WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The No. 19 Warrior women (16-4, 10-4) swept the weekend at home with victories over Evergreen State (Wash.) and Northwest (Wash.) and will look to carry the momentum into contests against Warner Pacific (Ore). (7-13, 4-10) and Multnomah (Ore.) (6-14, 4-10).
Happy Day is the sponsor of Friday’s games and Elementary School Night, and St. Joesph Regional Medical Center is the sponsor on Saturday.
LC State is 14-0 against the Knights since 2005 and defeated WPU 83-38 earlier this season. The Warrior defense held Warner Pacific to just 20.8% shooting from the field on 10 field goals. Ellie Sander led the contest with 14 points and Mataya Green added 10.
The Warriors are 9-0 when playing Multnomah since 2015 and defeated the Lions 78-70 in Portland this season. Sander tallied 16 points, Green added 14 with 11 rebounds and Darian Herring and Tatum Brager each scored 13 to help LC State overcome 31 points from Multnomah’s Reya Lee. She hit nine 3-pointers in the contest. The game on Saturday will mark the final meeting between the two programs as Multnomah announced that it will close at the end of the academic year.
Multnomah is second in the CCC in free throw percentage (.744) and third in 3-point field goal percentage (.332). The Lions lead in 3-pointers made per game (8.7). Jersey Huerta leads the conference in scoring (19.6) and is third in free throw percentage (.838). Gracie Browning is second in free throw percentage (.840) and Makayla Torkornoo is tied for the CCC lead in 3-pointers made with 54.
LC State leads the Cascade in blocked shots per game (5.1), assists per game (18.3), steals per game (13.6) and turnover margin (8.30). The Warriors are second in scoring offense (76.2), scoring defense (55.4), scoring margin (20.8) and field goal percentage (.482). Sander leads individually in steals per game (2.9) and Sitara Byrd is fourth (2.6), while Herring leads in total blocked shots (56).
Sander is fourth in the conference in scoring (14.3). Green is second in field goal percentage (.577) with Herring third (.568) and Sander in fourth (.559). Herring is third in assists per game (4.0).
Tickets and streaming passes for this weekend’s contests are on sale now on lcwarriors.com. The games will be live streamed on the Warrior Sports Network and broadcast on KOZE.