LEWISTON, Idaho – While the weather outside lately has been downright frigid by Lewiston standards, inside the Lewis-Clark State Activity Center has been quite a different story the past two days for the Warrior men's basketball team.

In fact, it's been rather sultry.

A night after hitting 19 3-pointers in a blowout win over Portland Bible, the Warriors tied a school record with 21 3-pointers in rolling to a 107-67 win over Walla Walla University on Monday night. It's the fourth time LCSC has made 21 treys in a game. The other three came against Multnomah College, including once last season.

LCSC, now 11-3 overall, hit 11-of-17 3-point attempts in the first half on Monday to roll to a 59-34 halftime lead. LCSC shot the ball so well that even though Walla Walla shot 50 percent for the game, it still lost by 40 points.

Senior guards Isaiah Omamogho and Doug McDaniel combined for four 3-pointers and scored the first 18 points for LCSC in the first four minutes of the game. That set the tone for the Warriors, who continued to knock down deep shots throughout the night. LCSC finished 21-of-43 from the 3-point line.

"It's reflective of our passing and ball movement," LCSC coach Brandon Rinta said after his club had 29 assists on its 41 field goals. "Our ball movement was really good. In these two games we were really looking to create for our teammates and I think that is reflective in our shooting percentage, and was the reason we were able to knock them down."

Omamogho had the hot hand most of the night as he went 7-of-12 from the 3-point line, while McDaniel was 9-of-16 from the field, including 4-of-9 from the 3-point line. Both finished tied for game-high honors with 23 points.

"Isaiah got us going early," Rinta said. "Doug, Isaiah, and Ty (Higbie) had it going early and everyone else got into it as well. Again, I think our guys are really looking to create for each other."
The win was the second of the season for LCSC over the Wolves. In mid-November, the Warriors rolled to a 103-56 win in Walla Walla when they made 16 3-pointers.

LCSC had five players in double figures as Jeremy Franklin finished with 14, David Shedrick 13, and Higbie with 12. The three also combined for seven 3-pointers. LCSC had seven players with at least one 3 in the game.

"I felt our guys knew we didn't put together 40 minutes last night," Rinta said of LCSC's slow start against Portland Bible on Sunday night.  "I thought we did a pretty good job with that tonight coming out of the gates and setting the tone early. Taking good shots. Getting good, open shots."

The Warriors finished the game 41-of-77 from the field for 53.2 percent. LCSC shot 64 percent from the field in the first half before it finally cooled off some over the final 10 minutes of the game. Combining the games on back-to-back nights, LCSC shot nearly 58 percent from the field and 53 percent from the 3-point line.

The Warrior defense also forced 22 turnovers, many of which turned into fast-break layins. LCSC scored 36 points off of the turnovers.

LCSC also had a 40-31 rebounding advantage. Zavon Jackson finished with seven to go along with five steals and four assists. Trea Thomas added nine points, seven assists, and three steals.

LCSC now takes time off for the holidays before resuming practice after Christmas. Rinta said the break comes at a good time and the team should be well rested when it continues play on New Year's Eve in a 5:30 p.m. home contest against Montana Tech.

In evaluating the Warriors thus far, Rinta said the team has learned a lot about itself.

"I think the key for us is being more consistent," he said. "We've found out in our first 15 games how good we can be and we found out how bad we can play.  It hasn't been up and down a lot but there have been some downs in some games where we are not clicking and not playing as hard as we could. It's not just one thing I would point to, it's just that we have to be more consistent with how we play, how we come out, and how we perform.

"That's really the key that separates the good teams and the great teams.  There are going to be games where things don't always go your way but how consistent you are over the course of the season is going to be reflective in what you are doing at the end of the year."