DANCE

Warrior Dance kicks off its inaugural season on Friday with a pair of competitions in Fremont, Neb. LC State will compete in the Midland Invitational before a tri-meet with Midland (Neb.) and Hope International (Calif.).

A full preview of the season will be available later this week.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The No. 7 Warrior women (15-2, 11-1) cruised through the weekend in Portland with a 95-73 win over Warner Pacific and 97-66 victory over Multnomah. Callie Stevens and Ellie Sander combined for 65 points against WPU for the most points by a duo in program history. Stevens tallied a career-high 38 points against WPU to pair with Sander’s 27. Freshman Tatum Brager stepped up with a career-best 21 points against Multnomah. The Warriors wrap up the road swing this weekend at Evergreen State (4-9, 4-7) and Northwest (3-14, 3-8). 

“Our team is looking forward to the second half of our conference season,” Head Coach Caelyn Orlandi said. “We haven’t seen Northwest and Evergreen since the first of December and we will face two improved teams. I am very impressed with our team’s relentless work ethic and love for sharing the basketball. We continue to improve every game and every practice.”

LC State is 6-0 against TESC dating back to 2006 and won the matchup in December 74-45. Sander scored 20 points to lead the Warriors in the contest and Sitara Byrd had six steals. Jalyn Sackrider and Abby Mundy each scored eight points for Evergreen. The Geoducks’ Jenna Glenzel leads the conference in steals per game (3.0) and Sackrider is second in blocked shots per game (1.9).

The Warriors are 8-3 against Northwest since 2003 and edged the Eagles 79-73 in November. Sander and Maddie Holm each scored 15 points, while Byrd and Stevens each added 13. Northwest’s Maya DuChesne led the contest with 26 points and is second in the CCC in minutes played per game (36.7).

The Warriors lead the Cascade Conference in scoring (76.9), field goal percentage (.462), 3-point field goal percentage (.346), assists per game (18.6), steals per game (11.6), turnover margin (3.82) and assist/turnover ratio (1.4). Sander leads the CCC in assists per game (3.9) and 3-point field goal percentage (.417) and is second in field goal percentage (.531). Stevens is second in 3-pointers made per game (2.9) and third in 3-point percentage (.403). Freshman Darian Herring is second in the CCC in blocked shots (30).

MEN'S BASKETBALL

The LC State Men’s Basketball team wrapped up another dominating weekend with a 93-78 win over Warner Pacific and 82-50 victory against Multnomah. Sam Stockton had a strong weekend across the board with 10 points, 11.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game. The road trip continues this weekend against Evergreen State and Northwest.

The Warriors are 14-6 against TESC since 2002 and defeated the Geoducks 85-60 earlier this season. Jaedon Bradley led the contest with 21 points and Anthony Peoples Jr. notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Tyler Williford led TESC with 15 points.

LC is 4-4 against Northwest since 2002 and evened the score with an 83-72 win in November. Bradley led LC with 19 points and Davian Brown tallied 18. Lewis Pope led NU with 19 points and Luke Howard scored 13. Northwest’s Howard is third in the conference in scoring (17.2).

LC State leads the CCC in free throw percentage (.753) and is second in scoring defense (69.0), scoring margin (11.6), field goal percentage defense (.417), 3-point percentage defense (.296), rebounding (39.4), rebounding defense (32.9), rebounding margin (6.5) and blocked shots per game (3.7). Quentin Raynor leads the conference in 3-pointers made per game (2.7) and Bradley leads in total 3-pointers (47).

TRACK & FIELD

Warrior Track and Field had a successful weekend in Moscow with nine national marks and numerous school records. With just two meets under their belts, there is still much to be done at the coming meets. LC State heads to Spokane this weekend for the Inland Northwest Invitational.

“After what was supposed to be just a ‘rust buster’ weekend, we are already looking forward to returning to The Podium,” Head Coach Mike Collins said. “The athletes should be pretty motivated and now with some more specific goals on the board, we will hopefully see some additional good marks this weekend. Right now, biggest challenge will likely be Mother Nature as a flood has made our practice facility unusable. But I have faith in my coaches and athletes to be creative and we will make this a positive, rather than a negative.”

Geraldin Correa (800m), Madigan Kelly (60m hurdles), Jennah Carpenter (high jump) and Sydnie Zywina (triple jump) all hit automatic marks at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open over the weekend. Emily Collins (400m), Carter Gordon (600m), Zywina (long jump) and Trenton Johnson (triple jump) all hit provisional marks and will look to improve on those this weekend. 

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