LEWISTON, Idaho – Despite falling to Southern Oregon in the Cascade Conference Championship, presented by U.S. Bank, the No. 19 LC State Women's Basketball will still turn its attention to the 2022 NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship Opening Round on March 11-12. The Warriors will find out which site they will play at on March 3.
SOU's defense was lights-out on Monday night in the P1FCU Activity Center, holding LC State to just over 21 percent from the field. The Raiders took the title by a final of 56-34.
"We have to start by giving SOU a lot of credit," Head Coach
Brian Orr said. "Their defensive pressure really caused problems for our offense. We couldn't get the ball where we needed to and when we did, we just struggled to make baskets. I am really proud of our team. We worked hard to be able to host this championship game, so it is extremely disappointing for both our players and fans, that our last home game of the season wasn't representative of the way we played and competed this season. We need to put it behind us and know that the national tournament is what we've been preparing for since last spring."
Jumpers by
Callie Stevens and
Maddie Holm, then a 3 by
Hannah Broyles, made it 7-5 in favor of LC State. SOU took the lead at the 5:07 mark in the first quarter and never looked back.
The Raiders led 23-13 at the half and continued to dominate in the third and fourth quarters to come away with the victory.
Holm led LC State with 12 points and 10 rebounds for her 13
th double-double of the season.
Mataya Green stepped up for the Warriors late in the game and finished with seven boards and four steals.
The NAIA will hold the selection show to and announce where the Warriors will compete in the Opening Round on its Facebook page on March 3.
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