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BUTTE, Mont. -- This time,
the Lewis-Clark State women
staged their comeback too
early.
After falling behind by
eight points in the first
five minutes, the Warriors
rallied to a one-point
halftime lead. But they were
swept away by
Montana-Western's
second-half torrent, and
lost 72-58 in the semifinals
of the Frontier Conference
tournament Friday.
The setback probably
signals the end of LCSC's
season. At 22-10 and ranked
28th in the nation, the
Warriors are an unlikely
at-large pick for the NAIA
Division I tournament. It
would be their second
consecutive miss after a run
of eight straight
appearances.
With less than a minute
remaining in the first half,
Katya Yancheva connected on
a 3-pointer to give LCSC a
35-34 lead. That was after
the Bulldogs had sprinted to
a 17-9 advantage.
UMW answered by opening
the second half with an 18-4
blitz. The Warriors could
get no closer than six
behind the rest of the game.
After converting 48.4
percent of its first-half
shots, LCSC drooped to 28.1
percent in the second half.
It was a reverse of the
Warriors' win on Thursday,
when they shook off a
20-point deficit to beat
Great Falls.
The Bulldogs' Katherine
Sunwall, who notched 10
points in the first five
minutes, finished with 25
points and 10 rebounds. She
went 10-for-13 from the
floor.
L-C was paced by Nikki
Haerling's 16-point,
four-assist showing. Ashley
Baker tacked on 11 points
and six rebounds.
LEWIS-CLARK STATE (22-10)
Kalbfleisch 4-8 0-0 10,
K. West 4-8 0-1 8, Baker 4-8
3-5 11, Haerling 7-15 0-0
16, Fulbright 1-3 1-2 3,
Hart 2-4 1-1 5, Wittmer 0-1
0-0 0, Yancheva 1-4 0-0 3,
Boggs 0-0 0-0 0, V. West 0-6
0-2 0, McCauley 1-6 0-0 2.
Totals 24-63 5-11 58.
MONTANA-WESTERN (25-6)
Taylor 6-12 1-4 15,
Sunwall 10-13 5-5 25, Feller
0-1 1-2 1, Matter 2-4 4-4 9,
Schmitz 3-10 6-6 15, Scott
0-3 0-1 0, Shea 0-0 0-0 0,
Sullivan 0-1 2-2 2, Suhr 1-3
0-0 3, Kennedy 1-3 0-0 2.
Totals 23-50 19-24 72.
Halftime score -- LCSC
35, UMW 34. Three-point
goals -- LCSC 5-17 (Kalbfleisch
2-6, K. West 0-1, Haerling
2-5, Fulbright 0-1, Hart
0-1, Yancheva 1-2, V. West
0-1); UMW 7-20 (Taylor 2-4,
Matter 1-1, Schmitz 3-9,
Scott 0-3, Sullivan 0-1,
Suhr 1-2). Rebounds -- LCSC
26 (Baker 6); UMW 45 (Sunwall
10). Assists -- LCSC 10 (Haerling
4); UMW 13 (Schmitz 4).
Total fouls -- LCSC 22; UMW
14. Technical fouls -- none.
Fouled out -- Sunwall. |
