Three players score ten-or-more points in loss

November 30, 2007

BOX SCORE - EVERGREEN 84, CORBAN 71

Senior Hannes Gehring recorded 12 points and 4 rebounds, but Corban dropped its conference opener to Evergreen on Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Nisha Strauch, Corban basketball photographer)

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Junior Wade Douglas (Ontario, Ore.), senior Hannes Gehring (Lake Oswego, Ore.), and freshman Ian Logan (Aloha, Ore.) each scored 10-plus points, but Corban's men's basketball team fell to the Geoducks of The Evergreen State College, 84-71, Friday night inside the Green House.

Douglas led the Warriors with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Gehring and Logan added 12 points each as Corban opened the 2007-08 Cascade Collegiate Conference season with a setback to the host Geoducks.

Despite shooting 24-for-30 (80.0%) from the free throw line, Corban could not overcome 35 made field goals from Evergreen in the 13-point victory for the host team.

Along with the trio's performances, junior Kyle Masten (Salem, Ore.) and freshman Clay Martin (Beaverton, Ore.) added 8 and 7 points respectively. The Warriors' second leading scorer -- senior Ben Sisler (Corvallis, Ore.) -- was held to a mere four points on 1-for-6 shooting from the field including 0-for-2 from beyond the three-point line.

On the boards, Logan aided Douglas' game-high cause with nine rebounds of his own while Gehring and Sisler pulled down four boards each to go along with Douglas' team-high two assists.

For Evergreen, Nathan Menefee led all players with 24 points while Julio Feliciano, David Howard, and Nick Moore added 14, 11, and 11 points respectively. Moore grabbed a team-best 10 rebounds, while Feliciano and Thomas Cook added 8 and 6 boards respectively.

As a team, Corban ended the night shooting 22-for-64 (34.4%) from the field to go along with the team's 3-for-13 (23.1%) performance from beyond the arc. On the other hand, Evergreen turned in a 35-for-74 (47.3%) performance from the field, 4-for-15 (25.0%) showing from behind the 3-point line, and a combined 10-for-14 (71.4%) output from the free throw line.

With the loss, Corban falls to 2-4 overall, 0-1 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play. Meanwhile, Evergreen remains unbeaten at 4-0 overall, 1-0 in CCC action. The Warriors will conclude its conference opening weekend in the state of Washington on Saturday, December 1st, when Corban goes head-to-head with the Eagles of Northwest University beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Kirkland, Washington.

NOTE: The Corban-Northwest men's game can be heard live on KWBX FM 90.3 in the Salem area and live the World Wide Web thanks to Corban's partnership with Stretch Internet by visiting www.gowarriorsgo.com beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m.  Assistant Director of Athletics, Tim Seiber will work as the play-by-play person with current Santiam Christian boys' varsity coach, Ron Sisler joining Seiber as a color analyst.