KIRKLAND – Northwest offset a 49-point outing by Multnomah's Justin Martin with a strong presence inside for a 90-81 victory Friday.
 
Hussayn Ford scored 24 points and brought down 16 rebounds, while Tanner Davis scored 23 points for the Eagles.
 
Northwest trailed 37-35 at the half but made an offensive adjustment in the second half and blazed the nets for 55 points.
 
"Justin Martin just makes it look so effortless that I thought we were doing a poor job on defense in the first half--but we wanted to hold them to 35, so we did better than I thought," said NU Head Coach Jeff Drinkwine. "We did a better job of moving the ball and getting it inside where we needed it in the second half."
 
The game stayed close for most of the second half, but the Eagles got some separation with an 11-0 run to take a 76-64 edge with 4:33 remaining in the game. Dejwan Walker had two three-pointers in that spree.
 
A couple of Lion three-pointers brought MU back to within five, 78-73, with 2:22 left, but Ford got a three-point play and scored again with 1:41 remaining for an 83-73 lead.
 
Joining Ford and Davis in double figures for the Eagles were Kelvin Omojola with 13, Ryan Ricks with 12, and Christian Hakilimali with 10. 
 
Now 15-8 overall and 10-4 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, the Eagles host Warner Pacific at 7:30 p.m., Saturday.