From the Lewiston Tribune, published Feb. 4, 2007.

L-C 'survives' Westminster; Warrior women prevail 62-57 in first game without Morrison

2-4-07 

SALT LAKE CITY -- Although the Lewis-Clark State women clearly missed Aundrea Morrison in their first game without her, the Warriors showed they are still a capable bunch.

Katya Yancheva, who replaced Morrison in the starting lineup, scored a career-high 22 points to help second-ranked LCSC gut out a 62-57 win over Westminster on Saturday evening.

"We just survived," Warriors coach Brian Orr said. "That's what we did."

The Warriors also extended their winning streak to 14 games. They are now 22-1 overall and 8-0 in the Frontier Conference.

This was LCSC's first game since losing Morrison, an All-America post, to a knee injury last Saturday.

The Warriors held the lead most of the way, but had to fight off the Griffins down the stretch. Over the final six minutes, L-C got a handful of clutch plays -- 3-pointers from Janeen Nelson and Madison Mendezona; a driving score from Yancheva; a steal and breakaway layup from Jade Fulbright -- to secure the win.

"What I told the girls is obviously we didn't play very well," Orr said. "But the quality of a good team is to make plays when you have to, and that's what we did tonight."

But even when the Warriors were canning those clutch buckets, they failed to ice the win at the line. During the last three minutes, they went 4-for-9 at the stripe and missed the front end of three 1-and-1 situations.

Yancheva, a 6-foot senior from Sofia, Bulgaria, added four assists and three rebounds to her big scoring night.

LCSC also got 11 points and nine rebounds from Ashley Baker, who fouled out. Fulbright and Kim Preston tallied seven points apiece.

The Warriors were outrebounded 38-29 -- an area where Morrison specialized.

There is a slight possibility that Morrison could return for the Warriors in the national tournament. In the meantime, LCSC will have to alter its approach.

"All the players ... they kind of got together and they all understand that everybody's got to step up," Orr said. "It's not just one player that's going to fill the role. Everybody needs to do a little bit better job."

NOTES -- Orr said that half the team, including himself, was under the weather on Saturday night. ... The Warriors will probably stay ranked No. 2 in the next NAIA Division I poll. No. 1 Vanguard of California won both its games this week.

LEWIS-CLARK ST. (22-1, 8-0)

Hart 1-3 0-0 2, Wittmer 0-2 0-0 0, Baker 4-7 3-6 11, Preston 2-3 1-2 7, Yancheva 8-15 3-4 22, Nelson 2-8 0-2 6, West 1-2 0-0 2, Fulbright 3-6 1-2 7, Mendezona 1-3 0-1 3, Troutt 0-5 2-2 2. Totals 22-54 10-19 62.

WESTMINSTER (15-9, 3-5)

Evans 1-8 2-2 5, Hoskins 4-7 8-9 16, Remund 0-1 0-0 0, Haberle 1-6 0-0 2, Eckman 5-10 0-0 11, Hirschi 1-5 0-0 2, Leader 3-12 6-8 13, Dodge 1-1 0-0 3, Haslam 2-4 1-1 5. Totals 18-54 17-20 57.

Halftime score -- LCSC 29, Westminster 25. Three-point goals -- LCSC 8-18 (Wittmer 0-1, Preston 2-2, Yancheva 3-8, Nelson 2-5, West 0-1, Mendezona 1-1); Westminster 4-22 (Evans 1-4, Hoskins 0-1, Haberle 0-3, Eckman 1-3, Hirschi 0-2, Leader 1-8, Dodge 1-1). Rebounds -- LCSC 29 (Baker 9); Westminster 38 (Leader 8). Assists -- LCSC 15 (Yancheva 4); Westminster 11 (Leader 3). Total fouls -- LCSC 19, Westminster 17. Technical fouls -- none. Fouled out -- Hart, Baker.