WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The No. 10 Warrior women (18-1, 13-0) picked up two wins over the weekend to extend their winning streak to 18 games. The stretch is the fourth-longest in program history and includes LC State’s 13-0 mark in Cascade Conference play. The Warriors defeated Evergreen State 90-41 and Northwest 95-53 over the weekend for the highest-scoring back-to-back games this season. 

With the 13-0 record in conference play, LC State is the fastest CCC seed-clinching team since the Cascade moved to a 22-game schedule.

LC State opens the weekend on the road at College of Idaho (10-9, 5-8) in the ninth meeting with the Yotes since 2020. The Warriors are 14-0 against C of I dating back to 2007 and defeated the in-state rival 60-53 earlier this season. Maddie Holm posted a massive double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds and Sara Muehlhausen had 13 boards and four blocks. LC held the Yotes to a .286 night from the field. 

Saturday’s contest will be a rematch of the closest margin of victory this season, pinning the No. 16 Eastern Oregon Mountaineers (17-2, 12-1) against the Warriors. LC is 7-4 against EOU dating back to 2006 and edged the Mounties 71-69 earlier this season by fending off a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. The game resulted in EOU’s only conference loss this season. Ellie Sander led LC with 19 points in the contest and Maddie Holm had 10 rebounds. 

EOU leads the CCC in scoring (76.4), field goal percentage (.455), 3-point field goal percentage (.360), rebounding (45.9), rebounding margin (14.6), assists per game (17.6) and 3-pointer made per game (7.5). Bayley Brennan leads in 3-pointers made per game (2.8) and is 10th in the NAIA. Nationally, the Mounties lead the NAIA in rebound margin and rank ninth in 3-point field goal percentage.

LC State leads the conference in scoring margin (17.4), field goal percentage defense (.316), blocked shots per game (4.6), steals per game (11.3), turnover margin (6.79) and assist/turnover ratio (1.3). Muehlhausen leads in blocked shots per game (2.5), which is seventh nationally, and Adyson Clabby leads in assist/turnover ratio at 3.1 which is 10th in the NAIA. Nationally, LC State ranks second in field goal percentage defense and eighth in blocks per game.

The two teams are both in the top three in nearly every defensive and offensive category in the CCC, setting up a tough battle between the conference’s top two teams in the standings. 

WOMEN'S TENNIS

The Warrior women open the spring portion of their season on Friday against tough competition. The first three matches will be played in Boise against NCAA Division I opponents Montana State, Boise State and Idaho State. 

LC State began the 2022-23 campaign with a 5-4 victory over DIII Santa Cruz. Lina Boylan and Bonolo Molefe won the No. 2 doubles match, while Beatriz Lambru, Elisiva Latu, Maria Eduardo Santos da Silva and Molefe each won their singles matches. 

A full preview for the tennis season will be available on Thursday.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

LC State Men’s Basketball (9-10, 6-7) battled its way to a pair of victories over the weekend heading into a tough slate of road contests. The Warriors posted a 107-76 win over Evergreen State before edging Northwest 76-70, and will take on No. 1 College of Idaho and (RV) Eastern Oregon this weekend. This will be the first time in program history the Warrior men have faced two No. 1 teams in the same season. LC opened the year against then-No. 1 Arizona Christian. 

The Warriors begin the trip with top-ranked College of Idaho (18-1, 13-0). The Yotes have win 18 straight and dropped only their season-opener to then-No. 1 ACU. LC State is 8-7 against the Yotes dating back to 2002 and fell to C of I 82-58 in the first meeting this season. Oreon Courtney and John Lustig each scored 12 points in the contest. 

C of I lead s the CCC in scoring defense (64.5), scoring margin (20.4), field goal percentage defense (.412), rebounding margin (9.3) and assist/turnover ratio (1.6). Straton Rogers leads the NAIA in field goal percentage (.770).

Eastern Oregon (13-6, 10-3) holds a 5-3 edge over LC State dating back to 2008. EOU took the first meeting of the season 79-73. Davian Brown led the Warriors with 21 points, Lustig scored 13, Silas Bennion added 12 with six assists, and Anthony Peoples Jr. tallied 10 points. The Mounties are second in the CCC standings.

EOU leads the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (.393) and ranks 10th nationally. 

TRACK & FIELD

Warrior Track and Field had a standout weekend at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open in Moscow last weekend with six school records, two automatic-qualifying standards and two provisional. Madigan Kelly set a record with all four of her runs (60m hurdles and 60m dash) to earn an A standard in the hurdles, and London Kirk shattered his 400m record to also earn an A mark. Both rank in the top 10 in the NAIA in their events. Christian Bothwell and Caleb Moore each hit the minimum amount of points needed with their performances in the heptathlon, and Bothwell ranked ninth in the NAIA. 

The Warriors competed at the new Lauren McCluskey track in the Kibbie Dome. The meet was the first this season for LC on a flat track, compared to the banked version at The Podium in Spokane. The larger, flat track is similar to the venue where nationals will be held in South Dakota. 

LC State continues the season at the Whitworth on Saturday. The USTFCCCA will release the first round of indoor track and field rankings on Wednesday. The Warriors have four meets remaining in the regular season before indoor nationals March 2-4.

MEN'S TENNIS

Warrior Track and Field had a standout weekend at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open in Moscow last weekend with six school records, two automatic-qualifying standards and two provisional. Madigan Kelly set a record with all four of her runs (60m hurdles and 60m dash) to earn an A standard in the hurdles, and London Kirk shattered his 400m record to also earn an A mark. Both rank in the top 10 in the NAIA in their events. Christian Bothwell and Caleb Moore each hit the minimum amount of points needed with their performances in the heptathlon, and Bothwell ranked ninth in the NAIA. 

The Warriors competed at the new Lauren McCluskey track in the Kibbie Dome. The meet was the first this season for LC on a flat track, compared to the banked version at The Podium in Spokane. The larger, flat track is similar to the venue where nationals will be held in South Dakota. 

LC State continues the season at the Whitworth on Saturday. The USTFCCCA will release the first round of indoor track and field rankings on Wednesday. The Warriors have four meets remaining in the regular season before indoor nationals March 2-4.