LEWISTON, Idaho – Lewis-Clark State's Warriors knew heading into Saturday's non-conference basketball game against Yellowstone Christian College that they would be notching victory number nine when the 40 minutes were over.
 
The test then became one of maintaining intensity and discipline and executing with precision against the opponent they'd dispatched by 70 points 18 hours earlier.
 
To that end, assistant coach Leif Karlberg gave the nod of approval from the coaching staff after the 114-47 decision over the youthful Centurions at the Activity Center.
 
"When games are this spread out scoring-wise, it's really hard to play a good, hard 80 minutes back-to-back-to-back," Karlberg said. "I thought the guys competed hard. They showed the level of defense and unselfishness that we want.
 
"It's not about the score. It's about how well we played."
 
Every Warrior but one scored and all of them had at least one rebound. Collectively, they drilled 15 3-pointers – well above the 10 needed to send the fans home with free eats from Happy Day Corp. LC shot 58.1 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range. The Warriors nearly doubled the Centurions on the boards (51-26) and put together an impressive assist (31) to turnover (eight) ratio.
 
Andre McCowan led the contingent of seven Warriors in double figures with a game-high 16 but it was Race Martin who etched his name in the LC men's basketball record book. He was three-for-three from 3-point range both Friday and Saturday, which combined with five-for-five against Montana-Western last weekend, gave him 11 for the Warrior Consecutive 3-Point Goal record. He bested the nine by Bob Sobotta in 1988. Martin finished with 13 points Saturday.
 
Also on the double-digit list were Cory Dollarhide (13), Trystan Bradley (13), Cordel Hankerson (12), Dana Abe (11) and Josiah Westbrook (10). For Yellowstone Christian, Kason Spikes was the scoring leader with 15.
 
The Warriors are off until Monday, Dec. 17, when they play host to Multnomah at 7 p.m.