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Eagles Stop High Scoring Bruins

Marko Nikolic led four Eagles in double figures with 16 points
Box Score NEWBERG, Ore. - The Northwest University Eagles held George Fox to a season low as they defeated the Bruins 81-65 in non-league play tonight. GFU was averaging 104 points per game for their first three games of the season and shooting at a 50% clip. NU held the Bruins 35 points under their average and held GFU to 40% shooting from the field.
 
Northwest U (5-2) used a 10-0 run in the second half to break open a close game after taking a narrow 35-33 lead at halftime. With the game tied at 40-40 with 17 minutes remaining in the game, the Eagles scored ten straight points ignited by a C.J. Carter jumper and capped off by a driving lay-in by Tomas Ogbaslassie, to go up 50-40. NU would stretch the lead to 25 on two straight lay-ins by Marko Nikolic and Ogbaslassie with 3:31 to play as the Eagles would close out their 5th win of the season.

Four Eagles scored in double figures for NU: Marko Nikolic led the way with 16 points and shot 80% for the game; Dak Shagren scored 12; C.J. Carter 11; and Tomas Ogbaslassie with 10 points. NU shot 53% for the night hitting 34 of 64 attempts.

NU returns to Kirkland and will host Multnomah University on Monday in a 7 p.m. game in the Pavilion.
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Players Mentioned

C.J. Carter

#23 C.J. Carter

G
6' 6"
Senior
Dak Shagren

#3 Dak Shagren

G
6' 3"
Sophomore
Tomas Ogbaslassie

#24 Tomas Ogbaslassie

F
6' 5"
Junior
Marko Nikolic

#10 Marko Nikolic

F
6' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

C.J. Carter

#23 C.J. Carter

6' 6"
Senior
G
Dak Shagren

#3 Dak Shagren

6' 3"
Sophomore
G
Tomas Ogbaslassie

#24 Tomas Ogbaslassie

6' 5"
Junior
F
Marko Nikolic

#10 Marko Nikolic

6' 7"
Freshman
F