PORTLAND | Warner Pacific University Men's Basketball took Bart Valentine Court for the first time under the new leadership of head coach Jamayne Potts on Tuesday night. The Knights walked off with a dominating performance, defeating the Lions of Multnomah University 96-70. The new era of Warner Pacific Basketball is off to a promising start.

"I'm happy with the way we played tonight. First and foremost, you want to protect your home floor and we did that" said Potts. "I thought we were very unselfish with the ball. We had 23 team assists and six guys in double figures. I was also extremely proud of our effort on the glass on both sides of the floor...62 total rebounds, 24 offensive, holding the other team to 4 offensive rebounds, and every player having rebounds is a big time stat. It was a great all around effort and a great team win" he added.
 
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The Rundown
Six Knights scored in double figures in the team's victory on Tuesday night. Miles Brown led the way with 18, followed by Christian Hodge's 17 points and 10 boards. Darius Traylor also chalked up his first double-double as a Knight with 14 and 10. The others: Kadeem Strickland (13), Isaac Etter (12), Drew Magaoay (11).

A very fast paced game from the start, the Knights took off and never let their foot off the pedal. Warner Pacific led for the entirety of the forty minutes, leading by double digits as early as ten minutes into the game.
 
Warner Pacific led by as many as 20 points at halftime.
 
Out of the break, the Knights picked up right where they left off; scoring four points right out of the gate. The Lions, despite Zach Richardson's 25-point effort, could never cut into the lead and Warner Pacific extended it to its largest lead of 33 points with just under four minutes to play.
 
The Knights dominated on the boards, out-rebounding the Lions 62-27, allowing them to grab only four offensive boards.
 
The team shot 47% from the field and scored 56 points in the paint as opposed to MU's 16.
 
Deeper Look
Jamayne Potts begins his career with a dominating victory
Every guy on the roster got on the stat line with at least three rebounds
Kaleb Tompkins led the team with seven assists
 
Flash Forward
Warner Pacific is set to open up conference play with a set of home games against Corban University on Friday and Saturday with tip-off scheduled for 6pm and 3pm, respectively.