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Shagren's 21 Helps Lift NU Over WPC

Dak Shagren led the Eagles with 21 points on 8 for 8 shooting
Box Score PORTLAND, Ore. – The NU Eagles got a career high 21 points from freshman Dak Shagren (Custer, Wash.) as they upset the No. 4 seeded Warner Pacific to advance to the conference semifinal game on Saturday. The Eagles will host No. 6 seed, Northwest Christian, upset winners over No. 3 seed, Southern Oregon tonight.

Warner Pacific broke out to an early lead, but five minutes into the game, Dak Shagren hit one of his three 3-pointers to give the Eagles an 11-9 lead and to start an 18-2 run that would put Northwest up for good at 26-11 with 8:35 left in the half. WPC's Michael hall would hit a jumper with 46 seconds on the clock to make it 32-22, but Shagren would hit 15 footer with 5 seconds to go to put NU up 34-22. Josh Black would get to the basket for a lay-in with 2 seconds left to make it a 10 points game, 34-24 at halftime.

Warner Pacific would go cold to start the half hitting just 2 of 9 shots while the Eagles kept the hot hand. Another trey by Shagren would grow the Eagle lead to 15, 43-28, at the 16 minute mark. Fouled on a 3-point attempt, Brett Skogstad would sink three free throws to make it 50-36 with 10:50 remaining.  Warner Pac's shooting woes would continue and a three point play by Nemanja Grujicic would increase the NU lead to 60-41 with 5:47 showing on the clock. The Knights would be forced to pressure full court and the Eagles would keep their poise breaking the WPC press. C.J. Carter's two free throws with 1:21 to go would seal the deal and send the Eagles into the semifinal game. The win also gave NU their fourth straight 20 win season.

Shagren's 21 points for Northwest U (20-10) would come off perfect 8 for 8 shooting including 3 for 3 from the 3-point line. Michael Greene (Bellingham, Wash.) added 14 points and Nemanja Grujicic  (Ratkovo, Serbia) recorded a double-double with 12 points and a game high 13 rebounds including 6 offensive boards. NU shot 45% for the night and hit 16 of 19 free throws for 84%. NU out rebounded WPC 39-30.

Warner Pacific (16-15) was led by Doug Thomas' 17 points and 6 rebounds. Garrett Strasburg added 12 points and grabbed 7 rebounds and Marcus Moore added 9 points. The Knights shot 35% for the game and were held to 19% shooting from beyond the 3-point line (5-26).

"We always want to be playing good basketball at the end of the season," stated NU head coach, John Van Dyke, "and our guys didn't disappoint tonight with a fine effort. I thought we took good shots, rebounded well and got defensive stops when we needed them. I'm proud of our guys' effort tonight, especially our freshman, Dak Shagren, who really stepped up to help us."
 
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