Women's Basketball | 02.27.2022
LEWISTON, Idaho – The Warrior women will play in their 15
th conference title game under
Brian Orr in his 21
st season on Monday night. No. 19 LC State will take on second-seeded Southern Oregon University at 7 p.m. in the P1FCU Activity Center for the Cascade Conference Championship, presented by U.S. Bank.
In the only meeting this season, LC defeated SOU 60-55.
Maddie Holm led the Warriors with 16 points to go with 10 rebounds, and
Sara Muehlhausen grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked five shots.
Tickets are on sale now for the CCC Championship matchup at lcwarriors.com/tickets, and a stream package is also available at lcwarriors.com/watch. Season passes are not valid for the postseason.
THE NO. 19 WARRIORS (27-3, 19-3) – No. 1 seed
The LC State Warriors battled past fourth-seeded Bushnell in the semifinal round, led by 26 points from
Callie Stevens. The sophomore drained 10 field goals and had three assists in the contest. Holm notched a double-double with 13 rebounds and 10 points, and Muehlhausen also grabbed 13 boards.
Stevens has headlined the Warriors all season and enters the tournament as the CCC's leading scorer. At 19.2 points per game, Stevens is averaging three points more than the second-best scorer in the conference. She is the top 3-point shooter in the CCC, with 3.0 made per game and 85 total, and a .409 percentage from behind the 3-point line.
Holm, the other half of the stellar sophomore duo, leads the conference in rebounding with 10.5 per game. She is averaging a double-double with 11.9 points per game, and is a solid 3-point shooter with a .373 3-point percentage. She leads the team in steals with 49 on the season.
Another key piece to LC's puzzle this season has been junior Muehlhausen. The 6-3 post player has blocked a conference-best 60 shots this season, placing her fifth all-time for LC in a single season. Her eight blocks at Evergreen State is a single-game record.
Hannah Broyles has been a consistent scorer for the Warriors all year with 9.1 points per game. Broyles, Muehlhausen and Stevens are the only three Warriors to have started all 28 games.
LC State currently leads the CCC in scoring (73.9), scoring margin (+15.8), field goal percentage defense (.336), 3-point percentage defense (.272), blocked shots per game (4.1), assist/turnover ratio (1.3) and 3-pointers made per game (7.4).
THE RAIDERS (27-5, 18-4) – No. 2 seed
Southern Oregon took down third-seeded Eastern Oregon 65-58 on Friday to advance to the conference title game. The Raiders were led by 15 points each from Dominique Harding and Kami Walk. Syd'Nee Fryer added 13 and Brianna Phiakhamngon added 10.
Walk is SOU's leading scorer this season with a 16.1 points per game average, second in the CCC. She also leads the team with 8.6 rebounds per game. Fryer is also averaging more than 10 points a game, with 10.1, while Phuakhamngon is scoring at a clip of 9.9.
The Raiders lead the Cascade in scoring defense (53.6) and steals per game (12.3). Walk is the top free throw shooter with an .872 free throw percentage, and Fryer is tied for the steals per game lead at 2.4.
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