L-C men throttle orediggers
copyright The Trib
1-28-06
BUTTE, Mont.
-- After squandering a halftime lead the
night before, the Lewis-Clark State men's
basketball team opened Saturday's second
half with purpose.
The Warriors increased their edge to as
much as 30 points shortly after halftime,
and eventually pocketed an 80-57 Frontier
Conference triumph over Montana Tech.
LCSC (16-5, 4-3) shot 45.3 percent from
the field. The Warriors also grabbed 21
offensive rebounds and had a 47-24 edge in
boards.
L-C was coming off a one-point loss to
Montana-Western.
"We shot the ball better," Warriors coach
Tim Walker said. "It's not that we played
all that bad last night. We just had some
shots go in tonight that didn't go in last
night."
All 10 L-C players scored at least two
points, and four of them reached double
figures. Jonathan Burnett notched 14 points,
four assists and five rebounds while Chris
Pitts and Jamal Harris each scored 11
points.
Spencer Bishop, a 5-foot-9 senior guard,
came up with a game-high nine rebounds and
13 points. His defense also limited Montana
Tech sharpshooter Davin Blixt to 12 points
on 4-for-9 shooting.
The Warriors will now embark on the
second half of their conference schedule.
Five of their last seven games will be at
home.
"But that's no guarantee," Walker said.
"At home as on the road, you've got to play
hard every night. ... That's what we'll have
to do."
LEWIS-CLARK STATE (16-5, 4-3)
Tikker 3-6 2-2 8, Pitts 5-8 1-2 11,
Scarbrough 3-8 1-2 9, Burnett 5-11 1-2 14,
Bishop 4-6 4-4 13, Durrett 1-5 0-0 2, Brooks
1-5 0-0 2, Orr 1-2 0-0 2, Thompson 2-3 2-6
6, Ward 1-4 0-0 2, Harris 3-6 5-7 11. Totals
29-64 16-25 80.
MONTANA TECH (10-11, 2-5)
Harman 3-6 1-1 10, Blixt 4-9 2-2 12,
Williams 2-8 4-4 8, Conley 5-13 0-1 12,
Briggs 0-0 1-2 1, Williams 1-1 0-3 2,
Redekopp 0-1 0-0 0, Steadman 2-3 1-1 6,
Nottingham 0-1 0-0 0, Egge 2-5 1-2 6,
Williams 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-48 10-16 57.
Halftime score -- LCSC 40, MT 21.
Three-point goals -- LCSC 6-18 (Tikker 0-1,
Scarbrough 2-4, Burnett 3-7, Bishop 1-2,
Durrett 0-2, Brooks 0-1, Orr 0-1); MT 9-26
(Harman 3-5, Blixt 2-6, Williams 0-1, Conley
2-8, Steadman 1-2, Nottingham 0-1, Egge
1-3). Rebounds -- LCSC 47 (Bishop 9); MT 24
(Conley 4). Assists -- LCSC 14 (Burnett 4);
MT 12 (Nottingham 5). Total fouls -- LCSC
16; MT 20. Technical fouls -- none. Fouled
out -- none. |
