Fulbright leads LCSC victory over MSU-Northern 

1-12-08 

LEWISTON, Idaho – Jade Fulbright (shown left) came into the game just two steals away from recording the third most career steals in the history of the Lewis-Clark State College women’s basketball program—she left with three steals and a team leading 16 points to aid in a Warrior win over Montana State University-Northern on Saturday evening 68-56. 

Fulbright’s three steals during the game bumped her career number up to 296 and put her ahead of Brianne Kotwitz’s 294 on LCSC’s all-time career steals list. Coincidentally, teammate Katie Hart collected one steal on the night to move her career total to 224 and place her tied for eighth among LCSC steals leaders. 

Lewis-Clark State once again played very aggressive and pressing defense and was able to jump out to 15 point lead in just the first eight minutes of play. Led by Fulbright’s 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting, LCSC shot 59 percent including a 3-of-5 mark from behind the arc during a first half that ended with the Warriors up 39-18.  

In the second half LCSC’s shooting cooled down to 23 percent, but its defense continued to force turnovers and keep the ball in the Warriors’ hands. Overall, the Skylights turned the ball over 14 times in the second half and 31 times in the game.  

Besides Fulbright, whose final line was 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting, 5 assists, and 3 steals, Breianna Gaines added 12 points, Mandy Troutt (pictured left) had 7 points and 6 rebounds, Sadie Short ended with 10 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals, and Katie Hart finished with 7 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists.  

For MSU-Northern, Dana Ball and Becky Sorenson both scored a team leading 15 points, and Stacie Baker led the Skylights with 6 rebounds.    

The win gives LCSC a five game winning streak and puts it at 14-3 overall and 3-0 in the Frontier Conference. MSU-Northern drops to 11-7 overall and 1-3 in the conference.  

LCSC travels to Dillon, Montana next week to face Montana Western on Friday, January 18. This game will be followed by a trip to Butte, Montana on Saturday, January 19, to take on Montana Tech. Both games are scheduled to start at 5 p.m.