January 26, 2008
No. 14 Alaska Anchorage Shoots Past Yellowjackets, 79-43
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BILLINGS, Mont. – 14th-ranked
Alaska Anchorage extended its season-best winning streak to 14
games with a 79-43 victory over Montana State Billings Saturday
evening at Alterowitz Gym.
With the loss, the Yellowjackets fall to 1-17 on the year
and 1-6 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
UAA improves to 16-3 and 7-0 in conference play.
MSUB was led by freshman
Aaron
Terry (Moreno Valley, Calif.) with 16 points, fellow
freshmen
Kirk Blaine (Gillette, Wyo.) chipped in a career-high 13
points and
Brett
Taylor (Billings) added 10.
The Seawolves had two players in double figures, led by a
game-high 24 points from Carl Arts.
He was 10 of 17 from the field and pulled down nine
rebounds.
The upset-minded Yellowjackets held with the
Seawolves for a good portion of the first half.
With just over nine minutes left in the half, UAA took
the lead for good on a hoop-and-the-harm jumper in the lane by
Arts, giving UAA a 15-14 advantage.
From that moment on, the Seawolves outscored MSUB 21-9
for a 37-23 lead at halftime.
For the half the Yellowjackets were led by
Terry with 11 points as he was 4 of 7 from the field and 3 of 4
from beyond the arc.
As a team, MSUB was just 8 of 21 from the field for 38
percent and 5 of 11 from beyond the arc.
The Yellowjackets were just 2 of 7 from the line.
The Seawolves, who struggled early in the
half, caught fire thanks to a pair of 14-point scorers from Arts
and Chris Bryant.
Arts was 6 of 9 from the field and Bryant was 5 of 9, but was 4
of 8 from beyond the arc.
As a team, UAA was 15 of 33 from the field and 6 of 15
from beyond the arc.
The Seawolves went to the line just one time and
converted.
The second half began as UAA increased its
lead to 26 with an 18-6 run over the first six minutes.
The Seawolves poured it on, building a 38-point advantage
with 3:30 left and going away with the 79-43 victory.
The Yellowjackets begin a four-game road trip
at Western Washington on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Mountain time.
MSUB will be back at Alterowitz Gym Thurs., Feb. 14
against Western Oregon.
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