SALEM, Ore. – Kendall Wallace had a productive 13 minutes on the court with a career-high 14 points to help LC State defeat Corban 91-51 on Friday. The LC State Warriors commanded every aspect of the game, including a 30-point third quarter, to complete the season sweep of the Corban Warriors.
"I love a balanced attack offensively and to see five in double digits and to do so efficiently was fantastic," coach
Caelyn Orlandi said. "I thought our offense exploded in the third quarter and it's always great to have 20 assists in a game.
Kendall Wallace shot the ball so well today and she competed so fiercely.
Lindsey Wilson was tough on the boards and did a great job defending the basket. All our players that competed today contributed and it was an excellent team win. I loved our bench production and our ability to force turnovers and turn them into offense."
LC State forced 22 turnovers and capitalized with 28 points off those turnovers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Payton Hymas started the scoring and
Darian Herring and
Ellie Sander helped the LC State Warriors out to a 6-0 lead in the first minute. Steals by
Mataya Green and Sander fueled the baskets, and foul shots by Green made it 8-2 after 90 seconds.
Green, Herring and
Sitara Byrd pushed the margin to 10 points, 14-4, by 5:22 and Byrd used an assist from Herring after an offensive board for a third straight LC State basket to make it 16-4. Free throws by Herring and a jumper by
Camden Barger moved the frame along to a 20-10 LC advantage after 10 minutes.
After two baskets by Corban to start the second quarter,
Grace Beardin answered for LC State with a bucket. Green tallied back-to-back baskets to grow the lead back to double digits (27-17) at 5:26.
Sander hit a 3 and a layup by Wilson had the cushion at 32-21 with 1:47 to play in the half. Green converted two free throws before Sander blocked a shot and took it back for a layup in the final minute to send LC to the locker room with a 36-21 lead.
Sander started the third quarter with a pair of triples before Herring put back an offensive rebound for a 44-23 advantage at 7:18. Byrd took a steal back to the basket and tallies by Green and Herring made it 50-26 by 5:42.
The two teams traded baskets with layups by Byrd and Herring keeping pace with Corban. Byrd and Sander added 3-pointers in the frame, with Sander completing an and-1, to bring the lead to 62-37 at 1:26. Two baskets by Byrd in the final minute had LC State in front 66-37 heading into the final 10 minutes.
Kendall Wallace answered a Corban basket with a 3-pointer to start a massive frame for the freshman. She drained three more to push the score to 82-45 by 5:40, and baskets by
Tessa Karlberg, Wilson and another by Wallace made it 88-45 two minutes later.
Karlberg added three more points before the end of the contest for a 91-51 final score.
STAT RECAP
Sander led the contest with 17 points and Wallace scored a career-high 14. Both hit four 3-pointers. Byrd tallied 15 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the field and Green and Herring each scored 12.
Green and Wilson grabbed eight boards each, Sander had three steals and Herring tallied four assists and three blocks.
LC State shot 50% as a team and held Corban to 38% from the field.
UP NEXT
The Warriors conclude the regular season on Saturday at Bushnell (Ore.) at 3 p.m. LC State will host a quarterfinal matchup of the Cascade Conference Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank, on Feb. 26 in the P1FCU Activity Center.
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