LEWISTON, Idaho – LC State Basketball opens up the second half of Cascade Conference play this weekend at Evergreen State and Northwest, and track and field travels to Moscow for the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open, hosted by Idaho.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The Warrior women swept the weekend behind two big performances from Callie Stevens. The sophomore dropped a career-high 27 points against Corban before scoring another 20 the next night against Bushnell. She was voted the Cascade Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. 

LC State defeated Evergreen State 61-52 earlier this season behind 22 points from Stevens, and 11 rebounds each from Sara Muehlhausen and Maddie Holm. The Warriors held the Geoducks to a .339 field goal percentage and just .174 from 3-point range. LC earned a victory of 70-59 against Northwest in which Holm notched a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds. 

The Warriors are currently fourth in the CCC standings with an 8-3 conference record. Northwest is seventh (5-6) and Evergreen is ninth (3-8). LC is the top team in the Cascade in scoring (75.0) and rebounding (44.9), as well as blocked shots (71), assist/turnover ratio (1.3) and 3-pointers made per game (7.9).

MEN'S BASKETBALL

LC State Men’s Basketball split a pair of contests over the weekend, dropping a game to a talented Corban team before defeating Bushnell. 

In the first meeting of the season, LC took down TESC 94-71 behind 23-point performances from both Oreon Courtney and Kevin Baker. Khalil Stevenson added 20 points, and Courtney led the defense with 13 rebounds. The Warriors routed Northwest earlier this season with a 103-57 victory. Silas Bennion led in that contest with 16 points, Baker added 15 and Teagan Hoard scored 12.  

The Warriors are currently fourth in the CCC standings with a 7-4 conference record. Northwest is eighth (4-7) and Evergreen is 11th (1-10). LC leads the CCC in scoring offense (88.6), scoring margin (+20.8), field goal percentage defense (.394), 3-point percentage defense (.301), total rebounds per game (45.0), rebounding margin (+11.7), assist/turnover ratio (1.5), and defensive rebounds (33.9).

TRACK & FIELD

The Warriors completed a successful trip to Spokane last weekend at the Cougar Classic with multiple national qualifiers and school records. Clayton VanDyke and Madigan Kelly were voted the Cascade Conference Track Athletes of the Week, and VanDyke was also named the NAIA Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week.  

Idaho’s Lauren McCluskey Open is the only regular-season indoor meet the Warriors will compete in that is not in Spokane.

Last weekend, VanDyke secured his spot at nationals in the mile with his LC State record time of 4:07.79. The men’s distance earned a provisional mark with a time of 10:16.91. Kelly improved on her time in the 60m hurdles, breaking her own school record twice in the process, and earned a provisional-qualifying time of 9.03.