LEWISTON, Idaho – The Lewis-Clark State Men's Basketball Team pulled off one of the largest wins in program history on Sunday when they defeated Northwest Indian College 124-39. The 85-point scoring margin goes down as the second-largest all-time, as does the 64.0 percent shooting percentage. 124 points scored in a game ties the 10th-highest output all-time.
The Warriors scored early and often, opening the contest with a 15-2 run that spanned the first four minutes. Everyone got in on the scoring, with
Damek Mitchell,
Cordel Hankerson,
Trystan Bradley and
Cory Dollarhide all feeding the opening run. LC continued to widen the gap, stretching the lead to 32 points when Mitchell hit a three less than ten seconds after Hankerson made a free throw to bring the score to 50-18 with 4:52 to play.
Starting at 9:28, LC went on a massive scoring run where they dropped 25 unanswered points. The run spanned six minutes. The lead in the first half hit its peak with eight seconds remaining when Dollarhide hit a three to bring the score to 67-19.
LC picked up right where they left off heading into the second half. Hankerson made a triple, followed by a jumper a few seconds later to push the advantage to 72-22 a minute into the half. The Warrior offense proved to be took much for the Eagles as they went on to win by one of the largest margins in program history. At 124-39, the 75-point margin is sixth all-time.
"Overall I was pleased with today's performance. Aside from a couple minutes midway through the first half, our guys had good energy," Head Coach
Austin Johnson said.
Every player in the game for the Warriors scored at least three points, and seven hit double-digits. Dollarhide led the way on offense with 20 points, while Hankerson was just behind him with 17. Mitchell added 16 and
Andre McCowan had 16 off the bench.
Conner Moffatt led the defense with nine rebounds and
Blair Moore, McCowan and
David Shedrick each brought down seven.
Derrick White and Mitchell each had seven assists.
The Warriors out-rebounded the Eagles 60-19, and had 36 assists compared to four on the opposing side. 56 of Warriors' points came off the bench. As mentioned, they shot 64 percent from the field for the sixth-best single-game mark in program history.
"
Blair Moore was a spark off the bench during the stretch where we went on a run. He was an anchor defensively," Johnson said. "I loved how unselfish the guys were and their commitment to our developing defense. We will use the next two weeks to get better."
The Warriors take a short break before heading up to Moscow to take on the Vandals of the University of Idaho in an exhibition game on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.