Tuesday, March 12, 2013 @ 7:48pm
Texas State defeats Seattle 68-56
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Joel Wright scored 26 points to lead Texas State to a 68-56 win over Seattle in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament Tuesday night.
Wright was 7 of 12 from the field for the game and had a team-high nine rebounds.
Matt Staff scored 13 points for the seventh-seeded Bobcats (11-21).
Texas State led 36-28 at halftime. The score was tied only once and Texas State never trailed. The Bobcats shot 50 percent from the field for the game, while Seattle shot 33.9 percent. Seattle outrebounded Texas State 35-29 but had 19 turnovers, six more than the Bobcats.
Deshaun Sunderhaus led Seattle (8-22) with 15 points. Prince Obasi had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Chad Rasmussen added 11 points for the No. 10 seed.
Texas State moves on to play No. 2 seed Denver in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013 @ 9:23pm
Idaho heats up in 2nd half, beats Seattle 76-72
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Kyle Barone had 27 points and 12 rebounds while Mike McChristian added 26 points and drilled seven 3-pointers as Idaho defeated Seattle 76-72 on Saturday night.
Connor Hill had 18 points and made six 3-pointers for the Vandals (12-17, 7-11 Western Athletic), who came into the game locked into the No. 6 seed in the conference tournament and will play No. 3 New Mexico on Thursday in Las Vegas.
Chad Rasmussen scored 16 points and D'Vonne Pickett 11 for the Redhawks (8-21, 3-15), who are the No. 10 seed and play No. 7 Texas State on Tuesday. Seattle has lost eight of its last nine games.
Idaho overcame a 32-25 deficit at intermission by shooting 60 percent (15 of 25) from the floor in the second half, including 62.5 percent (10 of 16) from 3-point range.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 @ 8:39pm
Cal State Bakersfield beats Seattle 75-74 in OT
Tyrone White had 27 points, Brandon Barnes 19 points and 11 rebounds and Carter 12 points for the Roadrunners (13-16).
Chad Rasmussen scored 13 points, Louis Green 11 and Prince Obasi 10 for the Redhawks (8-20).
Obasi's layup with 11 seconds remaining in regulation culminated a comeback from seven points down with three minutes to go, knotted the score at 64-all and forced overtime.
Next season, the schools will be league rivals when Cal State Bakersfield joins the Western Athletic Conference.
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Saturday, February 16, 2013 @ 8:38pm
Texas-Arlington holds off Seattle 65-63
Texas-Arlington (14-9, 9-5 WAC) took a quick 10-4 lead out of the gates but Seattle responded with a 24-9 run capped off by Chad Rasmussen's jumper to give the Redhawks a 28-19 lead with 3:09 remaining in the first half.
Seattle led 31-26 at halftime but Shaq White-Miller buried a 3-pointer to open the second half which sparked a 10-5 run to tie it at 36-all.
From there the two teams traded baskets until it was tied at 62 thanks to a Rasmussen 3-pointer with 1:01 to go. Jordan Reves hit a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left to give the Mavericks a 64-63 lead and Kevin Butler hit a free throw with 1 second left to seal the deal for Texas-Arlington.
Reves had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Butler finished with 14.
Jarell Flora scored 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting to lead Seattle (7-18, 2-13).
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 @ 7:36pm
Udofia, Denver cruise past Seattle for 72-55 win
DENVER (AP) - Chris Udofia scored 23 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Denver to its 10th win in 11 games, 72-55 over Seattle on Thursday night.
Jalen Love added 11 points and Chase Hallam had 10 for the Pioneers (14-8, 10-2 Western Athletic), who lived up to their conference-leading scoring defense. Denver entered play allowing just 55.2 points per game.
Luiz Bidart had 14 points for the Redhawks (7-15, 2-10), who have lost five of six. Seattle shot 56 percent of the field and outrebounded Denver 29-20 but had 26 turnovers, including 22 steals _ eight of them by Hallam.
Seattle's Chad Rasmussen scored the game's first points on a jumper, but that was the Redhawks' only lead. Denver led 34-23 at halftime and by as many as 22 in the second half.
Seattle was 12 of 14 from the free-throw line, outpacing its average of 59.2 percent, sixth-worst in Division I.
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Saturday, January 26, 2013 @ 8:40pm
Texas State squeaks by Seattle 86-83
Texas State (7-14, 3-6 WAC) shot 44.1 percent from the field, making 30 of 68 from the field including a 10 of 25 mark from beyond the arc. The Bobcats were 16 of 23 from the free-throw line compared to Seattle, which was only 1 of 5.
Three other players scored in double figures for Texas State with Joel Wright scoring 19 points to go along with his nine rebounds and three steals. Phil Hawkins had 13 points and six assists while Corey Stern had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Clarence Trent led all Seattle (6-13, 1-8) scorers with 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Deshaun Sunderhaus had 17 points and 12 rebounds, Chad Rasmussen had 11 and Louis Green chipped in with 10.
Seattle had 25 assists as a team and out-rebounded the Bobcats 47-39.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 @ 9:02pm
Hale nets 35, UTSA holds off Seattle 78-75
Hale hit a pair of free throws to put UTSA (5-13, 1-7 WAC) up 76-69 with 34 seconds remaining in the game to seal the deal. Seattle's Jarell Flora made things interesting with back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 30 seconds, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Roadrunners.
Although UTSA never trailed in the contest, D'Vonne Pickett Jr. hit a lay-up for Seattle to tie it up at 65 but Kannon Burrage answered by hitting a pair of free throws with 5:26 to play and the Roadrunners never looked back.
Burrage ended his night with 19 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Deshau Sunderhaus scored 16 points and five rebounds to lead Seattle (6-12, 1-7).
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 @ 6:14pm
Rasmussen leads Seattle past Texas-Arlington 61-44
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Chad Rasmussen scored 13 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Seattle to its first conference win of the season, 61-44 over cold-shooting Texas-Arlington on Thursday night.
Prince Obasi added 12 points for the Redhawks (6-10, 1-5 Western Athletic), and Jarell Flora had 10 off the bench. Seattle shot 57 percent from the floor and was 10 of 23 from 3-point range, helping it overcome 22 turnovers.
Greg Gainey scored 13 off the bench and Jordan Reves pulled down 11 rebounds for the Mavericks (8-7, 3-3), whose woes on their home court continued. Texas-Arlington fell to 2-5 at the College Park Center.
The Mavericks entered the game holding opponents to 36.1 percent shooting, fifth in Division I. But Seattle ran wild, never trailing after the opening minutes, while Texas-Arlington struggled, shooting 26 percent from the floor.
The game was the first-ever meeting between the schools, both WAC newcomers this season.
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