Box Score Seattle, WA - The Simon Fraser University Clan women's basketball team beat the number 9 Seattle Pacific Falcons 63-60 Saturday night in Seattle, WA.

Coming off of a loss to Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets on Thursday, the Clan rebounded with the big win, coming from behind in the second half.

"Whenever you play a ranked team it's big," said Head Coach Bruce Langford on the win. "But we've never won on this court before, it's something we've wanted to get off our back. So that was very nice to be able to do that."

After leading 26-21 at the half, the Clan allowed the Falcons back in it as Seattle Pacific went on a 19-4 run to start the second half.

However, the Clan were able to start their comeback as senior Rebecca Langmead (Torbay, NL) scored back-to-back baskets and then made a nice tip pass to junior Katie Lowen (Lethbridge, AB) who was able to finish it with the lay in. This cut the Falcons lead to 42-36, as Langmead finished with eight points, five rebounds and three blocks, while Lowen finished with a 14 points and a team high six rebounds and four assists.

"When Rebecca sticks to her game and does what she needs to do, she's effective," said Langford. "I thought Becca was our best player in Montana. She had three blocks, three steals and seven rebounds and she continued that tonight. I'm happy with how she's playing right now."

Seattle Pacific would again go up by double digits, 48-38, but SFU again battled back with under 10 minutes remaining in the second half. Junior Erin Chambers (Mission, BC) would score four straight points, contributing to her team high 15 points, including a basket and free throw to tie the game at 48.

From there the teams would trade baskets back and forth.

Senior Kia Van Laare (New Westminster, BC) came off the bench and scored eight points, including four off of free throws with under three minutes left.

Her final two would give the team the lead 62-60 which would stand as the winning points as Chambers added one more with seconds left.

The Clan opened the game strong with Chambers hitting a three-pointer to take a 20-12 lead, but then allowed the Falcons to come back as they went on an 8-0 run, leading to the 26-21 halftime lead.

"We started very well, and then I thought we let them have momentum with some bad turnovers and not good patience on offence," said Langford. "But I thought we did a good job maintaining our composure and weathered the storm, then came back very nicely."

SFU shot 41.2 percent from the field while making 17 of 23 shots from the free throw line, including 15 in the second half helping to spark the comeback.

With the win, the Clan's record improves to 9-2 on the season, 2-1 in conference play.

The Clan will return home for the first time in 2014 as they host Northwest Nazarene on January 9 in the West Gym at 7:00 p.m. and then Central Washington on January 11 also at 7:00 p.m.

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