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February 2, 2008 Lacey, WA – Western Oregon University shot 53 percent on the night and had four players in double figures on their way to a 76-67 win over Saint Martin’s Saturday night at eh SMU Pavilion. Western Oregon jumped out to an early 16-7 lead in the first half. The Saints closed the gap to three with 9:24 to play but WOU scored the next nine points to go up by 12 and held on to a 14 point lead at halftime. Though the Wolves were able to maintain a solid lead through most of the second half, the Saints were able to pull to within four points with 5:13 remaining, but Western Oregon quickly answered with a 9-2 run to secure the win. While Saint Martin’s forced 23 WOU turnovers they got beat on the boards 45-30. The Saints got 21 points from Jake Linton while Bill Richardson added 20 points and seven rebounds. Blake Poole also had seven rebounds along with eight points. “In the second half we settled down and played much better, we just dug too deep a hole in the first half. We took some good shots that we missed and we didn’t defend as well as we needed to and couldn’t get a stop.” Saint Martin’s, now 4-5 in conference, 9-9 overall, stays at home next week and takes on Central Washington on Thursday the 7th.
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