PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College men's basketball never trailed and held the lead for 39:14 on their way to a 96-59 non-conference victory over Northwest Indian College in Pamplin Sports Center on Tuesday evening.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 96, Portland Bible 59
(Lewis & Clark 5-4, 1-1 NWC)
(Northwest Indian 2-9)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Five juniors scored in double figures, led by
Nate Berg, who recorded his first career double-double with an NCAA career-high of 14 points and a collegiate-high of 16 rebounds.
Mikey Medlock Jr. (13),
Griffin Datcher IV (12),
Sam Henderson (10) and
Isaac Ticeson (10) were the remaining juniors with double-digit point totals.
Senior
Nikko Echalas scored six points with four rebounds, three assists and a steal. The Pioneers outscored the Eagles by 29 points during the 17 minutes Echalas was on the floor.
Sebastian DePrez,
Sidney Jones, and
Amos Hodgson IV each scored five points for Lewis & Clark off the bench. DePrez pulled down five rebounds and added a steal. Jones grabbed four boards with two assists and a block. Hodgson was 2-2 from the charity strip and added an assist in his third game of the season.
Echalas grabbed a defensive board, then made a great alley-oop pass to Datcher IV for the finish, putting the Pios up 11-2 and forcing an Eagle timeout less than three minutes into the game. Ticeson grabbed a steal and scored his first of five baskets immediately after the timeout to keep the momentum going. The junior finished a perfect 5-for-5 in the game. Junior
Nik Berry found DePrez in the paint just over the eight-minute mark to give Lewis & Clark a 35-12 lead, their largest of the half.
Medlock, Jr. drew a foul on a three-point attempt less than two minutes into the second half and hit all three free throws to put Lewis & Clark up by 28 points. Two and half minutes later, the junior found Datcher IV in the key, who finished with a two-handed dunk to go up 63-33. Sophomore
Taien Jackson hit a layup at 13:19 for a 31-point advantage, and the Pioneers' lead never dropped below 30 the rest of the game. Fellow sophomore
TJ Muhammad pushed the lead to 71-39 on a pair of made free throws with 11:05 left in the game.
Jones hit a three-point shot off an assist from sophomore
Kody Uyesugi just under the nine-minute point to go up 79-41. After the game's final media timeout, Lewis & Clark was on the verge of pushing their lead to 40 points as freshman
Steven Keene hit back-to-back field goals to go up by 37. Jones hit a layup with two minutes left to extend the lead to 39; then senior
Roderick O'Neal sank two free throws at 1:30 for a 93-54 advantage. Hodgson IV gave the Pioneers their largest game lead, though, as he hit a three-pointer off a pass from Jones with 53 seconds before the final horn.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Berg's 16 rebounds are tied for the second most boards in a game in the Northwest Conference this season.
- For the second game this season Ticeson finished perfect form the field. In the last two games he shot 90% (9-for-10) and is hitting a team leading 66.7% of his field goals.
- Lewis & Clark out rebounded Northwest Indian 57-33 for their highest rebound differential (+24) of the season.
- The Pioneers improved to 8-0 against the Eagles and were held below the century mark for only the third time in the series history. They held the Eagles below 60 points for the third time since the two teams began playing in 2013.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark has nine days off for finals before traveling to the Hoops In Hawaii basketball tournament in Honolulu. They play Knox college at 1:00 p.m. Hawaii / 3:00 Pacific time next Thursday.
