SEATTLE – Grace Leasure scored a career-high 21 points with a career-high 13 rebounds in her first career double-double for the Seattle Pacific University women's basketball team on Thursday night against Alaska Fairbanks, leading the Falcons to a 78-63 victory over the Nanooks.
FROM THE COACH
"I'm proud of the team, how we rebounded, made the defensive adjustments, and stayed the course," head coach
Karen Byers said. "
Grace Leasure had a massive double-double,
Grace Turley and matters knocked down huge 3's for us, and
Haylie-Anne Ohta led the team with her leadership. It was a great win."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first three quarters between the Falcons and the Nanooks featured back-and-forth action.
- The game featured three ties and seven lead changes.
- The Falcons owned the lead for 50.3 percent of Thursday's game.
- The Falcons took over and won the game in the fourth quarter with a 22-8 run over the final 10 minutes of the game.
- SPU went 9-for-19 from the field, with three made 3-pointers in the quarter.
- Grace Leasure led the charge for the Falcons with nine points, while Grace Mertes poured in six points of her own.
- While the offense got going, the SPU defense clamped down on AUF.
- The Falcons forced the Nanooks to go 3-for-14 from the field over the final 10 minutes of the game.
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- The Falcons went 28-for-73 (38.4 percent) from the field with nine made 3-pointers.
- Leasure was sensational for the Falcons on Thursday night, scoring a game-high 21 points while grabbing a game-high 13 rebounds with three assists and three blocks.
- Ohta came close to a triple-double, with 11 points, eight rebounds, and a game-high seven assists for the Falcons.
- Turley scored 15 points while going 3-for-6 from 3-point range.
- Mertes scored eight points and grabbed seven rebounds.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Leasure scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds for the Falcons on Thursday night.
- Leasure recorded her first career double-double for the Falcons with career-highs in points and rebounds.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will celebrate
Madison Rubino before their game against Alaska Anchorage on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. on senior day.
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