Biniam Tadele's 3-pointer with under a minute to play gave Warner Pacific the lead for good as they scored a 68-65 victory over the Southern Oregon men tonight at Riehm Arena.

The 21st-ranked Knights improved to 19-8 overall and 12-5 in Cascade Conference action. Southern Oregon fell to 14-14 overall and 6-11 in conference. The Raiders host Concordia tomorrow night in a key game for playoff seeding.

Stephen Harris led the Knights with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Tadele finished with 14 points and Webster Moreland had 12.

Sam Osofsky (Westwood, Calif./Westwood) provided a huge spark for the Raiders, coming off the bench for 14 points. Jordan Highland (Tualatin, Ore./Tualatin) had 13 points, Austin Wolfer (Woodburn, Ore./Woodburn) finished with 12 and Kellen Hawley (Cordova, Alaska/Cordova) had 12 points and six rebounds.

Warner Pacific jumped out to an early 23-10 lead after a layup by Harris, but the 3-point shooting of Osofsky and Dex Daum (Fallon, Nev./Churchill) rallied the Raiders.

Osofsky hit three 3-pointers and Daum had two 3-pointers in the first half as the Raiders rallied to take a 31-30 lead into the half.

The two teams battled back-and-forth to start the second half before the Raiders appeared to be in control, leading 52-47 midway through the second half on free throws by Wolfer.

A layup by Hawley gave the Raiders a 64-60 lead with 3:41 to play before the offense for the Raiders went dry.

A free throw by Harris and two free throws by Tadele cut the SOU lead to 64-63 and then Tadele knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer with under a minute to play.