PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College women's basketball controlled the full forty minutes in an 88–47 victory over Walla Walla University as all 15 available players scored on Saturday night in Pamplin Gymnasium.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 88, Walla Walla 47
(Lewis & Clark 2-2)
(Walla Walla 1-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
First-year
Ali McCauley and junior
Madilyn Palosi each hit three three-pointers and finished with 11 points. The pair combined for 11 rebounds. Junior
Divinity Singleton added 10 points and four rebounds on 5-for-6 shooting.
Junior
Lauryn Frederickson led Lewis & Clark with eight rebounds and recorded five points. She was joined at five points by junior
DJ Kendrick and first-year
Ky Roussin. Frederickson also finished second on the team with four assists.
Lewis & Clark broke the game open with the first 22 points of the contest. The night began with two free throws from Frederickson following a pregame administrative technical foul against Walla Walla. After a quick 7-0 start, the River Otters hit five threes in the opening quarter. First-year guard
Hailey Perez made two of them. First-year guard
Lilly Jordan hit another from the left wing to push the lead to 16-0 at the 6:06 mark. Frederickson and Palosi added late threes as Lewis & Clark took a 26-4 lead into the second.
Junior
Kaela Guidry opened the second quarter with two inside baskets, and sophomore guard
Kaitlen Carns made it 32-4 with a drive at 8:31. Singleton added a second-chance layup at the seven-minute mark. Lewis & Clark rotated through its full lineup and built a 43-16 halftime lead while holding a 12-2 edge on the offensive glass. Walla Walla shot 2-for-15 in the first quarter and 5-for-17 in the second.
The steady pace continued in the third. The River Otters scored eight points in the first five minutes, including threes from Palosi on the right wing and straight on. McCauley hit two more threes, Singleton made a hook shot and junior
Isabella Bernard buried a pull-up jumper to stretch the margin to 33 with 55 seconds left. Lewis & Clark entered the fourth ahead 64-33 after a 21-17 quarter.
First-year
Kinnedy Scott scored her first collegiate basket on a driving layup at 8:46 of the fourth. She added a putback 27 seconds later and finished tied for second on the team with six rebounds.
With just under three minutes left, Roussin stripped the ball and led a three-on-three break. She found senior
Madelyn Sanchez, who sent a touch pass to first-year
Anna Chang for a driving layup and her first collegiate points, giving Lewis & Clark an 86-42 lead with 2:49 remaining.
BY THE NUMBERS
- The 41-point win is Lewis & Clark's largest margin of victory since a 115-45 result against Northwest Indian College on Jan. 9, 2024.
- McCauley went 3-for-4 from three-point range and set a career high with 11 points.
- The 14 made threes are the program's most in 14 seasons. The previous high in that span was 12, reached three times since 2011-12, most recently against Whitworth on Jan. 6, 2023.
- Sanchez led all players with five assists.
- Guidry and Carns each scored eight points.
- Lewis & Clark finished with 57 bench points.
- Bernard and Scott scored four points each. Jordan and Sanchez added three apiece. Senior Tatiana Rebanal and Chang each scored two.
- Lewis & Clark held a 51-30 rebounding advantage with 21 offensive rebounds.
WHAT'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark wraps up a five-game homestand to open the season against Corban University on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in Pamplin Sports Center.
