SEATTLE -- Divant'e Moffitt poured in a season-high 31 points Saturday and made four of Seattle Pacific's 16 baskets from 3-point range to spark a 91-59 Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball home triumph over Alaska Anchorage.
 
Moffitt nailed 11 of 15 shots, including 4-for-5 accuracy on treys at Iron Coaching Court in Brougham Pavilion. He was perfect in five free throw attempts and added three assists and three steals.
 
"It changes it completely when Divant'e hits some threes," said SPU coach Grant Leep. "A lot of teams might play a step or two off him, or they'll move guys in to help there. When we hit threes like we did tonight, they can't do that anymore. It creates so much space for us to attack and when we have space, we are very dangerous."
 
Saturday's sensational performance followed Thursday's contest where Moffitt hit the game-winning shot in a 74-72 overtime win over Alaska Fairbanks. The senior point guard is a product of Spanaway Lake (Wash.) High School.
 
DIVANT'E MOFFITT DRIVE & DUNK

Eight different players made a 3-pointer on Saturday for the Falcons who doubled UAA's output in one fewer attempt from behind the arc. SPU hit 16 of 28 treys and the Seawolves were 8 for 29.
 
Leep speculated about the reason his team was so effective against the Seawolves usually lethal long-range shooting game.
 
"Part of it is our guys were sick of us reminding them that they made 14 in the last game. They shoot a lot of threes, so we spent a lot of time emphasizing it. When we were up in Anchorage in December, they made 14 and nine of them in the first half.
 
"Our guys did a wonderful job of executing and being in better position to contest tonight. We had more urgency getting back in transition, which took away some of the threes that they find that way."
 
On the offensive end, Seattle Pacific's 57.1-percent accuracy on 3-pointers was actually better than their 53.6-percent figure inside the arc. The hosts hit 55-percent of their shots overall (31 of 56) while holding Anchorage at 36 percent (19 of 53).
 
The Falcons (12-8) moved above .500 in league play for the first time this season, improving to 5-4 with their fourth win in the last five outings. The avenged an 88-83 loss in this season's first encounter, on Dec. 30 in Anchorage.
 
"We've turned a corner as far as understanding how hard you have to play to win," Leep said. "The challenge that we've given them is to also apply their intelligence to that. This is a very smart group and they understand the game very well, they understand our stuff inside-and-out. So tonight, it was good to see them apply that on the floor.
 
"Obviously, it helps when you make as many threes as we did, but when you go back and look at them, they were the right ones. They were open, they came in rhythm, the ball had touched the post first and then we played out and got them in rotation. The quality of look there is so much better and our guys did an awesome job of knocking them in."
 
The Seawolves (8-4) saw their GNAC record drop to 3-2. They tasted defeat for just the second time in their last nine outings.
 
CHRIS PENNER INTERVIEW

SCORING SUMMARY
Moffitt topped all SPU scorers for the 17th time and reached the 30-point mark for the first time this season, the fifth time in his career.
 
Zack Paulsen added 13 points for SPU and Harry Cavell had 10. Kelton Samore chipped in five points and his game-high eight rebounds paced the Falcons' 33-26 lead on the boards.
 
Tobin Karlberg tallied 13 points to top Anchorage, which also got 11 points apiece from Hunter Sweet and David Rowlands.

DECISIVE FIRST-HALF SPREE
The teams traded baskets early and the game was tied for the only time, at 11-11, after UAA's Oggie Pantovic beat the shot clock with a jumper with 12:58 left in the period.
 
On SPU's ensuing possession, Moffitt drove from the top of the 3-point arc down the right side of the lane. He finished with a two-handed dunk to ignite an 18-6 run.
 
Moffitt scored seven points to fuel the spree that Cavell completed with a driving layup at 6:42 to forge a 29-17 advantage. Six different Falcons scored during the surge that put the hosts in front for good.
 
SPU put the game out of reach by halftime, scoring the final 16 points of the period to produce a 47-26 margin. Moffitt compiled 10 of those points, on a pair of 3-pointers followed by four free throws.
 
The Falcons shot 59 percent in the first half (16 of 27), including 8-for-13 accuracy (62%) on 3-pointers. They limited Anchorage to 32-percent shooting (9 of 28) and just 5-for-17 on treys.
 
The differential never got smaller than 19 points during the second half as the visitors weren't able to put together more than two consecutive baskets. They did that on only three occasions.
 
The lead grew to a high of 32 points by game's end after Chris Penner celebrated his 21st birthday by draining a 3-pointer from the right corner with 4.8 seconds showing on the clock. Those were the first points of the season for the sophomore guard from Olympia (Wash.) High School.
 
"That kid works so hard every day and he's all about the right stuff," Leep said of Penner. "It's an honor to coach that kid, or he's a young man I should say, especially since he's turning 21 today.
 
"Kobe (Elsner) made a good play driving and hit Chris in the corner. That was pretty cool. I'm glad we were able to get such a good team effort from everybody."
 
HARRY CAVELL DUNK FROM DIVANT'E MOFFITT PASS

UPCOMING ACTION
The SPU men hit the road for a pair of games next week, beginning with a visit to Monmouth on Thursday to play Western Oregon at 7:00 p.m. They travel to Lacey, Wash. to clash with Saint Martin's on Saturday (Feb. 5) at 7:30 p.m.
 
The next home game for the Falcons is Tuesday, Feb. 8 against Western Oregon. That is the makeup of a Jan. 8 game that was postponed. Tip-off is 5:00 p.m. at Brougham Pavilion.
 
RECORDS
Alaska Anchorage 8-4, 3-2 GNAC
Seattle Pacific 12-8, 5-4 GNAC
 
NEXT SPU GAME
Seattle Pacific at Western Oregon
Thursday, February 3; 7:00 p.m. PST
New PE Building / Monmouth, Ore.