Montana-Western rallies past L-C men
copyright The Trib
1-27-06
DILLON, Mont.
-- The Lewis-Clark State men let a 12-point
lead in the second half slip away, falling
to Montana Western 59-58 Friday night in
Frontier Conference action.
The decisive blow
came with two seconds left when the
Bulldogs' Jeff Graham hit a layup to cap
UMW's late rally.
L-C, the 18th-ranked
team in NAIA Division I, took control in the
opening minutes of the second half, building
a 51-39 lead. But UMW started to chip away,
going on a 16-2 tear to grab a one-point
advantage with four minutes left.
After the clubs
traded buckets, Wes Morales hit a pair of
free throws to cut L-C's led to 58-57 with
17 seconds left. The Warriors then missed a
shot and Graham followed with his heroics.
Montana Western
(9-13, 3-3) outrebounded L-C 40-22. The
Bulldogs won despite committing 23
turnovers.
L-C, meanwhile, got
a huge night from Jonathan Burnett, who
poured in 24 points, half of which came from
the 3-point line.
LEWIS-CLARK STATE
(15-5, 3-3)
Pitts 4-6 0-1 8,
Durrett 4-13 1-1 9, Burnett 8-16 4-6 24,
Bishop 1-5 2-2 4, Scarbrough 2-2 0-0 5,
Brooks 2-2 0-0 4, Thompson 1-5 0-0 2, Ward
1-4 0-1 2, Harris 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-56
7-11 58
MONTANA-WESTERN
(9-13, 2-4)
Feenstra 5-11 2-3
14, Cox 3-9 3-3 10, Palmer 3-9 3-3 10,
Graham 3-6 1-1 7, Morales 5-9 9-9 19,
Hartman 2-7 0-0 4, Lagge 1-1 0-1 0. Totals
20-45 16-21 59.
Halftime -- UMW 35,
LCSC 30. 3-points goals -- LCSC 5-16 (Durrett
0-2, Burnett 4-9, Bishop 0-3, Scarbrough
1-1, Thompson 0-1); UMW 3-17 (Feenstra 2-7,
Palmer 1-5, Graham 0-2, Hartman 0-3). Fouled
out -- none. Rebounds -- LCSC 22 (Thompson
4); UMW 40 (Morales 7). Assists -- LCSC 5
(Burnett, Scarbrough 2); UMW 15 (Cox 5).
Total fouls -- LCSC 22; UMW 15. |
