Warriors quickly light up Great Falls
Copyright The Trib
L-C knocks down 10
3-pointers in first half, rolls to 83-68
victory in first round of FCwomen's tourney
BUTTE, Mont. -- Cami Kalbfleisch buried
five 3-pointers in the first half and
Aundrea Morrison recorded a double-double as
Lewis-Clark State trounced Great Falls 83-68
in the opening round of the Frontier
Conference women's basketball tournament
Wednesday at the Maroon Activity Center.
The second-seeded Warriors, 25-6, move
into Friday's semifinal round where they
will face the winner of today's game between
No. 3 Carroll and No. 6 Rocky Mountain.
Kalbfleisch, the Warriors' only senior,
opened up the scoring with a trey off a
Katie Hart pass. This initiated an 3-point
barrage which saw the Warriors score 30 of
their 49 first-half points from behind the
arc. L-C torched the nets for 43 percent,
setting up the possibility of a runaway.
But the red-hot Warriors, who led 49-31
at halftime, cooled off in a hurry. Having
gone ice-cold from the field, the Warriors
turned to their defense and rebounding. They
kept Great Falls at bay with a 48-39
advantage on the boards and by stealing the
ball in the backcourt 12 times, with half
those thefts coming from Jade Fulbright.
LCSC's depth ultimately wore down Great
Falls, with the Warriors getting 25 points
from their bench. Sophomore post Vanessa
West particularly asserted herself when
starter Ashley Baker took to the bench with
foul trouble.
Morrison led the Warriors with 23 points
and 10 rebounds, followed by Kalbfleisch
with 15.
UNIVERSITY OF GREAT FALLS (7-23)
Smith 7-11 4-9 19, Schwantes 8-16 5-6 22,
Keaster 3-15 6-6 13, Clift 3-5 0-0 8, Green
1-4 0-0 2, Houx 0-1 0-0 0, Donnelly 2-3 0-0
4. Totals 24-55 15-21 68
LEWIS-CLARK STATE (25-5)
Hart 0-6 0-0 0, Fulbright 4-13 2-2 11,
Baker 4-11 1-2 9, Kalbfleisch 5-10 0-0 15,
Morrison 9-15 5-6 23, Wittmer 2-7 0-0 5,
Preston 1-2 0-0 3, Yancheva 3-5 0-0 9,
Nelson 1-5 0-0 2, West 3-8 0-0 6. Totals
32-82 8-10 83.
Halftime score -- L-C State 49, Great
Falls 31. Three-point field goals -- Great
Falls 5-19 (Smith 1-2, Schwantes 1-6,
Keaster 1-6, Clift 2-2, Green 0-2, Donnelly
0-1); L-C State 11-33 (Hart 0-4, Fulbright
1-2, Kalbfleisch 5-10, Morison 0-1, Wittmer
1-5, Preston 1-2, Yancheva 3-5 Nelson 0-3,
West 0-1). Rebounds -- Great Falls 39 (Smith
13); L-C State (Morrison 10). Assists --
Great Falls 11 (Smith 4); L-C State 24
(Nelson 8). Total fouls -- Great Falls 16,
L-C State 18. Technical fouls -- none.
Fouled out -- none. |
