Box Score LAIE, Hawaii — Backed by three players scoring in double digits and a first half in which the team shot over 77 percent, the Alaska women's basketball team moved to 2-0 to start the season Friday for the first time since 2004-05 with a 30-point win at BYU-Hawaii, 69-39.
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The 30-point win is the largest margin of victory over an NCAA Division II team for the Nanooks (2-0) since Dec. 1, 2007, when they defeated Chaminade by 31, 76-45, at the Glacier Classic in Anchorage. Alaska beat Dallas Christian last season by 46 and 44 points on back-to-back days, 96-50 and 84-40 on Dec. 17-18, 2012.
Alaska shot 77.3 percent in the first half before finishing at a 58.5 clip for the game, while holding BYU-Hawaii (0-1) to just 28.9 percent shooting. The Nanooks also held the Seasiders to 20 rebounds, tied for the 13th-lowest total ever in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and a team record since the Nanooks joined the GNAC in 2001-02.
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Freshman forward
Jordan Wilson (Henderson, Colo./Business Administration) led Alaska with 19 points on a perfect 8 for 8 shooting performance. Her eight field goals with no misses are tied for third-best all-time in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. She also grabbed five rebounds and hit her first career 3-pointer during the first half.
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Junior guard
Kelly Logue (Fair Oaks, Calif./Journalism) had 13 points and freshman guard
Victoria Milton (Lansing, Mich./Business Administration) poured in 10 for her first career double-digit performance. Junior guard
Benissa Bulaya (Sacramento, Calif./Communications) had a game-high seven assists, one off her career best.
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The Seasiders were led by Danna Lynn Hooper with 11 points. Alaska outscored BYU-Hawaii in every specialty category, topping them in points in the paint (38-12), points off turnovers (35-19), second chance points (17-4) and bench scoring (20-8).
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Alaska took command of the game in the first half with a 17-0 run that broke a 13-13 tie. BYU-Hawaii went 0 for 7 from the field during that stretch and turned the ball over seven times. The Nanooks pushed their lead to 20 on a 3-pointer from Logue as part of another 12-1 run to enter the break with a 26-point advantage at 42-16.
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The Seasiders brought their deficit down to 18 on a 13-3 run to start the second half, but that was as close as they would get. Alaska pushed its lead to as much as 33 during the second half before ending with the 30-point advantage.
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The Nanooks take Saturday off before heading to Honolulu to face Chaminade at 3 p.m. AKST.
