Alex Jones scored 21 points to lead the Redhawks Saturday night. Photo by Joshua Lynch | The Spectator

Seattle University eked out a win last night in front of its largest home crowd of the season, barely defeating the California State-Bakersfield Roadrunners 76-72.

4,756 fans turned out for the Hoops for Haiti event, donating a hefty sum to the Haitian relief effort.

View an audio slideshow of the game here.

The first half started out slowly enough with Cervante Burrell finally putting the Redhawks on the board nearly three minutes into the game. Enter Chuck Garcia and Mike Boxley, and the musical chairs began.

Impressively deep, the Redhawks’ bench has been putting up big numbers all year—posting 42 points last night. Yet to start a game this season, the team’s current high scorer, Alex Jones, explained: “I like coming off the bench. I go in when everyone else is tired.”

Seemingly referring to his own team, he also finds the opposing defense ripe for the picking. On a recent scoring tear, yesterday was no different for Alex Jones, with a game total of 21 points. Surprisingly, more than half those points came from the line, where he shot 12 of 16 on the night.

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Gavin Gilmore tries to recover the ball in the Redhawks' 87-85 loss to the Idaho Vandals at KeyArena Jan. 30. The Redhawks fell to the Vandals in Idaho today 82-72. Mary Bryant-Likens | The Spectator

After an extended homestretch, the Seattle University Redhawks took to the road last night, falling 82-72 to the Idaho Vandals in Moscow. It was the third game played in just six days for the Redhawks, and the team’s second loss to Idaho this season.

Cervante Burrell was someone the Idaho Vandals “had to stop,” according to Vandals’ coach Don Verlin.

And stop him they did. Just 2 minutes 50 seconds into the game and Burrell, Seattle U’s starting point guard, was back on the bench with his third personal foul. He would sit the remainder of the half before finally fouling out in the last minutes of the game with no points on the night.

“They’re so different from what we play night in, night out,” Verlin said of Seattle’s playing style compared to the WAC. “Seattle is hard to play because they play a million different lineups, your matchups are constantly changing—a couple times tonight, we’ve got Mac Hopson on Garcia because they’re big, and the next two minutes down the road in the game, they’re small and we’ve got Marvin Jefferson on a small guy.”

With their starter on the bench, the Redhawks were able to keep it close in the beginning before Idaho pulled ahead with a 18-5 run over a six-minute period. Surprisingly, Seattle U didn’t have a turnover until the 14:19 mark.

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The Seattle University Redhawks took to the road on Super Sunday to face the Portland State Vikings.

Nearly half the crowd in attendance was in Redhawks’ gear, making the trip to support their team. The game time, originally slated for 2 p.m., was changed to a noon tip-off to prevent any competition with the Super Bowl broadcast.

After a wild first half, the Redhawks found themselves trailing the Vikings 42-40, despite a 9 to 0 Seattle U run in the final minutes of the first. Seattle U shot 39 percent from the field to the Vikings’ 50 percent; each team with 13 turnovers at the break.

Posting impressive numbers in the first were both Aaron Broussard with 11 points and three steals and Cervante Burrell with 10 points and two assists. Charles Garcia had eight points and his usual two fouls on the books.

The second half both started and ended with Aaron Broussard.

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Taylor Olson drives down the court in the Redhawks' game against Eastern Washington. Matthew Brady | The Spectator

It was Garrett Lever tonight posting some of his best numbers since, well, the last time he faced Eastern Washington in December’s game in Cheney.

Nailing 3 of 4 three-pointers and sinking his free throws, Garrett Lever was a major contributor to the Redhawks’ 68-62 win over EWU tonight at the KeyArena.

Lever came out strong with back to back three-pointers to give Seattle U a 10-point lead of 16-6 at the 11:55 mark of the first.

Next came Aaron Broussard and Chuck Garcia, both shooting two for two on the line. The Redhawks managed to hang on to their 10-point lead until the Eagles rallied to nearly tie the game at the half.

“Are we headhunting tonight?” yelled Coach Dollar to the officiating crew after some questionable calls.

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