LCSC basketball teams to play in seven tournaments this season

10-12-07

The Lewis-Clark State College men’s and women’s basketball teams will play in a combined seven tournaments and face three NCAA Division I teams in exhibition games this season, according to schedules finalized by the coaching staffs of both programs. 

Both teams are the defending regular-season Frontier Conference champions, while the men’s team also won the conference tournament title. Both teams also participated in the 32-team NAIA national tournaments last season. 

The teams will kick off their seasons with doubleheaders on Oct. 26 and Oct. 27 at Clarkston High School. 

On Oct. 26, the LCSC women will meet the University of British Columbia-Okanagan at 6 p.m., followed by the LCSC men against Malaspina University at 8 p.m. The same pairings will take place on Oct. 27 with women’s game at noon, followed by the men’s game at 2 p.m. 

The games are being played at Clarkston High School because of the Idaho State Class 1A Volleyball Tournament, which is being held at the LCSC Activity Center on Oct. 25-27. LCSC also has a home volleyball match against Rocky Mountain at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26. 

The Warrior men, who finished 26-7 last season, take part in four tournaments, including three on the road. The men’s home tournament is the Cannon’s Building Materials Tournament on Nov. 2-3 and will feature Southern Oregon, Cascade, and Carroll College. LCSC will follow the tournament with its lone exhibition game against Washington State University in Pullman on Nov. 4. 

The Warrior men also will play in tournaments at Walla Walla University, Southern Oregon, and Fort Lewis. 

The women’s team at LCSC, which went undefeated in the Frontier Conference regular season and posted a 31-3 mark, will play in three tournaments, including two at home. LCSC plays host to the Staples Classic on Nov. 16-17, and then the Wells Fargo Invitational on Dec. 7-8, which features Azusa Pacific and Albertson’s College. 

The Warrior women will play exhibition games at Boise State and Idaho State, and will play in a tournament in California as well as take a two-game road swing through Oregon, both on consecutive weeks in November. 

In conference play, the men and women will play all doubleheaders, starting on Jan. 5 when both Warrior teams travel to Salt Lake City to take on Westminster. One new schedule wrinkle in the conference is that after the first half of the league schedule, teams will have a free week before resuming the second half of league play. 

LCSC MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Oct: 26 – Malaspina, Clarkston High, 8 p.m.  27 – Malaspina, Clarkston, 2 p.m.

Nov: 2 –  Southern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. 3 – Cascade. 4 – at Washington State (exhibition) 4 p.m. 8 – vs. Andrews at Walla Walla, 4 p.m. 9 – at Walla Walla University. 23 – at Southern Oregon, 8 p.m. 24 – vs. Oregon Tech at Ashland, Ore., 6 p.m. 30 – at Fort Lewis, 7 p.m.

Dec: 1 – vs. Adams State at Durango, Colo., 3 p.m. 7 – Evergreen State, 8 p.m. 19 – Walla Walla University, 7 p.m. 28 – Thompson Rivers, 7 p.m. 29 – Thompson Rivers, 2 p.m.

Jan: 5 – at Westminster, 6:30 p.m. 10 – Great Falls, 8 p.m. 12 – Montana State-Northern, 8 p.m. 18 – at Montana-Western, 7 p.m. 19 – at Montana Tech, 7 p.m. 24 – Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m. 26 – Carroll, 8 p.m.

Feb: 9 – Westminster, 8 p.m. 15 – at Montana State-Northern, 7 p.m.  16 – at Great Falls, 7 p.m. 21 – Montana Tech, 8 p.m. 23 – Montana-Western, 8 p.m.  28 – at Carroll, 7 p.m.

March: 1 – at Rocky Mountain, 7 p.m. 5-8: Conference Tournament at Butte. 

LCSC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 

Oct: 26 – British Columbia-Okanagan, 6 p.m. 27 – British Columbia-Okanagan, noon.

Nov: 4 – at Boise State (exhibition) 1 p.m. 9 – at Azusa Pacific, 4 p.m. 10 – at Hope International, 5 p.m. 16 – Pacific University, 6 p.m. 17 – Walla Walla University, 6 p.m. 20 – at Whitworth, 7 p.m. 24 – vs. Concordia (Calif.) at Atherton, 2 p.m. 25 – at Menlo College, 4 p.m. 30 – at Pacific University.

Dec: 1 – at Lewis & Clark, 7 p.m. 7 – Azusa Pacific, 6 p.m. 8 – Albertson, 4 p.m. 14 – at Idaho State (exhibition) 7 p.m. 30 – Whitman, 4 p.m.

Jan: 5 – at Westminster, 4:30 p.m. 10 – Great Falls, 6 p.m. 12 – Montana State-Northern, 6 p.m. 18 – at Montana-Western, 5 p.m. 19 – at Montana Tech, 5 p.m. 24 – Rocky Mountain, 6 p.m. 26 – Carroll, 6 p.m.

Feb: 9 – Westminster, 6 p.m. 15 – at Montana State-Northern, 5 p.m.  16 – at Great Falls, 5 p.m. 21 – Montana Tech, 6 p.m. 23 – Montana-Western, 6 p.m.  28 – at Carroll, 5 p.m.

March: 1 – at Rocky Mountain, 5 p.m. 5-8: Conference Tournament at Butte.