BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Western Washington University junior guard Tucker Eenigenburg scored a career-high 28 points to lead the No. 15 nationally-ranked Vikings to a commanding 129-55 victory over Langara College Saturday afternoon on WECU Court in Carver Gym.

The Vikings improved to 5-1 on the season by extending their winning streak to four consecutive games.

Eenigenburg (any-gun-berg) connected on 10 of his 11 shots attempted from the field, including 8-for-9 from 3-point range. The junior college transfer out of Bakersfield College concluded his breakout weekend, adding 15 points in Friday's victory over Capilano to finish with 43 points in the two games.

Freshman forward Jalen Green (Renton, WA/Lindbergh) added a career-high 13 points while going a perfect 6-for-6 from the field. Redshirt junior guard Micah Winn (Los Angeles, CA/Cerritos College) added 21 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Redshirt junior guard Elijah Cotton-Welch (Tacoma, WA/Wilson/Lower Columbia College) had 9 points on 4-for-8 shooting and contributed 4 steals and 3 assists.

The Vikings shot 62.7% from the field, connecting on 52-of-83 shots in the game and were 17-for-32 (53.1%) from 3-point range. The 52 field goals made are the fourth-most by the Vikings during the Division II era (since 1998-99) and the 62.7% is tied for 9^th-best. The 17 3-pointers made fell one short of the school-record 18 set in 2005 vs. Saint Martin's, and tied for 2^nd-most in program history. Eenigenburg's 8 3-pointers made are the most by a Viking since Jeffrey Parker also had 8 three's at Alaska Fairbanks in 2016.

The Vikings kicked it into high cylinder going on a 32-4 run over an 8-minute stretch to turn a 7-2 deficit into a 34-11 lead. Winn helped lead the extended run scoring 10 points during the breakout stretch, as the Vikings went 13-for-15 from the field and 4-for-4 from 3-point range to grow their lead to 23 points.

The Vikings held a commanding 61-28 lead at the half, with the team shooting 67.6% from the field (25-for-37) and 8-for-14 (57.1%) from 3-point range. After starting 1-for-6 from the field, the Vikings found their stride to connect on 24 of their final 31 shots in the first half (77.4%). Winn led WWU with 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting, with Eenigenburg adding 9 points on 3-for-4 from beyond the arc. Overall 10 players recorded points in the first 20 minutes. Langara was led by 13 points from forward Tyler Anderson (5-for-7 FG, 3-for-3 FT).

The Vikings scored 68 points in the second half to bring the game to the final score of 129-55. Eenigenburg scored 19 of his game-high 28 points in the second half, shooting a perfect 7-for-7 from the field and connected on all five of his 3-pointer attempts.

The Vikings (5-1, 0-0 GNAC) open Great Northwest Athletic Conference play on the road next week facing Concordia in Portland on Thursday (7 pm) and Western Oregon in Monmouth on Saturday (7 pm)…the Vikings are 33-7 (.825) in GNAC play over the last two seasons…both games will stream live and feature statistical updates via GNAC.tv.

WWU will serve as the host for the 2019 GNAC Championships, with the top six teams in both the men's and women's conference standings at the end of the season qualifying for the tournament that will be held March 7-9 on WECU Court in Carver Gym. 

M🏀 | Scenes from @WWUHoops 129-55 victory over Langara today, improving the Vikings to 5-1 on the season. 

📸 Christian Serwold/WWU
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— WWU Athletics (@WWUAthletics) November 25, 2018

If you can't make it to Carver Gym to watch the home games in person, you can tune in to VikingsTV to catch all the action…all GNAC matches, home and road, will stream live and feature live stats at GNAC.tv, with home games also streamed live on YouTube…in addition to being available online, all conference matches are available via the GNAC channel on Roku, Apple TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV…live links can be accessed through WWUVikings.com/Live.

Fans can follow the men's basketball team online at WWUVikings.com/MBB, and via social media on Twitter (@WWUHoops) and Facebook (@WWUmensbball).

One of the premier basketball programs in NCAA Division II, WWU has recorded a 20-win season in eight of the last 10 seasons. WWU is a six-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion and has appeared in the NCAA II Elite 8 three times. The Vikings won the 2011-12 NCAA Division II National Championship and advanced the following season to the NCAA II Final Four. Western has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons, including a 25-6 record in 2016-17 where it won the GNAC regular season and conference championships title, and advanced to the NCAA Division II Championships as the No. 3 seed in the West Region. The program recently completed its 116^th season posting a 21-8 record in 2017-18, and have combined for 1,484 victories and a .591 winning percentage in program history.

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