KIRKLAND, Wash. - Coleton Tarr scored 27 points to lead No. 21 Warner Pacific to an 87-81 Cascade Conference victory over Northwest University tonight.
 
In the first half, Northwest U got off to a good start aided by 65 percent shooting to lead by ten, 30-20, with 8:31 left on the clock. Earl Jones' driving lay-in with 3:01 remaining in the half made it a one point 37-36 game. Jones would come right back with a jumper and then stretched their lead to six, 43-37, on a Ryan Parks' 3-pointer at the 1:23 mark. NU's Nemanja Grujicic attacked the rim for a score with 54 seconds left to cut the WPC lead to 43-39 at the half.
 
Warner Pacific came out hot in the second half as they would blister the nets and hit 64 percent of their shots. Coleton Tarr's trey with 10:54 left in the game increased the WPC lead to 64-52. Northwest U's Thomas Jordan drained a 3-pointer and Marko Nikolic added a jumper as NU cut WPC's lead to six, 68-62, with 7:48 remaining. The Knights answered any Northwest shot down the stretch and went 6 for 6 from the free throw line in the final moments to hold on for the victory.
 
Senior Nemanja Grujicic led Northwest U (12-8, 2-6 CCC) with 21 points. Dak Shagren contributed 17, C. J. Carter 16 and Jordan Thomas dropped in 14 for the Eagles who hit 53 percent of their shots. NU held a 28-22 edge on the rebounding.
 
In addition to Tarr's 27, Warner Pacific (16-4, 5-2 CCC) got 14 points from Earl Jones, and 13 a piece from Doug Thomas and Michael Hall. WPC hit 65 percent of their shots (34-52) and 47% (7-15) from the 3-point line.
 
Both teams continue league play as Northwest U will host No. 14 Concordia and Warner Pacific will travel to Olympia to play Evergreen. Both games are slated for 7:30 p.m. tip offs.
 


Story courtesy of NU Sports Information