PORTLAND | Warner Pacific Men's Basketball closed out the opening weekend of conference play with a 60-77 loss to Corban University on Saturday afternoon. The Knights move to 1-2 (0-2) heading into their bye week.

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The Rundown
Both teams took nearly seven minutes to find an offense with a low scoring start before the Warriors managed to find the nylon.
 
Shots began to fall for Corban with six minutes left in the first half and the team began to pull away with the lead. At the break, the Warriors led the Knights by 11.
 
It seemed the Warriors couldn't miss a shot in the latter half of the ball game as the Knights struggled to find an offensive rhythm. Miles Brown started the second half with a 6-0 run by himself before the Warriors responded with a dominating inside presence to extend the lead to 20 with still 14 minutes to play. A lead the Knights would never be able to cut into.
 
The offensive stats for both teams matched up fairly well, with Warner Pac shooting 40.7% from the field as opposed to Corban's 43.1%. Perhaps the game changer was the turnover game. Corban forced 19 WPU turnovers while committing just nine themselves.
 
The Knights shared the ball well racking up 14 assists on 22 buckets.
 
Kadeem Strickland led the Knights in scoring with 14 points, shooting 4-5 from deep. Miles Brown and Dairus Traylor contributed 12 points each.
 
Corban's Kendall Moore led all scorers with 21 points with the help of five buckets from behind the arch.
 
Deeper Look
Javon Peterson led all players with five assists
 
Flash Forward
Warner Pacific will have a conference bye week but has since picked up two games against NCAA Division III opponent Linfield. The Knights will host the Wildcats on Friday at 2pm before heading to their house on Saturday for an 8pm contest.