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Men blast SFU with big 2nd half

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Men blast SFU with big 2nd half

BURNABY, British Columbia – Taylor Rohde and Brandon Walker both delivered double-doubles Thursday as the 25th-ranked Alaska Anchorage men's basketball team used a huge second-half effort to beat host Simon Fraser 74-56 at the West Gymnasium.

UAA (13-3, 5-0 GNAC) maintained its early lead in the Great Northwest Athletic standings and ran its winning streak to 12 games – now alone as the third-longest in program history – as five Seawolves scored in double figures.

SFU (2-9, 1-4) got a game-high 21 points from guard Justin Brown, but UAA held Clan standout Ricky Berry – who came in averaging 24.8 points per game – to just 12 points on 5-of-19 shooting.

The Seawolves outshot the Clan 52.7 percent to 30.3 percent overall to erase a deficit of 33-25 late in the first half. Rohde scored 13 of his 20 points in the opening stanza to keep UAA close, trailing just 37-34 at the break.

UAA, which trailed at half for just the second time this year, quickly took control in the second half, opening with a 25-4 blitz over the first eight minutes. Senior forward Casey Robinson (13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, no turnovers) capped the run with one of its four three-pointers to make it 59-41 with 11:51 on the clock, and the Clan would get no closer than 12 the rest of the way.

Rohde, a 6-9 junior center, shot 9 of 12 and grabbed 11 rebounds for his second double-double, while Walker tallied 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Junior point guard Steve White, who got his first career start for an injured Drew Robinson, matched his personal-best with 10 points and tallied a career-high nine assists. White, from Manly, Australia, has now matched or set his career-high in assists in four of the last five games.

Junior shooting guard Mario Gill scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Seawolves, who outscored the Clan 40-19 in the second half. UAA outshot SFU 55 percent (16 of 29) to 19 percent (6 of 31) after halftime.

The Seawolves face a major test Saturday when they travel south to Bellingham, Wash., for a 6 p.m. showdown against Western Washington (9-4, 4-1 GNAC). That game can be heard live in Anchorage on FM-93.7 KAFC.


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Players Mentioned

Casey Robinson

Casey Robinson

THR
Junior
Casey Robinson

#44 Casey Robinson

F
6' 6"
Junior
Brandon Walker

#22 Brandon Walker

G
6' 3"
Sophomore
Steve White

#14 Steve White

G
6' 0"
Freshman
Drew Robinson

#11 Drew Robinson

G
6' 1"
Junior
Mario Gill

#2 Mario Gill

G
6' 2"
Junior
Taylor Rohde

#34 Taylor Rohde

F/C
6' 9"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Casey Robinson

Casey Robinson

Junior
THR
Casey Robinson

#44 Casey Robinson

6' 6"
Junior
F
Brandon Walker

#22 Brandon Walker

6' 3"
Sophomore
G
Steve White

#14 Steve White

6' 0"
Freshman
G
Drew Robinson

#11 Drew Robinson

6' 1"
Junior
G
Mario Gill

#2 Mario Gill

6' 2"
Junior
G
Taylor Rohde

#34 Taylor Rohde

6' 9"
Junior
F/C