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13th-Ranked Lewis-Clark State Comes to Town for Championship Game

Posted by Josh Fisher - Mon, Mar 8, 2010 - [ Women's Basketball ] - Viewed 182 times

This Week
The Westminster women's basketball team will host No. 13 Lewis-Clark State in the Frontier Conference Tournament championship game on Tuesday, March 9. No. 9 Westminster plays host to LC State in the championship game for the second consecutive season. The Warriors defeated the Griffins 79-78 in overtime in last season's game. Tuesday's game will tipoff at 7 p.m. in the Behnken Field House.

Westminster enters the game at 26-5 overall and winners of nine straight games. The Griffins are ranked No. 9 in the final NAIA coaches' top 25 poll that was released on March 2. Lewis-Clark State is 27-5 overall and ranked 13th in the poll.

Westminster advanced to the championship game with home wins over Great Falls 75-54 in the opening round and an 89-85 overtime win against Carroll in the semi-finals. LC State defeated Montana Western in the opening round 69-39 and then knocked off Montana Tech 89-75 in the semi-finals.

The Griffins are second in the tournament in scoring at 79 points per game while shooting 47.8% from the floor. Westminster leads the nation in field goal percentage at 49.1% and three point percentage at 40.9% for the entire season. They also rank third nationally with 285 makes from beyond the arc and are fourth in assists at 17.9 per game.

McKenzie Jessop leads the team in scoring and ranks fourth in the conference at 14.1 points per game. She also leads the conference in field goal percentage at 56.1% and steals at 3.2 per game while ranking second from the foul line at 83.6%.

Dani Evans leads the tournament in scoring at 22 points per game. Evans has scored 22 points in each game to set a a new career high. She made four triples against Great Falls and then went 8-of-10 at the foul line against Carroll. She also matched a career high with 11 rebounds against UGF.

Against Lewis-Clark State
Westminster and Lewis-Clark State split two games during the regular season with each winning on its home floor. LC State handed the Griffins a 56-43 loss in Lewiston on January 30. Westminster escaped with an 82-77 win in Salt Lake City on February 27. Westminster is just 6-20 all-time against LC State, but they have won four of the last six meetings.

Live Media
There will be Live Stats and Live Video of the game on Tuesday. The Live Video feed is $3 and features just video, NO audio. Live Stats are available at no charge. Fans can access these features by visiting westminstergriffins.com.

2010 Division I Women's Basketball National Championship
The 32-team field for 2010 Division I Women's Basketball National Championship will be released live by College Fanz on Wednesday, March 10 at 3 p.m. MT on collegefanz.com. The tournament gets underway on Wednesday, March 17 with eight of the 16 opening round games. The second set of opening round games are scheduled for Thursday, March 18. The action continues through the championship game on Tuesday, March 23. All games will be played in Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.