ANCHORAGE ? Big men Stewart Kussler and Marko Kolaric both delivered double-doubles Friday to lead 25th-ranked Chaminade to a 68-60 victory over Humboldt State in the first round of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball West Region Championships at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

Kussler had 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Silverswords (21-7), while Kolaric tallied 15 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks.

The Lumberjacks (20-9), were led by 27 points and nine rebounds from West Region Player of the Year Devin Peal, while senior center Cy Vandermeer had nine points and 16 rebounds in his final game.

Peal shot 11 of 21 from the floor, but the rest of the Lumberjacks struggled to 11-of-47 shooting (23.4 percent).

HSU, from Arcata, Calif., took its biggest lead of the game at 47-43 with 12:22 remaining, but the Honolulu squad rallied back with a 10-0 run and never trailed again.

Point guard Hayden Heiber was sharp for the Silverswords throughout, finishing with 12 points (5-10 FG, 2-5 3FG), eight assists and just a pair of turnovers in 40 minutes.

The game was a battle of the Pacific West Conference champs (CU) and the California Collegiate Athletic Association regular-season co-champs (HSU).

The Silverswords, the No. 3 seed, move on to meet the winner of 2nd-seed Cal State San Bernardino and 7th-seeded BYU-Hawaii in Saturday's 5 p.m. ADT semifinal.