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Star-Bulletin Staff

ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Hawaii Pacific center Jurgen Malbeck hit on 14 of 15 shots from the field and scored 30 points to lead the Sea Warriors (21-2) to a 79-77 victory over Central Washington (12-11) last night.

HPU, which trailed, 40-37, at the half, took the lead for good on a pair of free throws by Robert Parker with 9:41 left in the game, but never led by more than six points.

The Wildcats' Eric Davis had his 45-foot 3-point attempt hit the rim as time ran out.

Hawaii Pacific 79, Central Washington 77

Hawaii Pacific: Lucas 4-11 0-0 10, Parker 3-11 4-4 9, Malbeck 14-15 2-2 30, Smalley 3 1-3 7, Richey 4-15 1-3 7, Johnson 2-4 2-4 6, Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Nolan 2-3 0-1 4, Harris 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-67 6-10 79.

Central Washington: Thomas 11-24 3-4 25, Nasinec 3-8 4-4 11, Fraker 2-4 5-6 10, Nealey 4-12 4-4 13, Fallon 2-7 0-0 4, Davis 0-6 0-0 0, Deutsch 3-7 0-0 9, Kennedy 0-1 0-0 0, Mosley 1-1 3-5 5, Sackmann 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-70 19-23 77.

Halftime-C. Washington 40, Hawaii Pacific 37.

3-point goals-HPU 3-6 (Lucas 2-3, Parker 1-2, Richey 0-1), CW 6-27 (Deutsch 3-6, Fraker 1-1, Nasinec 1-5, Nealey 1-6, Thomas 0-2, Davis 0-3, Fallon 0-4). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-HPU 34 (Malbeck 10), CW 32 (Thomas 7, Fraker 7). Assists-HPU 15 (Parker 5), CW 13 (Nealey 5). Total fouls-HPU 17, CW 16. A-1,900.

Lewis-Clark State 65, BYU-Hawaii 59: At Lewiston, Idaho, Jeremiah Wynott scored 21 points as the Warriors (7-14) took a 35-26 halftime lead and held on to defeat the Seasiders (18-5).

Pa'ulasi Matavao led BYUH with 16 points. Ionatana Enosa had 15.

Brigham Young-Hawaii: Fripp 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 1-3 0-3 2, Alves 0-5 0-0 0, Akana 3-13 0-0 8, Enosa 4-11 7-7 15, Bates 5-9 0-0 10, Barton 3-11 2-7 8, Isom 0-0 0-0 0, Matavao 8-12 0-0 16. Totals 24-64 7-10 59.

Lewis-Clark State: Johnson 3-7 2-2 9, Walker 7-13 3-4 17, Mercer 2-5, Hoover 0-1 0-0 0, Ratliffe 2-5 2-2 6, Gorauskas 4-10 0-0 8, Wynott 9-13 3-8 21, Byrne 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-54 10-16 65.

Halftime-Lewis-Clark State 35, BYUH 26.

3-point goals-BYUH 4-21 (Barton 2-7, Akana 2-9, Alves 0-5), LC 1-5 (Johnson 1-2, Hoover 0-1, Mercer 0-2). Fouled out-Matavao. Rebounds-BYUH 33 (Matavao 15), LC 41 (Walker 10).

Alaska-Fairbanks 82, Chaminade 73: At Fairbanks, Alaska, Rod Jones made 9 of 16 field-goal attempts and scored 20 points to lead the Nanooks (10-13 overall, 2-6 league) to a Pacific West Conference victory over the Silverswords (8-14, 4-5).

Chaminade's Darnell Clavon had a game-high 25 points.

Chaminade: Antonio 0-3 0-0 0, Cephas 7-9 5-8 19, Clavon 7-18 10-13 25, Goller 0-1 0-0 0, Munsterteige 4-6 0-2 8, Rivera 4-10 2-2 13, Tracy 4-4 0-0 8, Umbarger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-51 17-25 73.

Alaska-Fairbanks: Sanders 5-8 3-4 16, Valladolid 1-3 0-0 3, Wold 1-2 0-0 3, Jones 9-16 0-0 20, Marvel 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis 1-7 0-2 2, Rose 0-1 0-0 0, Allisan 6-13 6-8 19, Wysock 0-1 2-2 2, Church 4-6 0-0 10, Wilson 3-8 1-2 7. Totals 30-65 12-18 82.

Halftime-Alaska-Fairbanks 39, Chaminade 30.

3-point goals-CU 4-15 (Rivera 3-8, Clavon 1-3, Antonio 0-3), UAF 10-24 (Sanders 3-6, Church 2-3, Jones 2-5, Valladolid 1-2, Wold 1-2, Allisan 1-4, Lewis 0-2). Fouled out-Clavon. Rebounds-CU 39 (Cephas 13), UAF 28 (Jones 5, Allisan 5). Assists-CU 11 (Clavon 7), UAF 12 (Sanders 5). Total fouls-CU 21, UAF 16. A-228.

Seattle Pacific 91, Hawaii-Hilo 71: At Seattle, the Falcons improved to 14-9 overall and 3-6 in the Pacific West Conference.

The Vulcans dropped to 8-14, 4-5.