Simon Fraser University fell just short of a weekend sweep in men's basketball at the Burnaby campus.
The Clan opened with a 79-71 victory over Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday but were unable to make up for a poor first half in a 85-75 loss to Alaska Anchorage after an attempted comeback against the No. 17 NCAA Division II school team on Saturday.
"We didn't follow our game plan in the first half. We let guys do things that we knew they were good at," said forward Zack Frehlick in a prepared SFU press release. "In the second half, we really got back to doing what we knew we were supposed to do all along and it worked out for us."
Justin Brown led the Clan with 28 points and seven assists, while Connor Lewis hit five three-pointers in a 17-point effort against Anchorage.
The U.S. school led by as much as 32-10 at one point in the opening half.
In the second half, SFU cut the deficit to a single bucket on a bomb by Lewis, but could get no closer.
On Thursday, guard Jordan Sergent helped SFU post its first conference win at home, scoring a game-high 24 points, including 10-for-11 from the free-throw line.
Brown was perfect at the charity stripe, making all nine of his second-half attempts to finish with 18 points.
SFU led Fairbanks 41-22 at the half.
The Clan is on the road this week for two important matchups against Central Washington and Northwest Nazarene in a showdown for the sixth and final conference playoff spot.
