ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Taylor Rohde scored scored 25 of his 31 points in the second half Saturday to lead the 25th-ranked Alaska Anchorage men's basketball team to its fourth straight road win with an 82-65 decision over Central Washington at Nicholson Pavilion.
The Seawolves (15-4, 9-2 GNAC) also got 12 points apiece from seniors Steve White and Lonnie Ridgeway as they won here for the third consecutive time in the regular season and swept the season series from CWU for the first time since 2006-07.
The Wildcats (10-9, 4-7) were led by 22 points from senior guard Toussaint Tyler, but the hosts were outshot 59 percent to 42 percent and outrebounded 34-22.
For UAA, the win marked the first time since the formation of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 2001-02 that the Seawolves had swept back-to-back league road trips. It was also the first time since 1985-86 that Seawolf team has been perfect in four consecutive road contests (with no home games in between).
UAA - which also got eight points, two assists and no turnovers from sophomore guard Kyle Fossman - used a 10-4 run to go into halftime with a 36-29 lead.
Rohde, who sat the last 10 minutes of the first half after picking up his second foul, quickly made up for lost time, using a succession of different post moves to help the Seawolves slowly widen their lead. The 6-9 senior center finished 13 of 19 from the field and made 5 of 6 free throws to top the 30-point plateau for the third time in his career.
Meanwhile, Ridgeway scored eight of his season-high 12 points in the first half and finished with a perfect shooting night. The 6-3 guard from Anchorage was 4 of 4 from both the field and the free-throw line in just his second game back after missing eight weeks with a wrist injury.
White, who tallied a career-high 16 points in Thursday's 81-64 win at Northwest Nazarene, shot 5 of 8 from the field and 2 of 2 at the charity stripe to post his second straight double-digit effort.
The Seawolves return to Anchorage for the first time since Jan. 14 when they the host longtime rival Seattle Pacific on Thur., Feb. 2. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.
