KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The Corban University men's basketball team did the unthinkable last year, running the table to win the 2016-17 Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) Tournament and advance to the NAIA National Tournament. The Warriors will need to do the same again in the 2017-18 CCC Tournament in order to keep their season alive, this time as the No. 6 seed, beginning their quest down at No. 3-seeded Oregon Tech on Wednesday night.
Corban and Oregon Tech will tipoff on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in a quarterfinal game of the 2017-18 CCC Men's Basketball Championship, presented by U.S. Bank.
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Tickets for the game will be available for Warrior fans to purchase at the gate on Wednesday evening, with General Admission being $5 tickets, and Reserved Seats costing $6.
The Warriors and Owls have matched up twice this year, with Corban winning on both occasions in tightly-contests CCC battles. Oregon Tech, however, secured the No. 3 seed this past weekend with big-time wins on the road against two ranked opponents – Eastern Oregon and College of Idaho. Additionally, the Owls moved up in the NAIA Coaches' Top-25 Poll to No. 21 overall thanks to those two wins.
Oregon Tech is led offensively by Mitchell Fink, as he is averaging 19.2 ppg, while Tyler Hieb is averaging 13.7 ppg. Additionally, Seth Erickson pours in 9.9 ppg for the Owls. As a team, Oregon Tech is shooting 49% overall and 35.7% from downtown.
Corban is led by Joel Johnson down low who averages 14.7 ppg to go with 7.8 rpg. Chris Martin and AJ Monterossi both also score in double-digits, averaging nearly 13 ppg each. In addition, Caleb Dozier scores 8.7 ppg while also hauling in 7.6 boards. As a team, Corban is shooting 47.6% from the field and 36.8% from deep.
The Warriors will need to produce something special to keep their season alive. It all starts Wednesday night in Klamath Falls.
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