BOX SCORE

PORTLAND, Ore. – Senior Wade Douglas (Ontario, Ore.) made an appearance in the starting lineup for the first all season and tallied a team-high 18 points on 9-for-12 shooting from the field, but Corban's men's basketball team fell to conference rival Concordia, 69-57, Tuesday night inside Cavalier Gymnasium.

After scoring the game's opening six points via a lay-up by sophomore Clay Martin (Beaverton, Ore.) and a pair of jumpers by Douglas and junior Paul Martin (Beaverton, Ore.), Corban fell victim to an 8-2 run by the host Cavaliers as the game was knotted at 8-all with just under 15 minutes remaining in the first half.  After tying the game at 12-12 via a Douglas dunk with 10:24 left, the Warriors watched as Concordia used a 9-0 run over a span of five-plus minutes to secure a 21-12 advantage with 4:49 on the clock.  Clay Martin would pull Corban within seven points (21-14) via a jumper with three-and-a-half minutes left before Concordia's Jeffrey Sego handed the host Cavaliers their first double-digit lead (24-14) via a three-pointer with just over three minutes left.  Over the half's final three minutes, Concordia used a 5-2 run to secure a half time lead of 13 points (29-16).

In the second half, Concordia would quickly push its lead to 20 points (39-19) in the opening three minutes before Corban began to cut into the Cavaliers' lead.  The Warriors used a 7-0 run over a span of one minute and 44 seconds to pull within 13 points (39-26) with 16:12 remaining.  Unfortunately, Corban would not get any closer than 10 points (59-49) following a Clay Martin lay-in with 3:37 remaining.  Concordia would hold a double digit lead over the game's final 21 minutes and 24 seconds, including the entire second half, en route to securing a final margin of 12 points (69-57) following a lay-up by Corban sophomore Bryan Martin (Salem, Ore.) with a mere five seconds left.

"We could not make a basket in the first half," said seventh-year head coach Justin Sherwood.  "We had a lot of good looks, but could not make any of them (over the opening twenty minutes).  The deficit was too much and would just could not overcome our opening half performance."

Besides Douglas' point scoring effort, Clay Martin was the only other Warrior in double figures with 13 points to go along with junior Ben Potloff's (Keizer, Ore.) seven-point effort.  On the boards, Clay Martin and fellow sophomore Ian Logan (Aloha, Ore.) grabbed a team-high eight rebounds each to go along with Paul Martin's six-rebound, five-assist effort.

Concordia was led by Alex Tiefenthaler's game-high 22-point, 19-rebound performance, while Desmond Meray added 21 points in the victory.  Tiefenthaler was aided on the boards by Matt Ochs' nine-rebound performance, while Sego handed out a team-best four assists for the Cavaliers.

As a team, Corban shot 23-for-62 (37.1%) from the field that included a 3-for-19 (15.8%) performance from beyond the three-point line and an 8-for-14 (57.1%) showing from the free throw line.  On the other hand, Concordia shot 27-for-69 (39.1%) from the field to go along with a 7-for-23 (30.4%) effort from long distance and an 8-for-11 (72.7%) performance from the charity stripe.

With the loss, Corban falls to 4-11 overall (0-6 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play) versus Concordia's overall mark of 6-9 that includes a 1-5 record in CCC action.  The Warriors return to the floor on Friday, January 9th, against the Thunderbirds of Cascade beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m. inside the C.E. Jeffers Sports Center.