EUGENE, Ore. – Warner Pacific dropped their second game of the season to Northwest Christian tonight, 59-53, leaving the Knights two games out of the current playoff picture. 

The Basics

• Score: Northwest Christian 59, Warner Pacific 53
• Records: NCU (10-12, 6-8 CCC) WPC (10-15, 3-10 CCC)
• Location: Morse Event Center, Eugene, Ore.
• The Short Story: A chance for Warner Pacific to climb up the Cascade Conference standings went begging, as the Knights fell tonight at Northwest Christian. WPC is tied for 9th place in the CCC with Northwest, and will need to make up a two-game deficit on current 8th place squad College of Idaho with five games to play. Versus NCU the WP defense was stout, holding the host Beacons to 35 percent for the game. NCU was just as stingy however, as the Knights scored at an identical 35 percent. Jordan Wilcox led all scorers with 15 points, while Lindsay Loe added 12 points and nine rebounds. Melyssa Weber led the Beacons with 13 points.

How it Happened

• NCU led for all but four minutes of the game, but the Knights took a 24-22 lead into halftime. 
• The Beacons scored the first four points of the second half and did not trail again.
• The Knights stayed within arms length for the entire second half, and were just two points down with 10:03 to play after a pair of Loe free throws.
• A 6-0 run by NCU at that point was the deciding stretch of play, and Warner Pacific was not able to draw closer than three points late in the game.
• Megan Tullis hit a jumper with 3:13 on the clock to make the score 51-48, but the Beacons held on for the win. 
 
Notable

• Tullis scored a season high 10 points off the bench.