BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Seattle Pacific University men's basketball team had a 13-point lead early in the second half on the road against Western Washington on Thursday night, but the Vikings found a way to get back into the game and take it away from the Falcons, 71-66.  
 
FROM THE COACH
"We had our chances," head coach Keffrey Fazio said. "We needed to hang in there a bit more in the second half. It's hard to win on the road. Our guys found that out the hard way."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Falcons led the Vikings 8-7 with 14:49 left in the first half, when a 3-pointer from Brant Heppner sparked a 13-4 run over the next 6:07.
  • Theo McMillan led the Falcons with four points over that stretch, as the team went 6-for-10 from the field.
  • SPU owned a 21-11 lead over WWU at the end of the run.
• Grant Coleman closed out the first half with a 3-pointer that gave the Falcons a 37-27 lead at the break.
• Julian Mora hit a 3-pointer and a layup on back-to-back possessions to give the Falcons a 13-point lead with 17:16 left in the game.
• Henry Sandberg banked in a layup that had the Falcons carrying a 51-38 lead over the Vikings with 15 minutes left in the contest.
• WWU answered with an 18-5 run that lasted 5:38, tying the game 56-56 with 9:13 left to play.
  • Aengus Sutherland scored four points during that stretch, while the Falcons went 1-for-5 from the field.
• Another 3-pointer from Mora was answered with an 8-0 run from the Vikings that gave them a 64-59 lead with 4:28 remaining in the game.
• The Falcons pulled to within two points, but the Vikings hit free throws down the stretch to take the game 71-66.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

• The Falcons went 26-for-54 (48.1 percent) from the field in Thursday's game.
• Coleman led the Falcons with 15 points on five 3-pointers against the Vikings.
• Trace Evans was efficient, shooting 6-for-7 from the field with 14 points.
• Mora finished the game with 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
• McMillan scored 10 points for SPU with four rebounds while tying Mora with a team-high four assists.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Coleman set a new career-high in 3-pointers made on Thursday night with five.
• Mora grabbed a season-high seven rebounds for the Falcons on Thursday.

 
UP NEXT
The Falcons head north to Canada on Saturday for a game against Simon Fraser at 7:00 p.m.
 
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