Warrior men over Fraser Valley 78-49

 12-20-06 

Picking up the defensive intensity in the second half, the Lewis-Clark State College men’s basketball team won for the fifth time in its last six outings with a 78-49 triumph over the University College of Fraser Valley Cascade at the LCSC Activity Center on Wednesday night. 

The Warriors, 8-4 overall, led 40-32 at halftime, but held the Canadian visitors from Abbotsford, British Columbia to just 17 second-half points to roll to the victory. Fraser Valley, 9-14 overall, made just 6-of-31 shots in the second half (19.4 percent) and were 0-for-11 from the 3-point line. 

LCSC’s defense set the tone for the offense as the Warriors enjoyed their sixth highest scoring output of the season. The Warriors balanced attack saw all 11 players who saw action score at least two points. 

LCSC forced 29 turnovers in the game and held Fraser Valley to just 19-of-62 shooting from the field, 30.6 percent. Included in that total was a 4-of-17 effort from the 3-point line, 17.6 percent. 

With all the missed shots, LCSC collected 50 rebounds in the contest to control the boards. 
(Napoleon Gordon dunking on a fast-break)

In the second half, Fraser Valley cut LCSC’s lead to 43-37, but the Warriors scored the next 12 points to make it 55-37. Over the final 8:24, LCSC outscored Fraser Valley 21-4 for the lopsided win. 

Mike Gordy led the Warriors with a game-high 14 points and was one of four Warrior players with seven rebounds. He was joined by Chris Pitts, Jared Tikker and Jon Daly. Napoleon Gordon added 13 points, while Teran Lee had 11. 

Anthony Lao led UCFV with 12 points and seven rebounds. 

The two teams square off again Thursday night at 8 p.m., following a matchup of the women’s teams from the two schools.