SEATTLE (Jan. 28) - Mari Riser and Rebecca Kielpinski scored 20 points each Saturday and the UAA women's basketball team played some of its best ball of late before falling 88-74 to Seattle Pacific at Brougham Pavilion.

UAA (8-10, 1-8 GNAC) also got a career-high 17 points from freshman Sarah Jones, while SPU (14-4, 8-1) was led by 20 points from guard Mandy Wood and 18 points from forward Autumn Fielding.

The Seawolves forged a 43-40 halftime lead by nailing 5 of 8 three-point shots, but the Falcons overcame the short-handed visitors in the second half with consistent shooting (51.7 percent) and tough rebounding (41-29).

SPU's Carli Grant had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds, while fellow senior Brittney Kroon showed why she is the nation's leading shot-blocker with 11 swats.

Riser was the Seawolves' hottest hand, making 7 of 11 from the field and shooting 3 of 4 from both long range and the free throw line. Kielpinski, coming off a 30-point effort in Thursday's loss at Northwest Nazarene, used 25 shots to reach her total Saturday. The freshman center paced UAA with nine rebounds, while also dishing five assists and grabbing three steals.

Fellow freshman Limor Pelleg had a team season-high six steals.

The Seawolves begin the second half of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference schedule next Saturday, Feb. 4, when they host arch-rival Alaska Fairbanks. That game tips at 7 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex and can be heard locally and over the internet on campus radio 88.1-FM.