation three pointer by Powers that missed badly as the shot clock was expiring with 13 seconds left in the half. But Santwon Latunde ran over Powers after the shot, giving the 80-percent free throw shooter three shots. He converted them all to put the Redhawks up 37-21 at the half.
CSUB never got closer than 13 points in the second half.
CSUB heads to Utah for a two-game trip, starting at No. 23 Utah State Wednesday.
Seattle University 78, CSU Bakersfield 54
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY (17?6): Boxley 4-10 4-6 13; Wright 8-11 0-0 16; Powers 8-14 4-5 21; Burl 1-2 0-0 3; Gweth 0-3 3-4 3; Broussard 4-6 2-4 11; Olson 1-1 2-2 5; Hollins 0-1 0-0 0; Harris 3-7 0-2 6. TOTALS: 29-55 15-23 78.
CSU BAKERSFIELD (6?19): Blakley 3-6 2-2 8; Emanuel 2-7 0-0 5; C. Brown 1-3 0-0 2; Johnson 0-8 2-4 2; Bragg 1-7 2-4 5; Dennis 0-0 0-0 0; Machado 2-2 0-0 5; Johns 6-10 0-0 12; R. Brown 0-3 0-0 0; Lara 3-3 1-1 7; Latunde 2-5 0-0 4; Lee 1-1 2-4 4. TOTALS: 21-55 9-15 54.
HALFTIME: SU 37-21. 3-PT. FG: SU 5-11 (Broussard 1-1, Olson 1-1, Burl 1-1, Powers 1-2, Boxley 1-3, Gweth 0-1, Harris 0-2); CSUB 3-19 (Machado 1-1, Emanuel 1-4, Bragg 1-4, Johns 0-2, Blakley 0-3, Johnson 0-5). REBOUNDS: SU 35 (Wright 12); CSUB 31 (Johns 7). ASSISTS: SU 12 (Harris 5); CSUB 8 (Johnson 5). TURNOVERS: SU 12, CSUB 16. BLOCKS: SU 2 (Boxley, Powers); CSUB 2 (R. Brown, Lara). STEALS: SU 10 (Burl 3); CSUB 6 (Johnson, R. Brown 2). TECHNICALS: Johns. FOULED OUT: None. OFFICIALS: Scyphers, Scott, Cota. ATTN: 1,858.
