FRESNO, Calif. – Aamondae Coleman's eight points in the final four minutes powered Fresno Pacific over Notre Dame de Namur, 61-57, on Saturday night at the Special Events Center.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Fresno Pacific 61, Notre Dame de Namur 57
Records: FPU (8-8, 5-6), NDNU (0-17, 0-11)
Location: Fresno, Calif. | Special Events Center
Series: FPU leads 17-4
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Nine different Sunbirds found the bottom of the net in the first half, led by Adrian Antunez' seven points. The sophomore spearheaded a 10-2 run to close the first half as FPU led 36-23 at the break.
• NDNU stormed back in the second half, however, and held a 56-50 lead with 4:32 to play.
• An 11-1 run, sparked from Coleman, proved to be the difference down the stretch. The sophomore opened the run with a layup and highlighted it with a dunk. 
• With the score 60-57, the Argos had multiple attempts to tie the game with under 10 seconds to play, but each attempt from three missed. Antunez would seal the game with a free throw with under one second to play.
 
STATS OF THE GAME:
• Coleman led FPU with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting and also pulled down six rebounds, while Antunez scored 10 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
• Elijah Hill added eight points and Toby Christensen finished with five points, five rebounds and five assists.
• The Sunbirds shot 56 percent from the floor in the win and led by as many as 13 in the game.
• R.J. Louis led NDNU with 18 points.
 
BEYOND THE BOX:
• FPU picked up back-to-back conference wins for the first time this season.
• All nine Sunbirds to played minutes scored in the win.
 
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UP NEXT:
• The Sunbirds head down south to take on Azusa Pacific on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m.