Portland, Ore. | Warner Pacific struggled to find the bottom of the net on Friday night. The Knights gave up a 112-75 home loss to the Warriors of Corban University.
With three regular season games left, Warner Pac now moves to 13-13 (8-9 CCC) and the Warriors to 11-16, (5-12 CCC).
The Warriors came out pedal to the metal and never let up, taking a 30-14 lead after just eight minutes of play. AJ Hodges could not miss a shot, knocking down shot after shot. Hodges had 20 points in the first 13 minutes. He was 8-8 from deep on the knight and finished with 26 points.
Warner Pacific had a hard time finding an offensive flow all evening, going nearly five minutes without a bucket in the first half. With three minutes remaining in the half, the Knights trailed by 30-points. Senior Mark Borgeson came off the bench and provided a spark in the first half, scoring the teams last four points before the break.
After the break and throughout the second half, despite Coach Valentine's best effort in switching up lineups to possible gain momentum, the shots just weren't falling for WPU.
In contrast, it seemed whatever Warrior was put in the game, was able to find their way to get on the stat sheet. After 30 minute of play, Corban had taken a 35 point lead.
The leading scorer for the Knight was Aaron Stuart, a junior transfer out of Olympia College. Stuart had only played in 8 games leading up to tonight, but seemed to be the offensive answer for the Knights. Aaron finished with 14 points, playing 18 minutes and was 4-4 from the charity stripe.
As mentioned earlier, AJ Hodges finished with 26 points, leading all scorers. He was followed by Tyler Wadleigh's 17 points and seven assists off the bench.
The Knights will close out their home campaign for the 2020 season on Saturday for Senior Night with a 7:30pm scheduled tip-off.