Salem, Ore. | Kadeem Strickland continues a stellar Warner Pacific career, reaching a new career high of 37 points in Saturday's 95-112 loss to Corban. The junior was 7-11 from beyond the arch while dishing out six assists.
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At the end of the first half, the Knights trailed by 23 points, having trailed for all but 40 seconds of the contest.
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Despite the spectacular effort from the guard play, the Knights could not find an answer on the boards, getting outrebounded by the Warriors 53-24 and outscored 21-2 in second chance points.
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With 13 minutes left to play, the Warriors were able to pull away to a 26-point lead, but Strickland wouldn't let them have it that easy. Kadeem scored 22 second half points, leading the way for his team, as no other Knight scored in double digits for the half. Eventually, WPU had closed the gap to 15 when the buzzer rang.
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At the end of the night,
Stephon Shaw ended with 19 points and five boards,
Miles Brown had 14 points and four blocks and
Jalen Ballard handed off six assists to go along with five points.
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The Warriors were led by AJ Hodges with 29 points and six boards. Beau Roggenbauch ended with 18 points and ten rebounds while Tyler Wadleigh dished out eight assists.
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Warner Pac will look to get a much-needed conference win under their belt against Northwest University on Friday night with a 7:30 tip-off in CC Perry Gym.
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