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86
Winner Warner Pacific WPC 21-8, 16-4 CCC
66
Northwest University NU 12-18, 8-12 CCC
Winner
Warner Pacific WPC
21-8, 16-4 CCC
86
Final
66
Northwest University NU
12-18, 8-12 CCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Warner Pacific WPC 43 43 86
Northwest University NU 38 28 66

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Knights End Regular Season With Road Win

KIRKLAND, Wash. – No. 21 Warner Pacific pulled away in the second half for a 86-66 Cascade Conference victory over Northwest University on the final night of league play.

Leading by two, 46-44, at the 17:11 mark, Warner Pacific slowly pulled away from NU over the next eight minutes as Collin Malcom's transition basket would give WPC a 61-50 lead (9:53). Earl Jones' jumper at 6:27 pushed the Knight's lead to 71-53. A 5-0 run including a 3-pointer by Ben Tucakovic cut the WPC lead to 13 (71-58), but that would be the closest Northwest U would get as six turnovers and cold shooting allowed Warner Pacific to increase their lead to 80-60 with 3:40 left in the game.

Warner Pacific had taken a 43-38 lead at halftime as the teams battled back and forth in the period.

Northwest U (12-18, 8-12 CCC) was led by senior Zach Smith's 18 points with teammate Ben Tucakovic adding 17 points and 9 rebounds. Michael Dupree added 12 points for the Eagles who shot 40 percent for the game. NU won the battle of the rebounding holding a 39-37 edge.

Taylor Young led three Warner Pacific (21-8, 16-4 CCC) players in double figures with 23 points. De'Jon Bowman and Xavier Cannefax each scored 20 points for the Knights who shot 54 percent for the game after a 59 percent first half of shooting. The WPC defense forced 22 Northwest U turnovers which accounted for 34 of their 86 points.

The win gives Warner Pacific the No. 3 seed in the Cascade Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament presented by U.S. Bank, hosting No. 6 Eastern Oregon on Wednesday, February 24.


Story courtesy of NU sports information


 
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