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November 17, 2007 Seattle, WA – Saint Martin’s shots went cold in the second half as they lost a halftime lead and fell to Humboldt State 87-69 Saturday night at the Connolly Center in game three of the Elgin Baylor Tip-off Classic hosted by Seattle University. Humboldt built up a 10 point advantage with just over 12 minutes remaining in the half only to see the Saints put together a 21-10 run to take the lead. Saint Martin’s would go up by seven before HSU’s Grayson Moyer hit a three with 11 seconds left to cut the Saints’ lead to four going into the break. The Jacks came back with a vengeance in the second half scoring 10 of the first 12 points in the half to regain the lead. They would maintain their position for the rest of the game picking up the victory. “We played really good the first half. They came out and got up a little bit and we came right back and took a nice lead into the half,” said head coach Keith Copper. “I think last night’s overtime game fatigued our legs a little bit in the second half which might have had something to do with our lackluster shooting especially from the perimeter.” Bill Richardson and Jake Linton led the Saints with 14 points each; Linton was 14-14 from the free throw line. Brendan Campbell had 12 points while Tyler Nixon added seven rebounds. “Brendan, Michael (McIver), Bill and Blake (Poole) all played well. Our front line did a nice job scoring we just didn’t make the perimeter shots we needed to in order to beat that good of a team,” added Cooper. No. 9 ranked Humboldt shot 60 percent from the field in the second half and shot 50 percent from the three. The Saints shot 89 percent from the line but we unable to connect from the perimeter. “We got better, that’s what we wanted to do this weekend; we improved each night,” said Cooper. The Saints head to California next weekend to take part in the Cal State LA Classic where they will face off against Cal State LA and Cal State Dominguez Hills.
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