Men's Basketball | 02.04.2020
KANSAS CITY, Missouri – No. 12 Lewis-Clark State Men's Basketball Team moved to 21-1 on the season and 9-1 in Frontier Conference play after road wins at MSU-Northern and No. 8 Providence last weekend. Both wins came in dominating fashion and earned the team NABC NAIA Team of the Week honors.
"This is great national recognition for our players and program from the NABC," coach
Austin Johnson said. "It's always nice to be recognized for the work you have done and these players have put the team first in everything they have done this year. They've been a blast to coach and we hope there's more great team moments ahead of us this season."
The Warriors held MSUN to 33.3-percent shooting in the 56-45 victory on Friday, and then made 16 3-pointers in a dominant 96-65 win over the Argos on Saturday. LC held both opponents to season lows in point totals and are the only team to sweep the MSUN/Providence road trip.
LC State currently leads the NAIA DI in scoring defense per game (62.77), 3-point field goal percentage defense (.291) and 3-point field goal percentage (.448). It is in the top five in eight other categories and leads the conference in nearly every statistic as a team.
Warrior Basketball hosts No. 9 Carroll on Friday at 7:30 p.m. before turning around the face Montana Tech on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.