PORTLAND, Ore. –Lewis & Clark College women's basketball outscored the University of Puget Sound 34-31 in the second half on Friday in Pamplin Sports Center, but it wasn't enough to erase an 18-point first-half deficit, as the Loggers moved into second place in the Northwest Conference with a 75-60 win.    
 
THE BASICS
 
Puget Sound 75, Lewis & Clark 60
(Lewis & Clark 4-17, 2-11 NWC)
(Puget Sound 16-6, 10-3 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Lewis & Clark came out for warmups wearing "This Game Is No Secret" on the front of their warmups to raise awareness for one of ERACISM's initiatives. ERACISM established the "This Game is No Secret" event to bring awareness to Coach John McLendon, who organized a game in the Jim Crow South between his all-black North Carolina College Eagles and the all-white Duke Blue Devils 80 years ago this year. The Eagles easily defeated the Blue Devils 88-44 in a secret Sunday morning game on March 12, 1944.   
 
Seniors Jamison Richards and Natalie Elstone led the Pioneers in double figures with 18 and 13 points, respectively. Richards led the team in scoring for the second consecutive game, shooting 7-15 from the floor with two threes and a perfect 2-2 from the free throw line. They had three rebounds, three assists and two steals. Elstone sank three from beyond the arc (3-6), adding five rebounds and a steal. She broke into double-digit scoring for the first time since the NWC opener on December 1. 
 
Puget Sound broke open a 7-7 tie at 4:12 in the first quarter to take a 19-12 lead after one and a 44-26 lead at the half. Richards scored 14 of their 18 points in the first 20 minutes of the game. 
 
Elstone and fellow senior Charlotte Carroll combined for 10 of the Pioneer's 16 third-quarter points. Carroll finished with seven points and a game-high ten rebounds. Lewis & Clark pulled within 55-42 after the third quarter. 
 
Despite cutting the deficit to nine (60-51) early in the final period, the Pioneers would get no closer.
 
Freshman Lauryn Frederickson finished third on the team with nine points and had five rebounds.
 
Throughout Friday's doubleheader, Lewis & Clark raised money for Harper's Playground, a local non-profit organization that is on a mission to create inclusive playgrounds where people of all ages and abilities are invited to play together. All support from tonight's contest will help Harper's Playground inspire global communities to build playgrounds that use storytelling, consulting, and unique design principles to create playful nature-scapes where people of all ages and abilities find belonging and social connection through play.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Lewis & Clark out rebounded Puget Sound 36-28 despite the Loggers having four players 6-0 or taller on their roster, compared to only two for the Pioneers. 
• Freshman Kaela Guidry went 3-5 from the floor for six points with three rebounds. 
• Senior Karli Mukai and freshman Madilyn Palosi led the team with four assists each. 

WHO'S NEXT

The Pioneers will host Pacific Lutheran on Saturday at 4 p.m. in their final home game of the season. The team will honor its five seniors, Ashley Young, Carroll, Elstone, Mukai and Richards about ten minutes before the game.