BOX SCORE

EUGENE, Ore. – Sophomore Clay Martin (Beaverton, Ore.) scored a game-high 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting from the field that included a 17-point performance in the first half, but Corban's men's basketball team fell to the Beacons of Northwest Christian, 90-79, Saturday afternoon inside the Morse Event Center.

This afternoon's game was moved up four hours due to the weather forecast for the Willamette Valley, as both schools wanted to get the conference double header in without having to reschedule in mid-January.

"I thought that we played well in spurts over the opening twenty minutes," said seventh-year head coach Justin Sherwood.  "To open the game, we were not into it mentally but we overcame that obstacle to end of half.  Unfortunately, we could not maintain that momentum over the final twenty minutes and Northwest Christian pulled ahead and grabbed the win."

Over the opening five-plus minutes, Northwest Christian used a 20-8 run to grab an early 12-point lead following back-to-back free throws by Drew Laird with 14:18 on the clock.  Corban would then use a 15-2 run over the span of four minutes and 23 seconds to grab its second lead of the game (23-22) thanks to an Ian Logan (Aloha, Ore.) jumper with 9:55 remaining in the first half.  NCU's Dylan Perry and David Berney ended the Warriors' run with a jumper and three-pointer to put the host Beacons up by four points (27-23) before the visiting Warriors used a 10-1 run to grab a five-point advantage (33-28) thanks to a three-pointer by Logan with just under seven minutes on the clock.  Corban would grab another five-point lead (42-37) following back-to-back free throws by junior Paul Martin (Beaverton, Ore.) with 2:44 left in the opening half before NCU tied the game at 42-all via a 5-0 run that was capped by a Jordan Whittenburg three-pointer with 2:06 left in the half.  Back-to-back jumpers by Clay Martin would give the Warriors a four-point lead (46-42) before Northwest Christian's Brent McKee ended the first half with a jumper with 71 ticks left for the half time margin of two points (46-44).

In the second half, Corban quickly extended its lead to five points (61-56) following a jumper by junior Ben Potloff (Keizer, Ore.) with 13:28 left in the game.  Unfortunately that was the largest lead that Corban would hold, as Northwest Christian used an 18-2 run over the span of five minutes and eight seconds that was capped off by back-to-back three-pointers  from Whittenburg en route to grabbing an 11-point lead (74-63) with 8:16 remaining.  The Warriors would get no closer than six points (77-71) following a pair of Logan free throws with 5:27 left, as Northwest Christian would close out the game on a 13-6 run that was highlighted by four straight free throws by Erik Quick-Warner in the final 19 seconds for the ending margin of 11 points (90-79).

Along with Clay Martin's fifth straight 20-plus point performance, Logan and Paul Martin added 18 and 14 points respectively.  Logan pulled down a game-high tying 10 rebounds, while Paul Martin handed out a team-best six assists.

Northwest Christian was led by Quick-Warner's 18 points that included a perfect 8-for-8 showing at the free throw line.  Meanwhile, Andrew Williams and Cameron Marshall added 12 points each to go along with Dylan Perry's 11-point performance.  Williams pulled down a game-high tying 10 rebounds for the Beacons, while Quick-Warner passed out a game-high seven assists for NCU.

As a team, Corban shot 31-for-60 (51.7%) from the field that included an amazing 17-for-28 (60.7%) shooting in the first half.  The Warriors finished the game 5-for-12 (41.7%) from beyond the three-point line and 12-for-18 (66.7%) at the free throw line.  On the other hand, Northwest Christian shot 31-for-61 (50.8%) from the field that included a 16-for-30 (53.3%) showing in the second half.  The host Beacons were 7-for-18 (38.9%) from beyond the arc and 21-for-27 (77.8%) at the charity stripe.

With the loss, Corban falls to 5-7 overall and 0-3 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play.  Meanwhile, Northwest Christian extends its streak to three straight wins and improves to 9-4 overall & 3-1 in CCC action.  The Warriors are back in action on Monday, December 29th, against the Bruins of George Fox beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Newberg.