Box score, play-by-play
 
SEATTLE – Senior Andy Poling scored a team-high 15 points, and sophomore Riley Stockton scored 12 second half points to go with 10 rebounds as the Seattle Pacific Falcons rolled to a 72-53 victory against Azusa Pacific in the final game of the Sodexo Tip-Off Classic on Saturday night in Brougham Pavilion.
 
The Falcons (2-0) were the only men's team to go undefeated in the two-day tournament. Azusa Pacific finished at 1-1.
 
Junior guard David Downs (Kirkland, Wash. / Bellevue Christian HS) added 11 points and five assists for SPU and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Junior forward Patrick Simon (Ephrata, Wash. / Ephrata HS) added 14 points.
 
Senior teammate Jobi Wall (Arvada, Colo.) joined Downs on the all-tournament team.
 
Will Ward led Azusa Pacific with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field.
 
The Falcons led by just five points at halftime, 33-28. They gradually stretched it out to double-digits in the second half before the Cougars climbed back within seven at the 12:35 mark. But Stockton immediately answered with a 3-pointer, pushing the margin back to double digits.
 
Stockton's10 rebounds gave Seattle Pacific a 36-31 advantage on the boards.
 
The Falcons shot a sharp 51.1 percent from the field (24 of 47), including 45 percent from behind the 3-point line (9 of 20). Azusa Pacific was limited to 39 percent shooting from the floor (23 of 59), and just 21.1 percent (4 of 19) from downtown).
 
The Falcons head to Hawaii next weekend for the Pacific West-GNAC Challenge in Laie. SPU faces Hawaii Pacific on Friday and Brigham Young-Hawaii on Saturday.
 
 
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL
Sodexo Tip-Off Classic
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
Seattle Pacific 72, Azusa Pacific 53
 
AZUSA PACIFIC (1-1)
Katuala 1-4 0-0 2, Porter 3-11 0-0 7, Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Leaf 2-8 1-1 5, Jones 1-4 0-0 3, Price 3-6 0-0 7, Goldston 0-1 0-0 0, Stafford 1-4 0-1 3, Cardwell 0-1 0-0 0, Ragsdale 0-0 0-0 0, Watson 2-4 1-2 5, Miller 2-3 0-1 4, Ward 7-10 1-2 15. Totals 23-59 3-7 53.
 
SEATTLE PACIFIC (2-0)
Wall 3-9 0-0 9, Simon 5-9 2-2 14, Poling 6-10 3-4 15, Downs 2-5 6-6 11, Stockton 4-6 1-2 12, Jordan 0-0 0-0 0, Carroll 0-0 0-0 0, Todd 0-0 0-0 0, Weber-Brader 1-2 1-2 3, Penner 0-0 0-0 0, Morse 1-2 1-2 3, Hutsen 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 24-47 15-20 72.
 
Azusa Pacific       28           25           -- 53
Seattle Pacific      33           39           -- 72
 
3-point goals – APU 4-19 (Porter 1-7, Leaf 0-3, Jones 1-3, Price 1-1, Stafford 1-3, Cardwell 0-1, Watson 0-1), SPU 9-20 (Wall 3-7, Simon 2-5, Downs 1-3, Stockton 3-4, Morse 0-1). Fouled out – APU: Miller. SPU: Poling. Technical fouls – None. Total fouls – APU 20, SPU 14. Rebounds – APU 31 (Porter 6), SPU 36 (Stockton 10). Assists – APU 12 (Leaf 6), SPU 14 (Downs 5). Turnovers – APU 12, SPU 12. Attendance – 473.
 
Records – Seattle Pacific 2-0, Azusa Pacific 1-1.
 
Next game – Seattle Pacific vs. Hawaii Pacific at Pac West-GNAC Challenge (Laie, Hawaii), Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. PST.


 
SODEXO TIP-OFF CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
 
MVP: David Downs (Seattle Pacific)
 
Troy Leaf (Azusa Pacific)
Mark McLaughlin (Central Washington)
B.J. Porter (Azusa Pacific)
Jobi Wall (Seattle Pacific)