JACKSON, Tenn. – Senior forward Vanessa West scored eight of her 12 points during a key 10-0 run in the second half to help the Lewis-Clark State College women's basketball team defeat Lindsey Wilson College 73-61 in the second round of the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship Tournament on Friday night. 

The win lifts LCSC into the quarterfinals for the fourth time in school history where the Warriors will meet top-ranked and undefeated Union University on Saturday at 6 p.m., PST.  Union, which has won two of the last three national titles and is 34-0 this season, also has the advantage of having the tournament being played on its campus at Oman Arena.  LCSC is 1-2 all-time in the quarterfinal round, losing in 1998 and 2000, but advancing to the Final Four in 2001 when it finished third. 

LCSC, 29-4 overall, only trailed once in the game at 27-25 late in the first half, but couldn't shake the Blue Raiders, who finish 22-12 on the season. A 3-pointer by Kara Osterfeld at the 11:36 mark of the second half tied the game at 45. 

West, a 6-foot-1 forward from Jerome, Idaho, then took over, hitting a pair of shots from the field along with four free throws to spark the 10-0 run. Senior point guard Katie Hart added the other bucket, and also hit a second shot and two free throws to continue a 17-3 run and put the Warriors ahead 60-46 with 5:14 left. Lindsey Wilson, which is from Columbia, Kent., couldn't get closer than 10 the rest of the way as the Warriors claimed their 11th consecutive win. 

As usual, the Warriors featured a well-balanced attack in the game. All five starters scored to help LCSC to an early 15-5 lead.  LCSC eventually cooled off before the end of the half, but Sadie Short hit three shots, including the final two of the first half, to help the Warriors to a 29-27 halftime lead. 

Short, a 5-11 junior, posted her fourth double-double of the season. She finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds. She made 9-of-16 field goals, but also had eight turnovers in the game as LCSC finished with 20, compared to only 11 for Lindsey Wilson. 

Hart also had a big game as her 13 points was a season high. She aggressively took the ball to the basket and either converted her shot or drew a foul. She wound up 7-of-8 at the foul line as the Warriors went 20-of-24 at the charity stripe. West was a perfect 6-of-6 at the line, while senior post Mandy Troutt was 6-of-9 on her way to 12 points and seven rebounds. 

Hart also had six assists in the game and now has 597 in her career, which leaves her 10 behind Brianne Kottwitz' all-time LCSC career record of 607. 

Junior guard Kim Preston finished with nine points as LCSC nearly had five players in double figures for the game. 

For the night, LCSC was 25-of-52 from the field for 48.1 percent, but was 13-of-23 in the second half for 56.5 percent. 

Lindsey Wilson was 23-of-68 for 33.8 percent, and despite controlling the boards early, it wound up being outrebounded by the Warriors 43-34. West added eight rebounds for LCSC. 

Freshman post Viktoria Krell led Lindsey Wilson with 17 points and seven rebounds, but she was only 6-of-18 from the field. Krystal Jackson added 14 points for the Blue Raiders, while Osterfeld finished with 10. 

Lindsey Wilson is now 1-5 all-time in the NAIA tournament, while LCSC is 19-16 at the national tournament and is making its 12th appearance in the last 13 years. 

Union is making its 19th national tournament appearances and has won the title three times. Union has won its two games in this year's tournament by 29 and 17 points. 

LCSC is one of two Frontier Conference teams in the Elite Eight. Carroll also is still alive and will play Vangaard on Saturday. 

Friday's win was a program-record 108th win for the team's three four-year seniors, West, Hart, and Jade Fulbright, who broke the program's all-time steals record in Wednesday's opening round win. LCSC was only credited with two steals in Friday's win.