BILLINGS, Mont. – Senior guard Derrick Fain scored 17 points Thursday but it was not enough as the Alaska Anchorage men's basketball team fell 76-56 to a hot-shooting Western Washington squad in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Alterowitz Gymnasium.

The Seawolves finish with a 16-13 record – the program's 10th straight winning season – and tied for third in the final GNAC standings at 12-6.

Fourth-seeded UAA, which swept the Vikings by a combined seven points during the regular season, never led Thursday. The Seawolves had two chances to tie or take the lead midway through the first half, but the Vikings used a 12-2 run to end the period and take a 30-19 lead.

Senior center Brad Mears scored all six of his points early in the second half to keep UAA close at 43-37, before WWU – the tourney's No. 5 seed – answered with a 15-2 spurt to pull away.

Reserve guard Joey Schreiber scored 25 points on 11-of-18 shooting and fellow sub Kyle Impero had 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to lead the Vikings (19-10, 11-7 GNAC) to their ninth straight victory. WWU shot 52.2 percent, while the Seawolves connected at just 35.5 percent.

“We did a good job on their primary shooters but they just got great play off the bench,” said UAA head coach Rusty Osborne. “I'm really proud of our seniors, however. They made big contributions to our program, and we'll miss them.”

Travis Thompson, a First Team All-GNAC guard from Anchorage's Dimond High School, finished with five points and six assists in his final college game. The former Dimond High star completed a three-point play early in the second half to move into No. 2 on UAA's all-time scoring list, finishing his career No. 2 at UAA and No. 12 in the GNAC with 1,667 points.

Freshman center Kalidou Diouf and junior guard Dom Hunter scored 10 points apiece for the Seawolves, while Thompson grabbed a team-high six rebounds.

WWU moves on to play top-seeded Western Oregon in Friday's 7:30 p.m. MST semifinal game.