Box Score

SAN DIEGO — Two unstoppable forces met Wednesday night at Golden Gymnasium on the campus of Point Loma Nazarene University, but only one prevailed, as PLNU extended its winning streak to seven games with an 84-70 victory over Academy of Art University and the red-hot senior guard Alexis Moore in a Pacific West Conference game.
 
Moore tallied his third straight 20-point game and fifth of the season Saturday with 23 points against the Sea Lions (13-2, 6-2 PacWest) to lead all scorers. Moore has scored in double-digits in 13 of the Urban Knights' (3-11, 1-7 PacWest) 14 games on the year and over the last three games has increased his points per game average from to 15.9 to 17.8.
 
Point Loma jumped out to a 16-1 lead 4 minutes into the game and eventually pushed its lead to 31-9 halfway through the first half. The Sea Lions shot an impressive 77.3 percent in the first half en route to shooting 64.9 percent for the game. They were nearly perfect from downtown in the opening 20 minutes, shooting 6-for-7 behind the 3-point arc to help grow their lead to 51-30 at halftime.
 
Freshman guard Jase Harrison got his first career start and scored a season-high 16 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including 2-for-3 from beyond the 3-point arc. He also logged a season-high four steals while the Urban Knights tallied 12 total takeaways.
 
PLNU had four players score in double digits, led by Junior Morgan's 22 points to go with seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals. Sam Okhotin had 19, Marek Klassen scored 15 and Hayden Lescault poured in 11 with four boards, four steals, three assists and a block.
 
ART U made a run in the second half to cut its deficit to 10 points, starting the second half on a 16-5 blitz that included points from five different players. But the Sea Lions would push it back up to 16 points at 67-51 with 7:52 to play and hold on to no less than 11-point lead from there on.
 
Academy of Art returns home Monday to take on PacWest opponent Chaminade University at 7:30 p.m. at Kezar Pavilion.