Warriors fall in title game of NNU tourney
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Morning Tribune
NAMPA -- Northwest Nazarene began to pull away midway through the first
half, and the Crusaders breezed to a 77-55 victory over Lewis-Clark State
College in the championship game of a tournament here on Saturday.
Northwest Nazarene rode a late first-half run to a 40-26 lead at the
break, and the Crusaders' momentum carried over to the second half. They ran
off a 6-0 spurt after halftime, forcing L-C to use a full-court press the
rest of the way.
That enabled the Warriors to stop the bleeding, but they were unable to
narrow the gap.
"We just couldn't make up the difference," said L-C coach Brian Orr,
whose team was playing its fifth game in eight days.
According to Orr, the loss resulted from a combination of errors on his
team's part.
"No. 1, we just didn't execute offensively," he said. "The second thing
is, you've got to credit Northwest Nazarene. They've got a deep bench, they
wanted to get up and down the floor and they did that."
L-C (6-3) only committed 12 turnovers, and the Warriors received a
game-high 17 rebounds and 12 points from Ashley Baker. Cami Kalbfleisch and
Nikki Haerling added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
But that wasn't nearly enough to offset Northwest Nazarene (3-1), which
received double-digit point contributions from five players. Jessica Metz
led the way with 14 points, and Danielle Pridgen and Whitney VanBrocklin
chipped in 13 points apiece.
L-C, which landed two players -- Kalbfleisch and Baker -- on the
all-tournament team, returns to action Friday at Western Baptist in Salem,
Ore.
LEWIS-CLARK STATE (6-3)
Baker 6-14 0-0 12, Haerling 4-12 2-2 10, Fulbright 1-2 1-2 3, Kalbfleisch
3-10 4-4 12, K. West 2-6 0-0 4, Hart 1-10 3-4 5, Wittmer 2-2 0-0 5, Yancheva
0-1 0-0 0, Bogs 1-3 0-0 2, V. West 0-7 0-0 0, McCauley 1-6 0-0 2. Totals
21-73 10-12 55.
NORTHWEST NAZARENE (3-1)
Gonzalez 3-8 1-1 8, Eggebraten 2-9 6-8 11, Metz 5-7 4-4 14, Pridgen 6-9
1-3 13, VanBrocklin 5-12 2-2 13, Kotter 0-0 0-0 0, Clark 0-2 0-0 0, Shively
1-2 0-0 2, Sacht 4-7 1-2 10, Thorpe 0-0 0-0 0, Harrison 0-2 0-0 0, Lind 2-3
0-0 4, Schutte 0-1 0-0 0, Clevenger 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-63 15-20 77.
Halftime score -- Northwest Nazarene 40, Lewis-Clark State 26.
Three-point goals -- Lewis-Clark State 3-15 (Haerling 0-2, Kalbfleisch 2-4,
K. West 0-2, Wittmer 1-1, Yancheva 0-1, Bogs 0-1, V. West 0-4), Northwest
Nazarene 4-7 (Gonzalez 1-2, Eggebraten 1-1, VanBrocklin 1-1, Shively 0-1,
Sacht 1-1, Lind 0-1). Rebounds -- Lewis-Clark State 43 (Baker 17), Northwest
Nazarene 48 (Pridgen 11). Assists -- Lewis-Clark State 8 (Hart 3), Nazarene
Nazarene 19 (Eggebraten 6). Total fouls -- Lewis-Clark State 20, Northwest
Nazarene 17. Fouled out -- none. Technical fouls -- none. Att -- 1,834
