PORTLAND, Ore. – With only a day of practice under their belt due to winter weather and a campus closure at Lewis & Clark College the men's basketball hosted Pacific University on Saturday evening in a Northwest Conference matchup that saw the Boxers emerge with a 77-63 win over the Pioneers.   
 
THE BASICS
 
Pacific 77, Lewis & Clark 63
(Lewis & Clark 5-11, 1-6 NWC)
(Pacific 9-8, 3-5 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Junior Sam Henderson and sophomore Kody Uyesugi finished with 13 points apiece, and both hit two threes each to lead the Pioneers in scoring.
 
Henderson scored back-to-back layups early in the game to give Lewis & Clark an 8-5 lead, and he scored 10 of his 13 points in the first half.
 
Junior Isaac Ticeson (10 points) scored his first basket of the game to make it 10-7 on a second-chance layup just over six minutes into the game. Pacific quickly tied the game at 10 when Lucas Winkler his the first of his game-high five treys seconds later. Lewis & Clark junior Nate Berg (6 points) made two consecutive field goals to give the Pioneers their largest lead of the game, 14-10, at 12:53. Four minutes later, sophomore TJ Muhammad would equal that lead for Lewis & Clark, hitting two of four free throws in a span of four seconds for a 21-17 lead.
 
The Boxers went on a 16-0 run over the next 4:30 minutes to take control of the game and a 33-21 lead. A free throw by junior Griffin Datcher IV (9 points) would start a 6-0 Pioneer run. Uyesugi nailed his first three of the game, then grabbed a defensive rebound on the opposite end of the floor. Junior Mikey Medlock Jr. (4 points, 5 assists) then found Sebastian DePrez down low. The junior big man threw down the dunk to pull the Pioneers within 33-27. DePrez finished with six points and a team-high eight rebounds. Henderson hit a trey with a little over a minute to go to pull within 35-30, but Pacific responded with a three of their own to take a 38-30 halftime lead. Winkler scored 21 of his game-high 34 points in the first half for the Boxers.
 
Uyesugi pulled Lewis & Clark within five, 51-46, with 13:39 to go in the game, but the Pioneers would get no closer. Uyesugi scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half.    
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• Lewis & Clark outscored Pacific in the paint 38-22.
• Ticeson, Berg, and Henderson led the Pioneers with two blocks each. Muhammad and Datcher IV added one apiece as the Pioneers blocked eight Boxer shots.
• DePrez led all players with eight rebounds, including five offensive boards.
• The Boxers shot 52% (13-25) from three compared to 22.2% (4-18) for the Pioneers.

WHO'S NEXT
 
Lewis & Clark hosts Willamette University on Monday at 8 p.m. in a game that was rescheduled from Friday due to the winter weather conditions.