PARKLAND – Pacific Lutheran limited UC Santa Cruz to under 30 percent shooting as the Lutes coasted to a 67-46 nonconference men's basketball victory Sunday afternoon at Names Family Court.

With the win, Pacific Lutheran improves to 2-4 this season. UC Santa Cruz falls to 5-4 following the loss. The Lutes return to action Wednesday, when they will host Evergreen in a nonconference game with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m.

Seth Anderson scored a game-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting for PLU and added six rebounds and three steals in the win. Zacharias Wallin scored nine points, and Dylan Foreman added eight. James Townsend led UC Santa Cruz with 10 points, and Tre Weston grabbed 10 rebounds.

The Banana Slugs scored the first two points of the game, but after that it was all Lutes. PLU scored 10 straight to take a 10-2 lead, and the Lutes staked a 34-16 halftime advantage while limiting UC Santa Cruz to 23.8 percent shooting (5-of-21) in the opening period. PLU scored the first seven points of the second half as UC Santa Cruz went almost eight minutes without scoring a point, and the Lutes pushed their lead to a game-high 32 points at 67-35 with three minutes remaining.