1-24-08

LEWISTON, Idaho – Using a 28-6 run in the first half, the Lewis-Clark State College women’s basketball team rolled to a 68-49 victory over Rocky Mountain College in Frontier Conference play at the LCSC Activity Center on Thursday night. 

Leading 12-10 with 14:35 left in the opening half, the Warriors used the 28-6 run to take a 40-16 halftime lead. The Warriors then scored the first four points of the second half and led by as much as 30, but Rocky Mountain cut the margin to 14 with less than four minutes remaining.  The Warriors then scored the final six points of the game for the win. 

The win was the eighth straight for the No. 13-ranked Warriors, who improve to 17-3 overall and 6-0 in conference play. Rocky Mountain is 9-13 and 2-4. 

The victory also sets up a showdown Saturday night when No. 11-ranked Carroll, 17-2 and 5-1, visits the Warriors to complete the first half of league play. LCSC and Carroll are the only teams that have less than three league losses. 

Defense paved the way for the Warriors on Thursday. LCSC held the Bears to just 18-of-60 shooting from the field, 30 percent, including a 5-of-22 mark from the 3-point line, 22.7 percent. 

The Warriors cooled off in the second half and finished 23-of-60 for 37.3 percent. 

Warrior senior guard Jade Fulbright had another big night. She recorded the first double-double of her career with 10 points and a career0high 11 rebounds. She also added four assists and four steals. 

Vanessa West led LCSC with 16 points and added eight rebounds, while Sadie Short finished with nine points and six boards. Ten of the 11 Warriors scored at least two points in the game and six players had six or more rebounds to help LCSC control the boards 54-35. 

Katie Hart added eight points, five assists and one steal. She now has 538 assists in her career, which moves her into second place on the program’s all-time assist list. 

Emmelie Lundgren led RMC with 11 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots.