CALDWELL, Idaho – Warner Pacific could not generate get on track scoring the basketball, as College of Idaho's defense limited the Knights to 40 percent shooting in a 76-56 loss in Caldwell last night..
 
The No. 8 ranked Coyotes (13-5, 7-1 CCC) took over sole possession of first-place in the league standings, holding the No. 16 Knights to 30 points below their season scoring average – and their lowest point total since scoring just 56 points in a loss at Oregon Tech during the 2008-09 season.
 
An early 7-0 run by the Yotes, capped by the first of four 3-pointers from Adams, erased a 5-4 WPC (13-5, 8-2) lead – their last of the night. After the Knight cut the gap to 16-13 on a Xavier Cannefax free throw, C of I ran off 12 of the next 15 points – capped by a monster alley-oop dunk from Nate Bruneel – taking a 28-16 lead with five minutes left in the period.
 
WPC cut the deficit to six points twice in the second half – the second after Cannefax closed a six-point surge with a driving lay-up. Adams answered quickly with a reverse lay-up and a triple to extend the lead to double-digits – with the Yotes holding the Knights without a made field goal over a five-minute stretch late in the contest. Leeks had a big dunk, a lay-up and a late 3-pointer to push the margin above 20 points.
 
Adams finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, going 4-of-8 from 3-point range, with Leeks draining 7-of-8 field goals, scoring 16 points with 15 rebounds – his league-leading tenth double-double of the year. 
 
Cannefax led WPC with 16 points and Collin Malcolm had 10.


Story courtesy of College of Idaho sports information