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January 14, 2007 Seattle, WA (January 13) – Saint Martin’s battled with Seattle University to secure a 74-64 victory and stay the only unbeaten team in conference play Saturday night at the Connelly Center. The game was close the entire first half with the Redhawks able to maintain a lead. Down by eight with 2:09 left in the first half the Saints got two free throws by Jake Linton and two by Stephon Harris to pull within four going into the break. Coming back from the break the Saints tied the game 39-39 with 14:20 to go. The two teams continued to battle back and forth. With the score tied again 57-57 Linton hit a jumper to break up the tie and start what would be a 16-5 run by the Saints to put them ahead by 11 with only seconds left in the game. The Saints got a game high 23 points and seven rebounds from Brendan Campbell who was 9-15 from the field and 4-4 from the line. Linton posted 20 points, hitting 6-12 and making 7-8 free throws. Harris added 10 points, completing every shot he took on the night as he went 3-3 from the field and 4-4 from the line. David White led the Redhawks with 14 points and 8 rebounds. Sam Kirby and Chris Gweth both added 12 points. Saint Martin’s took advantage of the line going 26-32 (81.3%) while the Redhawks were only at the line 17 times and only made 13 shots. The Saints also forced Seattle U into 22 turnovers. The Saints are back home this week as they face the University of Alaska Anchorage Thursday night in the second game of a women’s and men’s double header at the SMU Pavilion.
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