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Men earn huge road win at WOU

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Men earn huge road win at WOU

MONMOUTH, Ore. – Sophomore guard Travis Thompson scored a career-high 22 points and Marcus Jackson added 13 points Thursday to lead the Alaska Anchorage men's basketball team to a 66-55 road victory over Western Oregon at the New P.E. Building.

With the Great Northwest Athletic Conference leading scorer Taylor Rohde plagued all night by foul trouble, the Seawolves (12-4, 6-2 GNAC) also got eight assists from senior point guard Steve White as they claimed a key victory against fellow league contender.

Western Oregon (13-4, 6-2) was led by 12 points and four rebounds from senior guard Kyle Long, but the Wolves suffered their second straight home loss after a 13-2 start to their campaign.

After WOU scored the game's first basket, Thompson knocked down the first of his six three-pointers to stake UAA to a lead it would never relinquish. The 2010 Alaska 4A Player of the Year finished the first half with 17 points, making all five of his three-pointers and his only two-point attempt, to help the Seawolves claim a 37-22 lead at the break.

Rohde, a 6-9 center who averages 21.1 points per game, picked up his third and fourth fouls less than one minute into the second half, but UAA got a big lift off the bench from reserve center Liam Gibcus and continued to control the tempo.

WOU pulled within 41-33 with 15 minutes to play when Gibcus answered with a midrange jumper and Kyle Fossman (9 points, 5 rebounds) knocked down a three-pointer, and the Seawolves' lead swung between 11 and 17 for the rest of the night.

Gibcus, a 6-10 junior from Lysterfield, Australia, finished with five points, four rebounds and two assists, while his three blocked shots were both a career- and UAA season-high.

Thompson, meanwhile, topped his previous career-high by two points, finishing 7 of 9 from the field and 6 of 7 from long range. The Dimond High product also snagged a career-high six rebounds to help the Seawolves out-board the Wolves 33-27.

UAA plays the second of its four straight road games this Saturday when its travels north to Lacey, Wash., to face Saint Martin's in a 6 p.m. AST tip.


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Players Mentioned

Steve White

#14 Steve White

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6' 0"
Freshman
Liam Gibcus

#32 Liam Gibcus

F/C
6' 10"
Freshman
Kyle Fossman

#24 Kyle Fossman

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6' 0"
Freshman
Taylor Rohde

#34 Taylor Rohde

F/C
6' 9"
Junior
Travis Thompson

#11 Travis Thompson

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6' 1"
Freshman
Marcus Jackson

#22 Marcus Jackson

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6' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Steve White

#14 Steve White

6' 0"
Freshman
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Liam Gibcus

#32 Liam Gibcus

6' 10"
Freshman
F/C
Kyle Fossman

#24 Kyle Fossman

6' 0"
Freshman
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Taylor Rohde

#34 Taylor Rohde

6' 9"
Junior
F/C
Travis Thompson

#11 Travis Thompson

6' 1"
Freshman
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Marcus Jackson

#22 Marcus Jackson

6' 2"
Junior
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