ARCATA, Calif.---  In their regular season home opener, Humboldt State outscored its opponents 48-21 in the middle two quarters to pull away from the Seattle Pacific Falcons to take the 70-54 non-conference victory.  Alexia Thrower paced the Lumberjacks with 18 points while Gabrielle Carbajal and Molly Dixon each chipped in 12 points for the hosts. 
 
QUOTES FROM THE COACH:  "Tonight was a good win for us," said head coach Michelle Bento-Jackson.  "There are definitely areas that we need to clean up on the defensive end, but for the first game, I thought our defense was fairly solid.  We'll enjoy this win tonight but we have a short turnaround and we need to prepare for a good Western Washington team."
 
FIRST QUARTER:  A lay-up by the Falcons' Ashlynn Burgess gave the visitors a 6-2 lead.  A three by Alexia Thrower off a pass from Gabrielle Carbajal capped a 5-0 run by the hosts to give HSU a 7-6 lead.  Seattle Pacific (0-1) took a 10-7 lead on two made free throws by Rachel Berg.  The visitors increased their lead to 18-10 on a three by Bert to end the quarter. 
 
SECOND QUARTER:  Humboldt State outscored the Falcons 17-2 in the first five minutes of the second quarter to take a 27-20 lead on a three by Sandin Kidder off an assist from Ma'Ata Makoni.  A free throw by Abril Rexach Roaire cut HSU's lead to 27-25, but HSU finished the half off scoring five of the final nine points to take a 32-29 lead heading into the half. 
 
THIRD QUARTER:  The Lumberjacks increased their lead in the second half to 39-32 on a three by Alexia Thrower off a pass from Ma'Ata Makoni in the first three minutes of the new quarter.  A jumper by Makoni off a pass from Thrower increased the hosts' lead to 52-36 with a minute left in the third quarter.  HSU took a 58-39 lead into the final quarter on back to back three's by Gabrielle Carbajal. 
 
FORUTH QUARTER:  A Molly Dixon lay-up gave HSU a 60-39 lead early in the final quarter.  A three by Madison Collins increased the hosts' lead to 65-43.  Seattle Pacific cut HSU's lead to 70-54 on a three by Bayley Brennan as the 'Jacks held on for the 70-54 victory.
 
LUMBERJACK LEADERS:  Humboldt State (1-0) was led by Alexia Thrower's 18 points and nine rebounds.  She also had a team high two blocked shots.  Thrower tied with Molly Dixon each with two steals.  Thrower and Tyra Turner each dished out three assists. 
 
UP NEXT:  Humboldt State will face Western Washington who defeated Fresno Pacific this evening 86-82 tomorrow evening at 7pm.  Fresno Pacific will face Seattle Pacific tomorrow at 5pm.