NAMPA, Idaho – Northwest Nazarene men's basketball fell to a hot-shooting Saint Martin's squad in their GNAC opener on Thursday, 78-63.
The Nighthawks fall to 2-5 on the season.
How It Happened
NNU and SMU stayed close for the whole first half, with neither team taking a lead of more than five.
The Saints had a late lead of four in the half, but
Yaru Harvey cut it to two, 37-35, with a buzzer-beating jumper in the lane.
Saint Martin's would come out of the break with a strong run, however, outscoring the Nighthawks 15-2 in the first four minutes to go up 52-37.
NNU would cut the lead down to 11 on a
Gabriel Murphy layup with 8:40 to play, but that was as close as the Nighthawks would come in the 78-63 defeat.
Nighthawks Notes
- Timothy TenKley had a career-best 19 points, going 3-7 from deep and 8-10 from the free throw line
- Gabriel Murphy just missed a double-double with 11 points and eight rebounds
- Christian Rose led the team with nine rebounds and added six points
- Kobe Terashima notched seven points, six rebounds, and four assists
- Saint Martin's shot 45% (9-20) from deep while NNU hit six of 22 (27.3%) from beyond the arc
Next Up
The Nighthawks will look to bounce back against Western Oregon on Saturday, hosting the Wolves in the Johnson Sports Center at 7:30 p.m. Three days later, it will be time for round two of the Mayors' Cup, with NNU heading to Caldwell to face College of Idaho at 7:07 p.m.
