Warrior women claim Frontier Conference crown

2-28-08

HELENA, Montana – In a battle between two top-ranked NAIA teams the Lewis-Clark State College women’s basketball team was able to defeat Carroll College 81-63 and clinch the Frontier Conference regular season title on Thursday.  

No. 10 ranked LCSC saw four players in double digits and was able to shutdown No. 12 Carroll College’s dangerous perimeter game. 

The win marks the Warriors’ third straight regular season Conference title and their fifth regular season championship in the past nine seasons.  

Carroll senior Jolene Fuzesy, currently ranked No. 1 in the NAIA in three point field goal percentage and second in three point field goals made, scored 18 points on the night, but was not allowed one three pointer.  

A 35-26 lead at halftime was created, in part, by an active Warriors’ inside game. Senior Mandy Troutt led the Warriors with eight points in the first half and 21 points in the game. Jade Fulbright and Sadie Short both kicked in 12 points apiece, and Breianna Gaines and Vanessa West followed with 11 and eight points respectively.  

Foul trouble kept Carroll busy subbing players in and out and kept the Warriors busy shooting free throws. Katie Hart finished with the game with seven points all off of 7-of-8 free throw shooting.  

The win improves Lewis-Clark State to 12-1 in the Conference and 23-4 overall, while the loss drops Carroll to 10-3 and 22-4. Carroll hosts Westminster on Saturday and the winner of this game will decide the second and third places finishes in the Frontier Conference. 

LCSC now travels to Billings, Montana to face Rocky Mountain College on Saturday at 1 p.m. Regardless of the outcome of this game the Warriors are the regular season Frontier Conference champions.