Littlefield's Three-Point Play Leads Boxers Past Lutes

Littlefield's Three-Point Play Leads Boxers Past Lutes

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TACOMA, Wash. – Landon Littlefield (So., Henderson, Nev.) connected on a three-point play with three seconds left to give Pacific their third straight victory Friday night, a 54-51 victory over Pacific Lutheran in Northwest Conference men's basketball action at Olson Auditorium.
 
The closely contested game came down to the final two minutes.  Pacific trailed by two when Eric Moore (Sr., Salem, Ore.) tied the contest at 51-51 with 2:04 left.  Both teams went scoreless until Littlefield connected on the lay-up and free throw with three seconds left.  Mitch Wettig (Jr., Bend, Ore.) then stole the ensuing inbound pass to seal the win.
 
Littlefield came off the bench to lead all scorers with 13 points, connecting on 5 of 8 from the field and 2 of 3 from three-point range.  He led a night that saw the Boxers shoot 39.6 percent from the field (21-53).  Wettig was the only other Pacific player in double figures, scoring 12.
 
Brandon Lester led Pacific Lutheran with 11 points while Kai Hoyt scored 10.  The Lutes finished the night shooting 35.8 percent from the field (19-53) and 81.8 percent from the free throw line.
 
With the victory, Pacific kept pace with George Fox and Lewis & Clark in playoff race.  The Boxers sit in sixth place at 7-6, one-half game behind the Lutes and Pioneers (7-5), and improved to 14-8 overall.  PLU dropped to 7-16, 4-10 NWC.
 
Neither team led by more than two points in the first half as the Lutes and Boxers traded the lead eight times.  Pacific ensured a 22-22 halftime deadlock on Daniel Zitani's (Sr., Oakland, Calif.) jumper with1:27 left in the period.
 
The Lutes jumped out to a 29-25 lead early in the second half and built their largest lead of the game, 43-37, on Terrell Williams' free throws with 9:07 to go.  The PLU lead was 45-40 with 7:08 left when Wettig and Moore hit back-to-back buckets to tie the contest at 45-45.
 
PLU went back ahead with 3:18 left when Bryce Miller's lay-in made it 51-49.  But the Lutes would not score again, setting the table for Moore's tying basket and Littlefield's winning three-point play.
 
Pacific returns to the Stoller Center on Saturday, hosting Lewis & Clark at 8 p.m.  Live audio and video webcasts will be available at GoBoxers.com.
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