ANCHORAGE, AK --- Only one team in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference has won both games in Alaska this season and Saturday night the Simon Fraser Red Leafs became yet another victim.
 
After getting a career-high 26-points from Elliot Dimaculangan in a 78-69 win over Alaska in Fairbanks on Thursday, SFU couldn't over-come a poor shooting first half and lost on the road in Anchorage on Saturday, 68-59, at the Alaska Airlines Center.
 
Simon Fraser's last Alaska road sweep came on Feb. 21-23, 2019. It is the only time that SFU has swept the trip. There has been one road sweep of the Alaska schools this season in the GNAC and that was by league-leader Montana State Billings on Dec. 1 & 3.
 
SFU was held to just seven baskets and scored just 18 points first half points against the Seawolves, trailed by 11, 29-18 at the break. That set the stage for an epic comeback that fell just short in the final minutes.
 
In the second half, SFU raced back into the game. After a 5-0 run, SFU trailed by two, 56-54, with just over three minutes to play. But David Penney missed a three and Jimmy Zaborniak had another three-pointer blocked, and suddenly the Red Leafs were down 62-54 with 80 seconds to go, after the Seawolves made field goals and free throws on its possessions.
 
A pair of free throws by Zaborniak and a three by Dimaculangan completed SFU's scoring, its second lowest point total of the season.
 
Dimaculangan led three Red Leafs in double figures with 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting, including 2-of-6 threes. Jahmal Wright scored 11-points on 5-of-7 shooting while Immanuel Oludele added 10 points.
 

 
AAU shot 45.8 percent from the field, going 22-of-48. SFU shot 43.4 percent (23-of-53) in the game. The Red Leafs shot 16-of-28 in the second half and connected on 6-of-27 threes in the game.
 
AAU held a slight edge in rebounding, 31 to 25, and went 18-of-19 at the free throw line. The Seawolves bench out-scored SFU's bench 23-12.
 
SFU is now 6-11 overall, and 1-6 in GNAC play. Alaska Achorage is 9-7 overall and 3-4 in the GNAC.
 
Western Washington was also unable to complete the weekend Alaska sweep, beating the Seawolves on Thursday but losing to Alaska on Saturday, 75-73. WWU and AAU are tied with 3-4 conference records. Three teams in the GNAC have winning records and the other seven teams are playing below .500.
 
Simon Fraser returns home for games Thursday (Northwest Nazarene, 3-4 GNAC) and Saturday (Central Washington, 2-5 GNAC). Tipoffs are 7:00 p.m.
 
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