Parker leads WWU men’s basketball to home victory

Led by a game-high 20 points by junior forward Jeffrey Parker, five Western Washington players scored in double-digits to lead the Vikings to a lopsided 92-53 victory over Flagler College on Friday, Nov. 20, in a non-conference college basketball game at Whatcom Pavilion.

The Vikings improved to 4-2 on the season, bouncing back from a tough 93-80 loss to BYU Hawaii on Wednesday. Flagler, out of St Augustine, Fla., falls to 1-2 in the young season.

Parker again led the Vikings in scoring with 20 points in 28 minutes, shooting 5 for 9 from the field (3-for-7 3-pointers). Parker leads the team averaging 20.8 points per game.

A balanced team effort also saw senior point guard Ricardo Maxwell contribute 14 points and five assists, redshirt sophomore Brett Kingma 13 points (3 3-pointers), senior center Mac Johnson 13 points (eight rebounds) and senior guard Kyle Impero 13 points. Senior forward Colby Mitchell added a team-high 11 rebounds.

Western built an early lead scoring the first 14 points of the game and never looked back. The Vikings led 35-19 at half, with Maxwell leading all players with 11 first-half points.

WWU hit on 51.6% of its shots (33 for 64), including 9 for 26 from 3-point range and 17 for 23 (73.9 percent) from the free throw line. The Vikings had a 21-11 assist to turnover ratio.

Flagler was led by 14 points by freshman guard Vaughn McCall. Overall the Saints shot just 33.3 percent from the field, including 5 for 20 from 3-point range.

This story was originally published November 20, 2015 at 10:08 PM with the headline "Parker leads WWU men’s basketball to home victory."