SEATTLE -- Harry Cavell joined Seattle Pacific's 1,000-point club Wednesday. But late in the game he had another milestone in mind.
 
The senior guard had never scored 30 points in a college game, and sensed his playing time was nearing an end while sitting on 27 points.
 
In possession with less than six minutes to play, Cavell twice had the ball knocked away from him in the left corner. After retrieving it a second time, near the baseline, he quickly spun and hoisted a 3-pointer that swished through the net with 5:25 showing on the clock.
 
That was his final shot, as he excited just over a minute later. The trey pushed Cavell's total to 30 points, eclipsing the previous high of 27 points he produced on Jan. 25, 2020 versus Simon Fraser. He remembers that game well.
 
"In my head I honestly thought, 'the last time I had 27 Coach (Grant) Leep pulled me out of the game.' So I knew I had to get one up, and it ended up falling."

HARRY CAVELL 3-POINTER FOR 30TH POINT


Cavell compiled 21 of his career-high 30 points during the first half Wednesday as the SPU men took control early en route to an 82-65 home men's basketball triumph over fourth-ranked Lewis-Clark State.
 
Cavell's scoring outburst put him over 1,000 points for his career. His current 1,018-point total ranks No. 34 among all-time Falcons.
 
The 6-foot-6 Cavell completed a double-double by matching his career-high of 11 rebounds. He shot 11-for-16 from the floor, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers, and sank all four of his free throws on Iron Coaching Court at Brougham Pavilion.
 
"Harry got a couple to go early with clean looks. When you make those open shots it provides a rhythm," said SPU coach Grant Leep. "He really got us started with a lot of energy early and scored 21 in the first half. It's a testament to how much he's developed and how far he's come that he scored his 1,000th career point tonight. Hopefully there's more to come."

HARRY CAVELL INTERVIEW
 
SPU (3-2) won its third straight game after losing its opening two outings in this unique, pandemic-altered season. The two setbacks came at home against a Whitworth team that had twice lost to Lewis-Clark State.
 
The Warriors (12-2), from Lewiston, Idaho, tasted defeated for just the second time this season. They compete as members of the NAIA.
 
Junior point guard Divant'e Moffitt tallied 20 points and five assists for the Falcons, who also got 12 points from Clayton Whitman.
 
Seattle Pacific made 49 percent of its attempts from the field (33 of 67) with 8-for-24 shooting behind the 3-point arc. Most of the damage was done inside as the Falcons boasted a 40-16 points-in-the-paint margin.
 
"From a team identity standpoint, that was the closest that we've been to who we want to be and how we want to play," Leep exclaimed. "I was really pleased with the ball movement and our ability to continually find good shots from multiple guys."
 
Cavell's 11 rebounds led a commanding 47-27 disparity on the boards. That was his second double-double of the season.
 
Damek Mitchell paced LCSC with 20 points and Trystan Bradley had 17. The visitors gained a nine-point advantage from the free throw line, converting 17 of 20 tries while SPU drained 8 of 9 attempts.
 
Ten treys in 26 tries created nearly half of both the offense and shot attempts for the Warriors.

Fantastic First Half
The Falcons broke an early 8-8 deadlock with an 11-3 run. They led 21-15 before reeling off 16 unanswered points.
 
Whitman, a red-shirt freshman forward, ignited the run at 10:18 on a layup for his first collegiate points. He followed 20 seconds later with a dunk after running the right baseline and getting a back-door bounce pass from Sharif Khan.
 
"He came off the bench and really gave us a spark. We've seen Clayton do that in practice and have been working with him to translate that into games," Leep said.
 
"When we recruited him out of Lynden High School, what initially attracted us to him is how he does a little bit of everything. You go down the line on the boxscore tonight, sure he made some shots, which is great, but he made a 3-point shot, he had a dunk, he had a couple blocked shots, he had a steal, he had an assist. He impacts the game."

CLAYTON WHITMAN DUNK

Moffitt and Cavell completed the spree with six points apiece. That produced a 37-15 advantage with 5:26 showing on the clock.
 
The Warriors went scoreless for 5-1/2 minutes, missing 10 consecutive shots and committing two turnovers during that span. Bradley finally ended the drought on two free throws with 5:14 left in the half.
 
A Cavell 3-pointer at 7:54 accounted for his 1,000th career point. He later netted the Falcons' final two baskets of the period to help forge a 48-27 halftime margin.
 
SPU shot 56 percent (20 of 36) before intermission despite a subpar 3-for-13 effort from 3-point range. Cavell accounted for all three of the team's first-half treys, missing just one.
 
The Warriors were limited to 28 percent from the field (9 of 32)
 
The lead hovered above the 20-point range for the majority of the second half before LCSC scored the game's final six points to draw within 17 at 82-65.
 
See You Thursday
The same two teams square off again at the same venue in a 6 p.m. clash on Thursday. This is the third week in a row the Falcons will have contested a pair of games on consecutive nights.
 
"Our guys have done a nice job on these back-to-backs of learning from game one on film, because we're not going to do a lot of physical things on the practice court," Leep explained. "But we've learned from game one on film and then applied it in game two.
 
"We're going to approach Thursday with the same preparation and intensity that we did for tonight's game. This is a team in LC State that can really shoot the ball and they made 10 threes tonight. They're a really good team that is going to bounce back and want to show us how good they are coming into our gym. So, we need to be ready to go."
 
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
at Seattle Pacific 82, (#4) Lewis-Clark State 65
 
LEWIS-CLARK STATE (12-2)
Bradley 5-13 4-4 17, Albright 3-7 2-2 9, Stevenson 1-7 2-2 5, Bailey 1-9 0-0 3, Mitchell 5-8 6-8 20, Bennion 2-6 1-2 5, Spencer 1-2 2-2 4, Fromm 1-4 0-0 2, Abram 0-0 0-0 0, Stockton 0-0 0-0 0, Courtney 0-2 0-0 0, Ellison 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-58 17-20 65.
 
SEATTLE PACIFIC (3-2)
Paulsen 3-6 0-0 7, El Mardi 1-6 0-0 2, Khan 2-4 0-0 4, Cavell 11-16 4-4 30, Moffitt 8-17 4-5 20, Whitman 5-7 0-0 12, Penner, 1-1 0-0 3, Blackmon 1-3 0-0 2, Medjo 1-4 0-0 2, Elsner 0-0 0-0 0, Richardson 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 33-67 8-9 82.
 
Lewis-Clark State      27     38   --  65
Seattle Pacific        48     34   --  82
 
3-point goals--LCSC 10-26 (Mitchell 4-6, Bradley 3-6, Stevenson 1-3, Albright 1-1, Bailey 1-7, Fromm 0-1; Spencer 0-1; Bennion 0-1), SPU 8-24 (Cavell 4-6, Whitman 2-4, Paulsen 1-3, Penner 1-1, Medjo 0-3, Richardson 0-2, Khan 0-2, Moffitt 0-3). Fouled out--LCSC-None, SPU-None. Rebounds--LCSC 27 (Mitchell 7), SPU 47 (Cavell 11). Assists--LCSC 11 (Albright, Mitchell 4), SPU 14 (Moffitt 5). Total fouls--LCSC 13, SPU 20. Technical fouls--LCSC-bench, SPU-None.
 
 
Next SPU Men's Basketball Game
Lewis-Clark State at Seattle Pacific
Thursday, Jan. 28, 6:00 p.m. PST
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.