Fossman, a 6-foot guard from Haines, had a near-perfect shooting night en route to a career-high 26 points. He hit nine of his 10 shots, including six of seven attempts from 3-point range, and both of his free throws.
Twice in the first half, Fossman drained back-to-back 3-pointers to silence the Crusaders, the first time to erase a Northwest Nazarene lead and the second time to put the Seawolves in command for good.
The game was a matchup between a team that couldn't miss -- the Seawolves hit 58.7 percent of their shots, including 70 percent in the second half -- and a team that couldn't rebound -- the Crusaders managed to bring down only 16 rebounds.
Fossman's six rebounds led UAA's 32- rebound effort. His biggest was a put-back of Travis Thompson's 3-point miss at the came at the end of the first half, a buzzer-beater that gave Fossman 16 points and UAA a 40-26 halftime lead.
Steve White, who hit 9 of 10 free throws, also enjoyed a career scoring night for the Seawolves with 16 points to go along with five assists and two steals. Abebe Demissie came off the bench to add 11 points on 4 of 7 shooting that included 3 of 6 accuracy from 3-point range.
Combined with Western Oregon's loss at Montana State-Billings on Thursday, the win gives the 25th-ranked Seawolves (14-4 overall, 8-2 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) sole possession of second place in the GNAC, half a game behind Western Washington. All three wins in their current streak have come on the road.
Northwest Nazarene (9-9, 3-7) remained winless in league home games.
The Crusaders grabbed an early 10-4 lead but Fossman's consecutive 3-pointers wiped out the lead. Lonnie Ridgeway, playing for the first time since a Dec. 3 injury to his hand, put UAA on top with a short jumper.
A few minutes later, Fossman again sank back-to-back 3-pointers to stretch UAA's lead to a healthy 30-17. The Seawolves led by nine or more the rest of the way.
Jonathan Hawkins dropped in 14 points to lead the Crusaders, who held preseason All-America center Taylor Rohde to eight points and four rebounds.
UAA's four-game road swing ends Saturday with a game against Central Washington, with tipoff set for 6 p.m.
UAA (81) -- Fossman 9-10 2-2 26; White 3-8 9-10 16; Demissie 4-7 0-0 11; Rohde 2-3 4-4 8; Thompson 3-5 0-0 7; Gibcus 2-2 1-1 5; Jackson, 2-2 0-0 4; Ridgeway 2-7 0-1 4; Hearn 0-1 0-0 0; Lauwers 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-46 16-18 81.
NORTHWEST NAZARENE (64) -- Hawkins 4-8 6-6 14; Nicholes 4-6 2-2 12; Pillard 4-9 2-4 10; Shula 2-4 0-0 6; Maxwell 2-4 0-0 6; Golden 2-5 0-0 6; Hering 2-6 0-0 4; Kurimsky 2-2 0-0 4; Nebeker 1-1 0-0 2; Moilanen 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 23-49 10-12 64.
UAA 40 41 -- 81
Northwest Nazarene 26 38 -- 64
3-point goals -- UAA 11-19 (Fossman 6-7; Demissie 3-6; White 1-1; Thompson 1-2; Ridgeway 0-1; Hearn 0-1; Lauwers 0-1), Northwest Nazarene 8-25 (Golden 2-5; Maxwell 2-4; Shula 2-4; Nicholes 2-2; Moilanen 0-4; Hering 0-3; Pillard 0-2; Hawkins 0-1). Fouled out -- Hawkins. Rebounds -- UAA 32 (Fossman 6), Northwest Nazarene 16 (Pillard 7). Assists -- UAA 15 (White 5; Thompson 5), Northwest Nazarene 13 (Nicholes 5). Turnovers -- UAA 15 (Fossman 3), NNU 9 (Hawkins 4). Steals -- UAA 5 (White 2), NNU 6 (Golden 2). Blocked shots -- NNU 2. Total fouls-- UAA 20, Northwest Nazarene 21. A -- 326.
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