The Nanook men's basketball team gave the Golden State Baptist College Bear a beating, defeating them 80-45 on Thursday and 86-36 on Saturday.

"We beat them pretty soundly," said men's basketball assistant coach Rich Mendoza.

Saturday night's game also set a new record for the lowest amount of points scored from an opposing team, squeaking out the previous record of 37 points from Puget Sound Christian in Nov. 6, 2004.

"We wanted to play somebody to get the kinks out after the Top of the World," said head coach Frank Ostanik.

But Ostanik wasn't expecting such big wins.

The games are scheduled a year in advance, and Ostanik said he thought the Bears would be more of a challenge.

He said he privately believed the 'Nooks would end each game with a twenty point lead.

Thursday night's game saw a solid win even with two of the 'Nooks top players, Jushay Rockett and Barry Barnes Jr., being benched for being late to practice.

Ostanik said the players were most likely late to practice due to academic obligations, but this behavior cannot be tolerated.

By red shirting two of the top players, it sent a message to the individuals and the team, he said.

Taking up the slack didn't seem to be a problem for the 'Nooks on Thursday, with players like Colin Matteson and Kenny Barker continuing to perform each shooting above 50 percent, pulling seven and six rebounds each and Barker taking seven turnovers.

Freshman Jordan Hayter also got a chance to shine with 16 points, three assist and a steal.

On the Bear's side Stephen Wendt and Jake Pignanello managed to score 13 points a piece based mainly off of two pointers and free throws.

Saturday's game saw a return to old roles as Rockett and Barnes stepped back onto the court.

Game play was limited for Rockett with only 13 minutes.

But he managed to get nine rebounds in that time probably in part thanks to his six-foot, five-inch height.

With Barnes, fans saw his typically high assist rate with 12 assists, four turnovers and three steals.

The heavy hitter, though, was Barker, with 17 points and eight rebounds.

Finally playing up to head coach Ostanik's much endorsed potential, Mike Titus played a great game, shooting five for nine in two points and two for three in three point's along with five rebounds and a steal.

Attempting to score for the Bears were Shawn Jackson and Justin West each shooting the teams highs of only around 25 percent.

Jackson and West did however manage to get 16 and 13 shots a piece in the two pointers, but couldn't get it past the 'Nooks superior defense.

Ostanik said theses games were a great ego boost for the players considering the academic crunch at this time of the year and the just-barely defeats at the Top of the World Classic.

He said he hopes the weekend's moral raiser will be enough for this coming weekends games versus Augustana on Friday and Florida Tech on Saturday.

Describing the upcoming games as hugely important, Ostanik said these games will the hardest of the year on players because of pressing academics in addition to the stress from going against what he describes as solid and good teams.