| LEWISTON, Idaho – Lewis-Clark State Men’s Basketball, receiving votes in the NAIA poll, earned its first victory of the season with a 103-57 win over Northwest Indian College on Wednesday. The Warriors had 55 points off the bench in a contest where every player scored, highlighted by the freshmen duo of Carter Hansen and Jaaziel Pierce.
Hansen led the contest with 20 points including four 3-pointers while Pierce grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds in their collegiate debut.
“A lot of positives tonight for our guys,” head coach Austin Johnson said. “We got contributions up and down our roster. Brandon (Suber) helped set the tone with his point guard play. It was good to see Dylan (Skaife) hit some early 3-pointers and I thought Carter and Trevor (Manning) were a big boost off the bench. We will keep working to improve and get ready for a big road trip next week.”
HOW IT HAPPENED
Dylan Skaife scored the first five points of the game to get the LC State offense going before buckets by Brandon Suber and John Lustig stretched the advantage to 13-9 at 15:11. Hansen’s first collegiate basket capped a short run for a 15-9 lead at 14:48.
A pair of free throws by Suber and back-to-back layups by Trevor Manning gave the Warriors a 14-point margin, 33-19, by 7:31 before a triple by Jamare’ Childs started a run of 10 points with contributions from Elijah Kersey and Lustig. LC State led 43-22 with 4:53 to play in the first half.
Hansen struck for five straight points in the final two minutes before a bucket by Suber ended the first half with the Warriors in front 54-33.
Suber’s basket to close the first half fed into a 9-0 scoring stretch that was capped by a 3-pointer by Skaife at 18:13 in the second frame. A triple by Childs at 16:16 put LC State in front by 30 points, 66-36. Manning hit a 3 before a basket by Kersey started a nine-point run that ended with a 3-pointer by Hansen to make it 80-40 with 12:02 to play.
Hansen and Manning went back-to-back from 3-point range before Mateen Usui and Pierce joined the scoring for a 92-48 advantage at 6:45. Manning, Hansen and Pierce added to the total in the 103-57 victory.
STAT RECAP
Hansen led the contest with 20 points on 7-for-9 shooting including 4-for-6 from 3-point range. Suber added 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting and Lustig went 5-for-6 from the field with 14 points. Manning added 13 points with three triples and Skaife tallied 11 with three 3-pointers.
Pierce led the defense with 12 rebounds while Lustig and Josh Salguero each grabbed six. Suber dished out a game-high six assists and Manning had three steals.
LC State shot 54.4% as a team and 40.6% from the 3-point line with 13 made 3s. The Warriors outrebounded NWIC 53-27.
UP NEXT
LC State hits the road for Montana Tech’s fall tournament on Nov. 7-8. The Warriors will face Montana Western and No. 11 Montana Tech in Butte.
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