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Women's Basketball

Lewis & Clark opens weekend with loss

Box Score

FOREST GROVE, Ore. -- A difficult second quarter eventually had the Lewis & Clark Pioneers down by 17 in Friday's 69-56 loss to the Pacific Boxers.

Pacific outscored the Pios, 21-8, in the second period. The loss included a double-double from Delsie Johnson with 22 points and 11 rebounds.

The Pioneers scored half of their points (23) on second-chance opportunities. Johnson had six offensive rebounds, and Gabby Beltran brought in four more of the Pios' 16 total.

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Key Moments

The Boxers (11-3, 5-0 NWC) broke a tie at the beginning of the second quarter by outscoring the Pios, 17-2. Camy Aguinaldo and Brillie Kovaloff combined for 26 of the Boxers' 37 first-half points.

Johnson scored 13 of her 22 in the second half on 5 of 10 shooting. The Pioneers whittled Pacific's halftime lead down to six in the third quarter on a bucket from Johnson, two from Jamison Richards, who finished with 13 points, and a three from Peyton Romo

The Boxers ran the lead back to a game-high 17 with 2:37 left in the third quarter. Lewis & Clark (7-7, 2-3 NWC) led the fourth quarter, 14-13, not enough to overcome the deficit.

Deeper Look

  • Pacific went 14 of 17 from the free-throw line (82.4 percent), the second-best percentage against the Pios this season
  • 56 points is the fewest by the Pios since losing 63-50 to Walla Walla last November
  • The Pios shot 8 of 17 from the free-throw line
  • Johnson's 22 points are tied for the fourth most by a Lewis & Clark individual this season
  • On 6 of 19 shooting, Richards' 13 points were the second most for the Pios
  • Lewis & Clark shot 4 for 14 from the 3-point line
  • Romo went 2 for 4 from deep for eight points and 11 rebounds, her second double-digit rebounding performance of the year
  • Jessica Cerne led Pios' scorers off the bench with five; she went 2 for 2 from the field including one three
  • The win is the seventh straight for the Boxers

Looking Ahead

Lewis & Clark's game on Saturday at Willamette is postponed. The Pios will host Whitworth and Whitman next weekend.

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Players Mentioned

Gabby Beltran

#13 Gabby Beltran

G
5' 7"
Junior
Jessica Cerne

#32 Jessica Cerne

G
5' 8"
Senior
Delsie Johnson

#25 Delsie Johnson

F
6' 0"
Senior
Jamison Richards

#10 Jamison Richards

G
5' 8"
Sophomore
Peyton Romo

#5 Peyton Romo

G
5' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Gabby Beltran

#13 Gabby Beltran

5' 7"
Junior
G
Jessica Cerne

#32 Jessica Cerne

5' 8"
Senior
G
Delsie Johnson

#25 Delsie Johnson

6' 0"
Senior
F
Jamison Richards

#10 Jamison Richards

5' 8"
Sophomore
G
Peyton Romo

#5 Peyton Romo

5' 4"
Senior
G