LANGLEY, B.C. – Seattle Pacific University connected on 14-of-35 three-point attempts en route to an 87-77 victory over Daemen University (Houston, Tex.) this afternoon at the Langley Events Center during day three action of the 2023 Conference Commissioners Association (CCA) Division II Canadian Tip-Off Classic. Both teams are now 1-2 on the season.

IMPACT PLAYERS

• Five players scored in double figures for the Wildcats.
• Sophomore Justin Glover (Buffalo, N.Y.) paced Daemen with a career-high 16 points, as he connected on 6-of-12 shots and was 2-of-4 from downtown. 
• Senior Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) had a productive 24 minutes off the bench, as he totaled 14 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and a steal.
• Senior Dylan Fasoyiro (Houston, Tex.) and graduate student Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y) both finished with 12 points. Atkins added five boards and two blocks.
• Senior Anderson Shaw, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference preseason Player of the Year, drilled five three-pointers and totaled 30 points for the Falcons.

GAME NOTES

• It marked the first ever meeting between the two programs. SPU is a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and finished 17-11 overall and 12-6 in the GNAC last year. The Falcons were picked fifth in the GNAC preseason poll.
• Daemen returns four starters from last year's team that finished 20-8 overall and 12-4 in the East Coast Conference. The Wildcats were picked second in the ECC preseason poll and are receiving votes in the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Division II preseason poll.
• Daemen held a 23-13 lead nine minutes into the game, but the Falcons turned the tables and outscored the Wildcats 23-13 over the next six minutes to even the game at 36-36. Daemen took a 46-40 lead following a triple by Glover with 1:43 left in the half, but Shaw answered with a three-pointer for the Falcons and the Wildcats would take a 46-43 lead into halftime.
• Glover opened the second half with a bucket to give Daemen a 48-43 lead, but the Falcons answered with back-to-back three-pointers by graduate student Kyle Luttinen and SPU would never trail after that.
• SPU eventually took its largest lead of the game, 71-58, following a jumper by Shaw with just over seven minutes left, and Daemen came no closer than six points (77-71) the rest of the way.
• It was a tail of two halves for the Wildcats. After shooting a blistering 62-percent (18-29) in the first half, the Wildcats connected on just 10-of-31 shots (32%) in the second half and were outscored 44-31 after halftime. The Wildcats made 6-of-17 three-point attempts and canned 15-of-18 from the charity stripe.
• SPU finished 31-of-63 (49%) from the field overall and made 14-of-35 from downtown. The Falcons canned 11-of-13 from the charity stripe.
   

NEXT JUMP BALL
Daemen returns to action next weekend when the Wildcats host the East Region Challenge at Lumsden Gymnasium.
 

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