The Lutes slipped to 2-6 overall, while Evergreen improved to 5-6.
The Geoducks jumped out to a 7-2 lead, but the Lutes answered with 15 straight points for a 17-7 advantage. Pacific Lutheran then scored 16 of the next 25 points for their biggest lead of the night, a 33-16 lead with 4:51 left in the first half. Evergreen responded with a 12-0 run to end the half, bringing the Geoducks to within five, 33-28, at intermission.
Evergreen began the second half by scoring 10 of the first 14 points to regain the lead at 38-37 with 15:56 left. Over the next 6 1/2 minutes, the Lutes regained and kept the lead until the 9:35 mark, when the Geoducks took the lead for good. Evergreen stretched the margin to 10 points with 1:25 left and cruised to the win.
The Lutes made 6 of 9 attempts from the three-point line in the first half to propel them to the first half lead. The PLU defense, meanwhile, held Evergreen to 34.5 percent from the field on 10 of 29 attempts including 4-12 from three-point range.
But in the second half, Evergreen improved to 52 percent from the field -- 13-25 -- and converted 12 of 19 free throws to claim the win.
Sudon DeSuze led the Lutes with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Kurt Oliver came off the bench to score 15 points -- all on three-pointers -- and Brian Jochim contributed 13 points, also off the bench.
Josh Peterson scored 15 points and had 8 rebounds, Giovonne Woods had 14 points and Walter Tucker finished with 10 points and 7 rebounds to pace Evergreen.
The Lutes are at Seattle Pacific on Friday for a 7:00 p.m. game. Evergreen hosts Eastern Oregon next Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score Evergreen State vs Pacific Lutheran 12/09/04 7:00 p.m. at Tacoma, Wash. (Olson Auditorium) At Tacoma, Wash. (Olson Auditorium) EVERGREEN STATE 70, PACIFIC LUTHERAN 60 EVERGREEN STATE (5-6) Josh Peterson 5-7 4-5 15; Giovonne Woods 4-11 4-6 14; Walter Tucker 3-9 4-6 10; Doug Dietz 3-7 0-0 9; Duriell Jones 3-3 2-2 9; Wes Newton 2-5 0-0 5; Julius Marshall 2-7 0-1 4; Barson Collins 1-4 0-0 2; Jordan Estill 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 16-23 70. PACIFIC LUTHERAN (2-6) Oliver, Kurt 5-10 0-0 15; Jochim, Brian 5-6 2-4 13; DeSuze, Sudon 2-8 7-11 11; Cardwell, Drew 2-4 0-0 6; Lipscomb, Jake 1-2 3-4 5; Carstensen, Jake 1-3 1-2 4; Sinnes, Matt 1-1 0-2 2; Stark, John 1-4 0-0 2; Heidenreich, Landon 0-1 2-2 2; Pederson, Andrew 0-2 0-2 0; Torbenson, Michael 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 18-45 15-27 60. Evergreen State............... 28 42 - 70 Pacific Lutheran.............. 33 27 - 60 3-point goals-Evergreen State 8-20 (Doug Dietz 3-4; Giovonne Woods 2-6; Josh Peterson 1-3; Wes Newton 1-4; Duriell Jones 1-1; Jordan Estill 0-1; Walter Tucker 0-1), Pacific Lutheran 9-17 (Oliver, Kurt 5-7; Cardwell, Drew 2-3; Carstensen, Jake 1-2; Jochim, Brian 1-1; Stark, John 0-1; Torbenson, Michael 0-1; DeSuze, Sudon 0-2). Fouled out--Evergreen State-Wes Newton, Pacific Lutheran-None. Rebounds-Evergreen State 40 (Josh Peterson 8), Pacific Lutheran 29 (DeSuze, Sudon 10). Assists-Evergreen State 16 (Doug Dietz 3; Walter Tucker 3), Pacific Lutheran 12 (Jochim, Brian 4; DeSuze, Sudon 4). Total fouls-Evergreen State 22, Pacific Lutheran 26. A-325