by LEWISTON, Idaho — Kendall Wallace led all scorers with 23 points as LC State rolled past Park-Gilbert 98-52 on Saturday to open the LC State Classic, giving the Warriors their first win of the season. Wallace went 5-for-9 from 3-point range and 4-for-4 at the free-throw line and added six steals in the rout.
LC State jumped on the Bucs from the opening tip. A jumper by Tatum Brager started an 11-0 run that featured baskets from Grace Beardin, Wallace and Kaylee Cordle, and a Wallace 3-pointer sparked another burst that pushed the lead to 23-4. Cordle closed the first quarter at the free-throw line for a 25-9 advantage.
The Warriors kept pouring it on in the second quarter. Brager opened the frame with back-to-back 3-pointers, Lucy Teegarden added a three-point play for a 34-11 margin, and a 12-point stretch made it 43-11 midway through the quarter. Darian Herring sparked a late rally that sent LC State into halftime up 52-20.
It was more of the same after the break. Cordle, Wallace, Brager and Herring opened the second half with a 12-0 run, and the lead reached 68-23 by the middle of the third quarter. LC State carried a 79-32 advantage into the fourth, where Keira O’Neill scored the first six Warrior points and LC State stretched the lead to 89-44 before closing out the 98-52 final.
Brager finished with 15 points on three 3-pointers plus three assists, and Cordle added 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting with four rebounds and two steals. Herring filled the stat sheet with six points, a game-high seven rebounds, five assists, five steals and two blocks, while Madalyn Green added eight points and five rebounds and Kiana Skogstad had nine points and four assists. As a team LC State shot 51.4 percent, forced 30 turnovers and recorded 19 steals while holding Park-Gilbert to 27.8 percent shooting; the loss was the Bucs’ first after a 4-0 start.
LC State is now 1-2. The Warriors wrap up the LC State Classic on Sunday at 3 p.m. PT (5 p.m. CT) against No. 24 Carroll (Mont.) at the P1FCU Activity Center in Lewiston.
