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SEATTLE – Even in the new four-quarter format, it's still a 40-minute basketball game out there.

Coach Julie Heisey made it clear to her Seattle Pacific Falcons on Thursday night that anything less than maximum effort for every second on the clock simply won't do.
 
Courtney Hollander had 14 points and 10 rebounds, recording her second straight double-double for SPU, but Ellie Logan poured in 18 points for Northwest Nazarene as the Crusaders scored a 64-58 Great Northwest Athletic Conference victory in Brougham Pavilion.
 
NNU (7-10, 5-6 GNAC) used a 14-1 run in the second quarter to snap a 13-13 tie, taking a 23-14 lead and staying ahead the rest of the night to deal the Falcons (6-12, 3-8 GNAC) their eighth straight loss.
 
"I'm disappointed in our effort. ... I'm disappointed because our kids have practiced so well," Heisey said. "We've had amazing attitudes, and we've tried to get better. Then we have a game, which should be fun, and we don't compete.
 
"We had a great second-half effort," she added. "But we've gotta play 40 minutes."
 
Seattle Pacific will get another chance to do that on Saturday when Central Washington visits Brougham Pavilion at 5:00 p.m., capping off the annual Homecoming and Parents Weekend. The Falcons' most recent win came against Central on New Year's Eve afternoon in Ellensburg when they rallied late to pull it out, 52-49.

The double-double for sophomore forward Hollander (Lynden, Wash. / Lynden Christian HS) was her sixth of the season and her career, and it was the eighth for the Falcons this winter. She had 14 points and 12 boards in last Saturday's 58-56 loss at Alaska Fairbanks.

 

Junior forward Hannah Rodrigues (Eugene, Ore.) added 11 points, two rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots, and did not commit a turnover in 36 minutes of action. Junior guard Brianne Lasconia (Seattle / Shorecrest HS) chipped in nine points, five rebounds, and five assists.
 
Down by 11 at halftime and still trailing by 10 late in the third quarter, SPU cut the margin to three points on four occasions during the fourth. The last of those was at 56-53 on a 3-pointer from the left corner by Lasconia with 1:16 left.
 
But Northwest Nazarene scored the next five points, pushing it back to eight at 61-53 with only 31 seconds showing and securing a sweep of the two-game season series.
 
The Crusaders had an 11-0 run that stretched nearly seven minutes of the first quarter to turn a 6-2 deficit into a 13-6 lead. SPU responded with a 7-0 run of its own to tie it at 13-13 early in the second before Northwest Nazarene's 14-1 surge produced a 32-21 halftime advantage.
 
NNU out-rebounded Seattle Pacific, 41-36, with 19 of those at the offensive end that produced 15 second-chance points. The Crusaders got another 21 points off of 23 SPU turnovers. (The Falcons had 12 offensive boards that led to six points, and converted 14 NNU turnovers into 20 points.)
 
"We've worked all week on controlling the controllables," Heisey said. "We have to talk, we have to communicate early on screens and switches, we have to rebound.
 
"And everybody has to sprint."
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
Northwest Nazarene 64, Seattle Pacific 58
 
NORTHWEST NAZARENE (7-10, 5-6 GNAC)
Ellie Logan 9-22 0-0 18, Katie Swanson 1-6 1-2 3, Elayna Rice 1-2 0-0 2, Taylor Simmons 2-5 7-7 11, Cierra White 1-3 2-4 4, Lexi Tubbs 5-8 0-0 11, McKenna Walker 0-3 2-2 2, Kelli Christenson 1-2 0-0 3, Kaitlyn Merritt 0-0 0-0 0, Danielle Jardine 4-6 0-1 8, CoCo Gall 0-6 1-2 1, Raquel Jardine 0-1 0-00, Kate Cryderman 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 24-65 14-20 64.
 
SEATTLE PACIFIC (6-12, 3-8 GNAC)
Courtney Hollander 4-17 5-6 14, Hannah Rodrigues 4-7 2-2 11, Molly Grager 2-5 2-2 6, Stacey Lukasiewicz 2-4 0-0 5, Brianne Lasconia 4-9 0-0 9, Riley Evans 0-1 0-0 0, Jaylee Albert 1-3 0-0 3, Lindsay Lee 3-6 0-0 8, Erica Pagano 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 21-55 9-10 58.
 
Northwest Nazarene             13            19           13           19           -- 64
Seattle Pacific                           9            12           17           20           -- 58
 
3-point goals – NNU 2-12(Logan 0-2, Swanson 0-1, Simons 0-1, White 0-1, Tubbs 1-4, Walker 0-1,Christenson 1-2), SPU 7-23 (Hollander 1-6, Rodrigues 1-2, Lukasiewicz 1-2, Lasconia 1-4, Evans 0-1, Albert 1-3, Lee 2-5). Fouled out – None. Rebounds – NNU 41 (D.Jardine 9), SPU 36 (Hollander 10). Assists – NNU 7 (Simmons 3), SPU 11 (Lasconia 5). Turnovers – NNU 14, SPU 23. Total fouls – NNU 11, SPU 15. Technical fouls – None. Attendance – 200.
 
 
Next game --        Central Washington at Seattle Pacific
                                Saturday, 5:00 p.m.
                                Brougham Pavilion