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February 12, 2007 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s Jake Linton received GNAC Player-of-the-Week honorable mention for his efforts last week as well as moving into first place in free throw shooting in the NCAA Division II national statistical report. He scored 45 points and added 11 assists and seven steals as the Saints split two games against Central and Western Washington. Linton hit a three-pointer with 10 seconds left to force overtime in SMU’s win over Western Washington. He then made two free throws with seven seconds left in the extra period to break an 83-83 tie. Those two free throws were his 38th and 39th consecutive making him 74 for his last 75. He is now shooting 96.6 percent, good enough to take first from Colorado Christian’s Rory Morgan. Linton has now missed just four of 119 attempts. As a team the Saints rank sixth nationally in free throw percentage at 76.7 percent.
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