TACOMA, Wash. - On a night where the shots weren't falling on either end, the Whitman College men's basketball team used a 16-point, 11-rebound effort from Andrew Vickers and Trevor Osborne's 16 points off the bench to take down Pacific Lutheran 77-66 on Friday night.

The win keeps the Blues (14-4, 9-0 NWC) alone at the top of the Northwest Conference as the league's lone unbeaten team. Darne Duckett added a game-high 17 points and Bryce Mulder contributed nine boards off the bench, but it was Osborne's 5-8 performance in three pointers that sustained the Whitman offense. 

Jacob Bingham scored a team-high 12 points off the bench for the Lutes who were plus-13 in points in the paint. In traditional fashion though, Whitman outshot its opponent and hit five more three pointers than PLU.

Nikola Trifunovic and Osborne provided the early offense for the Blues. Trifunovic scored on a layup then hit from distance to put the Blues up one. Osborne later connected on back-to-back three pointers helping Whitman to an 11-4 lead less than four minutes into the game.

Baskets from Vickers and Duckett during the course of the first half kept the Lutes at bay. Bingham's three pointer with 2:53 to play shaved the deficit to four points, but a three pointer from Osborne a couple of possessions later gave Whitman a 33-28 lead heading to the break.

The Blues took control of the game in the second half. Whitman allowed only a Seth Hall three-pointer through the first 5:06 of the period, meanwhile extending its lead to nine points after a Mulder layup. Vickers nailed a three pointer two minutes later to put Whitman up by double digits and the Blues were off and running. 

The remainder of the game saw Whitman push the lead to as many as 20 points, going on a shooting spree near the midway point of the second half. Michael Gutierrez, Vickers and Osborne all hit from distance in a 90 second span and all of a sudden it was a 60-42 lead with 11:10 to play. 

Bingham single handedly made the game interesting down the stretch. He hit three three pointers as part of an 11-4 late run, but it was too little too late for the Lutes as the Blues claimed the victory.

Whitman retakes the court on Saturday for a 6:00 p.m. matchup at Puget Sound.