Knights Shoot Well; Lose to the Mountaineers

Warner Pacific University Athletics

2/10/2024 8:12:00 PM

Jaymin Bernhardt, Director of Athletic Communications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10^th, 2024

La Grande, Ore.| The Knights were in La Grande, Oregon today taking on the Mountaineers of Eastern Oregon today and lost 94-76 in front of a solid crowd at Quinn Coliseum.

The Knights had a solid first half playing without their leading scorer, Matt Solomon. The scoring was very spread out with 8 Knights putting points up on the board. Cade Baker led the way with 8 points followed by Collin Oestereich and Mark Wishom who each had 7. They shot an insane 59.3% from the field but unfortunately, they only went 2-8 from distance. Even though the Mountaineers shot only 41.4% from the field in the first half, they went 6-16 from three making the difference in the half. The Knights went into the half down 45-40 and very much looking like they could break the streak.

The second half with a different story than the first. The Knights still shot a solid 50% from the field but they continued to struggle from distance shooting 1-10. The Mountaineers also shot 50% in the second half but hit 9 more threes causing the final score to be very unbalanced.

Even though the Knights shot an amazing 54.4% for the game, the Knights still lost by a large margin due to Eastern Oregon shooting lights out from three.

The Knights were led by Collin Oestereich who finished with 20 points and 4 boards. Moses Maxwell and Cade Baker each had 10 to round out the Knights who had double figures. Sherman Royal III checked in with 9 and Chris Murphy continued his impressive play with 8 points and 4 boards.

Next Up
The Knights will make the long drive home and will gear up to go back out on the road next week when they go to College Place, Washington to take on the Wolves of Walla Walla on February 16^th at 2pm at Windemuth Court.

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