Seattle Men’s Basketball Upends San Francisco State
improves to 4-0 with fourth consecutive win over Regional Opponent
The Seattle University Men’s Basketball team won for the second consecutive night at the Notre Dame de Namur Thanksgiving tournament, this time defeating 79-60. The win improves ’s record to 4-0 with all four wins coming against regional competition from the state of .
jumped out to a quick lead, scoring the first nine points of the game. The Redhawks built their first half lead to as many as 18 when a Michael Wright (Lakewood, Wash.) layup gave Seattle a 24-6 lead with 11:50 to go in the half.
guards Ricky Berry (, ) and Shaun Burl (, ) led the way with scoring 13 points in the half, including two 3-pointers and Burl chipping in nine points on a perfect 3-3 from the field and 2-2 from the foul line.
Overall Seattle shot 50 percent (11-22) from the field in the half, while holding San Francisco State to just 30.8 percent (8-26).
The second half was much of the same as led by as many as 24 en route to a 19-point victory. continued his hot shooting, finishing with 20 points on 6-10 from the floor, including 3-7 from beyond the arc.
Burl controlled the floor, finishing with an efficient 15 points on 4-6 shooting from the field and 6-8 from the foul line, while dishing out six assists.
also dominated the glass, out-rebounding the Gators 42-18. Leigh Swanson (, ) led with eight rebounds to go with his 11 points, while Mike Boxley (Mountlake, Terrace, ) added 10 points and seven rebounds.
shot 56.5 percent (26-46) for the game, including 62.5 percent (15-24) in the second half.
was led by Alex Thomas with 14 points and Robert Hays with 12. The Gators stayed in the game by connecting on 7-14 from 3-point range in the second half.
will return home next weekend for a contest against Western State Saturday, Dec. 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Connolly Center.