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Seawolves bombard Clan for 3rd straight, 115-98

BURNABY, British Columbia - All-conference guards Travis Thompson and Brian McGill combined for 59 points and 15 assists Saturday to pace Alaska Anchorage to a 115-98 men's basketball victory over Simon Fraser at the SFU West Gymnasium.

The Seawolves (12-9, 8-3 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) also got career-highs of 23 points and 10 rebounds from senior guard Derrick Fain as they won their third straight and stayed unbeaten in 13 all-time meetings against SFU.

The Clan (7-11, 3-8) were led by 24 points and five assists from guard Sango Niang as they were outshot 60.3 percent to 49.3 percent by the Seawolves.

UAA led just 30-29 with nine minutes left in the first half before taking control. A 9-0 run gave UAA a 49-35 lead and Christian Leckband made it 62-43 right before halftime with one of his two three-pointers.

The Seawolves scored the first eight points after the break and Thompson drained a three-pointer to give UAA its largest lead at 75-45 with 17:24 on the clock.

Thompson finished with 30 points on 7-of-10 three-point shooting and dished six assists on a night when he surpassed 1,500 career points. It marked the seventh career 30-point outing for the Dimond High product, joining Jesse Jackson, Jason Kaiser and Jeff Martin as they only Seawolves to reach the mark that many times.

Meanwhile, McGill scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half, finishing with 10-of-13 shooting and nine assists. Fain tallied his career scoring high for the second game in a row on the strength of 7-of-14 shooting (5-9 3FG), recording his first double-double in the process.

Junior guard Dom Hunter added 12 points and sophomore forward Travis Parrish dished a career-high four assists to help UAA equal the No. 20 scoring total in program history.

UAA shot 20 of 32 (.625) from long range to match the third-most threes made by a Seawolf team.

The Seawolves return home for their next three games, starting with a Feb. 7 showdown against in-state rival Alaska Fairbanks. That game tips at 7:30 p.m. at the Alaska Airlines Center.

NOTES: McGill scored over 25 points for the seventh time in his career … Thompson now has 1,526 career points to pull within 18 of former All-American Carl Arts (1,544, 2004-08) for No. 4 on UAA's all-time list … Fain – a one-year transfer from The Master's College –surpassed the 19 points he scored in Thursday's victory at Western Washington and the eight rebounds he had in the season-opener against Concordia.

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Players Mentioned

Travis Thompson

#11 Travis Thompson

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6' 1"
Freshman
Christian Leckband

#1 Christian Leckband

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6' 5"
Freshman
Brian McGill

#RS Brian McGill

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6' 2"
Sophomore
Derrick Fain

#14 Derrick Fain

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6' 4"
Senior
Dom Hunter

#13 Dom Hunter

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6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Travis Thompson

#11 Travis Thompson

6' 1"
Freshman
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Christian Leckband

#1 Christian Leckband

6' 5"
Freshman
F
Brian McGill

#RS Brian McGill

6' 2"
Sophomore
G
Derrick Fain

#14 Derrick Fain

6' 4"
Senior
G
Dom Hunter

#13 Dom Hunter

6' 0"
Junior
G