Nov. 25, 2006

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Brandon Worthy scored 32 points, including four in the second overtime, as Loyola Marymount outlasted Pacific 88-85 Friday in the semifinals of the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.

Worthy hit a runner with 29 seconds left in regulation to tie the game, then hit a 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left in the first overtime to extend the game.

The Lions (5-1) managed just two field goals in the first eight and a half minutes and Pacific (2-2) raced to a 23-7 lead, the game's largest. Behind Anthony Brown, Anthony Esparza and Michael White, the Tigers dominated the glass with a 23-10 rebound edge in the first half.

But after committing only one turnover in the first nine minutes, the Tigers had 11 the rest of the half and Loyola closed to 40-31 at halftime.

Pacific extended the lead to 14, 53-39, with 16:16 remaining, but then was limited to two field goals the rest of regulation.

The Lions took their first lead of the second half, 61-58, when Worthy completed a three-point play with 5:08 remaining. Pacific regained the lead with 55 seconds left on a basket by White but Worthy drove the lane and scored to tie the game.

In the first overtime, two free throws by Brown and one by Steffan Johnson gave Pacific the lead with 21.9 second remaining. Worthy answered with a contested 3-pointer from just off the baseline.

In the second overtime, Matthew Knight broke a 78-78 tie with two free and Loyola held off the Tigers with a basket by Derick Grubb and six more free throws.

Knight and Miller each had 16 points for Loyola. White led Pacific with 20 points, Johnson had 19 and Brown had 17 with 10 rebounds.