LACEY, Wash. – The Saint Martin's men's basketball team (16-1, 6-1 GNAC) is one of the hottest teams in the country. With an absolute clinic put on Saturday night in the game against Seattle Pacific (11-10, 4-4 GNAC), the Saints rolled to an 89-71 trouncing over Falcons, and their ninth straight win, the majority of those coming in conference play.
Six different players scored in double-figures in a game that the Saints led by around 30 most of the night.
Kyle Greeley led the team with 16 and seven boards, while
Tyke Thompson and
Myles Samuels were both right behind with 14 each.
Marcel Stevens had 11 points on three three-pointers, and
Jaden Nielsen-Skinner and
Shakeem Alcindor clocked in at 10. Skinny had five assists, Alcindor and Samuels had five rebounds each. Another staggering number was the 46 bench points put up by SMU, compared to just nine from SPU.
WATCH THE POSTGAME INTERVIEW WITH HEAD COACH AARON LANDON AND JADEN NIELSEN-SKINNER HERE
This is the Saints second straight win over Seattle Pacific, both of them by exactly 18 points. Saint Martin's will now turn their attention to the 49
th state where they battle Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday night at 8:30 PM PT.
