KIRKLAND, Wash. – Facing the Eagles of Northwest University, the Lions were dealt the loss with a final score of 104-95.

The Eagles took the lead from the start of the game and never let it go. Scoring almost a third of their points from the free-throw line, the Lions took advantage of their trips to the free-throw line going 12-14. With just under seven minutes left, Multnomah was down by 5 with a score of 35-30. Northwest gradually pulled away to a 10-point lead at the half, 59-39.

Northwest went on a run again to start the second half, however Multnomah did not let that stop their fight. With a minute and a half left, the Eagles had a 14 point lead. But after a minute more of play the lead was shortened to just 5 thanks to a drive and 2 free-throws from Forrest Smith, followed by 3's from Wallace Ungwiluk and Grant Balvanz. The Eagles made their 4 free-throws to secure their victory, despite Multnomah making an impressive come back.

The Lions second half shooting percentage was 24% better than the first half, which helped them shorten the difference between the scores significantly. Multnomah also outscored their first half total by 17 points, and held Northwest back by 14.

Leading all scorers and earning his new career high at Multnomah was Forrest Smith – finishing the night with 37 points. Smith's former career high was 30 points from their game against Northwest Indian College in November of 2019. Also in double digit range was Zach Richardson who added 33 to the count. The top rebounders for the Lions were Wallace Ungwiluk and Zach Richardson with 9 and 7, respectively.

The teams will battle it out again in Kirkland on March 6^th with a 3:30pm tip-off before making their way back to Portland to hopefully host their first home games of the season.