Morrison's big night helps L-C
beat Great Falls
Copyright The Trib
GREAT
FALLS, Mont. -- The Lewis-Clark
State women believe they have no
room for error in their Frontier
Conference title run.
But Aundrea Morrison at least
gave them some breathing room.
The 6-foot post scored 20 points
and stretched Great Falls' defense
with two 3-pointers Saturday night
as the Warriors took an 87-69 win.
Despite a loss Friday night at
Montana State-Northern, Lewis-Clark
State (22-4, 10-2) can claim a
league title by winning its last two
regular-season games.
"We must win every game to win
the league, and it started tonight,"
Warriors coach Brian Orr said. "We
probably played as hard as we'd
played the last two weeks."
The Warriors shot 9-of-17 from
3-point range, and Morrison's two
long-range shots, in three attempts,
were her first of the season.
"We've encouraged her to take
that shot all year," Orr said.
"She's got the shooting range, and
it was really nice to see her hit
those. People have been packing
(their defense) in on us."
Terri Wittmer was perfect in
three 3-point tries for L-C, scoring
11 points, and Ashley Baker added 13
points.
The Warriors also had "great
intensity on defense," said Orr, who
lauded the play of 6-2 reserve post
Vanessa West. "That was probably one
of the best games she's played all
year. She defended, she rebounded,
she got a couple of key baskets."
Great Falls (7-20, 3-9)
outrebounded Lewis-Clark State 33-31
and met some success with its
transition game.
The Warriors play host to Montana
Tech on Thursday night, and their
league title hopes may come down to
another home game Saturday night
against Montana-Western.
LEWIS-CLARK ST. (22-4, 10-2)
Hart 4-7 0-0 9, Wittmer 3-3 2-4
11, Baker 4-9 5-7 13, Preston 0-3
0-0 0, Yancheva 3-8 3-4 9, Morrison
7-13 4-5 20, Nelson 2-5 0-1 6, West
4-7 0-1 8, Fulbright 4-7 0-0 8,
Kalbfleisch 1-6 0-0 2. Totals 32-68
14-22 87.
GREAT FALLS (7-20, 3-9)
Smith 6-11 4-8 16, Keaster 5-14
8-8 20, Houx 1-3 2-3 4, Schwantes
4-11 4-5 15, Clift 3-5 0-0 8, Green
1-4 0-0 2, Simonds 1-3 0-0 2,
Siobhan Donnelly 1-6 0-0 2. Totals.
22-57 18-24 69.
Halftime -- LCSC 46-36.
Three-pointers -- LCSC 9-17 (Wittmer
3-3, Hart 1-2, Preston 0-2, Nelson
2-3, West 0-2, Kalbfleisch 1-4,
Morrison 2-3), UGF 7-14 (Keaster
2-4, Schwantes 3-5, Clift 2-2, Green
0-1, Simonds 0-1, Donnelly 0-1).
Rebounds -- LCSC 31 (Baker 5), UGF
33 (Keaster 5). Fouls -- LCSC 20,
UGF 13. Fouled out -- none. Assists
-- LCSC 17 (Hart 4), UGF 18 (Green
5, Keaster 5). |
