Box Score PORTLAND, Ore. - Warner Pacific dropped a home contest to College of Idaho for the first time in eight games, as the Yotes posted a 86-72 win at Bart Valentine Court tonight.

C of I scored the first 10 points of the game behind three-point plays from both Taylor Pruett and Jordan O'Byrne, giving the Yotes a 14-1 lead just four minutes into the game.

The Yotes (13-4, 4-1 CCC) won for the fourth-straight time, picking up their first win at WP since a 79-74 victory during the 2004-05 season.

The Knights (7-9, 1-3) clawed within 21-15 on a Marcus Moore jumper midway through the half, but C of I answered with seven-straight points to extend the lead to double figures and took a 47-37 lead at the break.

The Yotes took their biggest lead of the night at 58-41 at the 15-minute mark of the second half, before WP made it interesting. Moore had a jumper and a three-point play, and Tim Carter added a lay-up and a three-point play, getting the hosts within 60-53 at the 13:23 mark. A Garrett Strasburg basket got the Knights within six at 67-61, but Demetrious Perkins had a three-point play in a 9-2 C of I run that put the game away.

Perkins totaled a career best 30 points, and added 11 rebounds and six steals in the win, going 13-of-17 from the field. Pruett had his fourth double-double of the season, scoring 17 points and adding 10 rebounds.

Warner Pacific was led by Marcus Moore with 19 points on 8 of 19 shooting.  Doug Thomas chipped in with 16 points, which gave the junior 1002 points for his career. 

COMING UP: Warner Pacific hosts Eastern Oregon tomorrow night, January 4, at 7:30 pm.