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SFU coach one win away from Allison McNeill's all-time women's basketball wins record
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Simon Fraser University's Katie Loewen scored 28 points, including seven three-pointers, in record win over Northwest Nazarene in women's basketball last week.

Bruce Langford moved to within one win of hall of fame coach Allison McNeill with Simon Fraser University's first-ever 100-point win in NCAA women's basketball.

The Clan poured in 62 second-half points to defeat Northwest Nazarene 103-86 in the first of a two-game NCAA Division II road swing on Jan. 8

The victory was also the first 100-point win in more than five years, when SFU defeated a University of Calgary team 110-73.

Clan senior Erin Chambers scored 23 of her 28 points in the second half, while SFU shot more than 61 per cent from the floor in the win over Nazarene.

"Offensively we put all of the pieces together tonight and played as well as we hope we can on any given night," said Langford in a press release.

With the win, SFU improved their record to 3-1 in the Great Northwest conference, while Langford chalked up win No. 362, leaving him just one victory shy of McNeill's career win mark set when the Clan played in the NAIA.

Senior guard Katie Loewen nailed seven three-pointers in the game, tying Chambers with 28 points for the game-high.

Freshman Rachel Fradgley and junior Meg Wilson both tallied double-doubles with 12 points and a game-high 13 rebounds apiece.

On Saturday, SFU lost its scoring touch in the second half in a 66-54 loss to Central Washington.

The Clan made just five buckets and scored only 17 points in the second half, allowing the 3-3 Wildcats to snap a four-game losing streak and move within a percentage point of the fourth-place Clan.

SFU will play two games at home this week. On Thursday the Clan will take on Saint Martin's College before playing host to Western Oregon on Saturday. Both games tip off at 7 p.m.