KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. | In game one of their season closing series, the Warner Pacific Knights fell to the Lady Owls of Oregon Tech 66-74 on Friday afternoon. The Knights move to 7-9 on the season. Gabriella Bruno scored 33 points in the contest.
 
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The Rundown
The first four minutes of the game were spent exchanging baskets and lead. With the clock reading 6:30, the Lady Owls took a two-point lead over the Knights, one they would hold over Warner Pac for the entirety of the game.
 
At the end of the first quarter, Tech led by three.
 
With a 16-point second quarter by each team, the Lady Owls had pulled ahead by as many as 11 before the Knights closed out the half with an 8-0 run, closing the gap and heading into the locker room trailing 35-38.
 
At the end of the first half, Warner Pacific's Gabriella Bruno had scored 20 of the team's 35 points, shooting 7-11 from the field and 5-5 from line.
 
The third quarter looked identical to the second on the box score, each team scoring 16 points. Much like the second, the third quarter saw the Lady Owls extending their lead over Warner Pacific with the Knights cutting it down to three once again at the horn.
 
In the final quarter of play, it was a two-possession ball game with 48-seconds to go, thanks to a pair of Gabriella Bruno free throws. Challenging the Lady Owls down the stretch, the Knights sent the home team to the line twice, paying for it both times, as Abby Kreiser sealed the eight point victory for Tech.
 
The Lady Owls were nearly perfect from the charity stripe, shooting 14-15 in the game and sinking 12 in the final quarter of play.
 
Warner Pacific scored 15 points while giving up 20 Lady Owl points. Of the 15 Knight points, Bruno scored nine.
 
Gabriella Bruno, a senior from Lake Oswego, Oregon, finished the night with 33 points on 11-20 from the floor and 10-14 from the line.
 
Only Lynden Harry and Courtney Jackson were next in the scoring column with six apiece.
 
Anna Farner snagged eight boards while Nicole Mickelson grabbed seven.
 
Deeper Look
Bruno's 33 points is her season-high, falling just seven short of a career high 40 scored in Feb. 2020
The Knights shot 36.1% from the field and 81.8% from the free throw line
 
 
 
Flash Forward
The Knights will wrap up the bizarre spring 2020 basketball season with a final matchup against the Lady Owls on Saturday afternoon.