COLLEGE PLACE, WA – Every Warrior in Tuesday’s contest scored and grabbed a rebound as LC State Men’s Basketball opened the week with a 79-64 victory at Walla Walla (Wash.). Brandon Suber led the Warriors in scoring for the second straight contest with 15 points off the bench.
“Good road win for the guys,” coach Austin Johnson said. “Wasn’t pretty, but we kept attacking and getting to the rim in the second half which helped stop WWU’s run. We had some really good individual performances defensively and our guys really moved the ball side to side offensively which has been an emphasis. We’ll move on and prep for a very talented Warner Pacific team.”
The victory improves the LC State record to 8-3 overall and 2-1 in Cascade Conference play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Peyton Nordland and Jamare’ Childs scored back-to-back baskets to start the contest and a pair of 3-pointers by Dylan Skaife and Dallon Morgan had the lead at 15-9 at 14:49. Skaife added two more triples for a 23-13 margin at 11:08.
Both teams struggled to find the basket for a five-minute span before Grayson Hunt kickstarted the LC State offense with pair of baskets. A triple by Skaife was followed by a basket by Nordland, and back-to-back buckets by Josh Salgeruo had the score at 41-25 with 1:08 left in the half. LC State led 41-27 at the break.
Walla Walla scored the first 10 points of the second half before Hunt ended the run with free throws at 16:27. Another Wolf basket cut the margin to 43-39 but Morgan and Brandon Suber kept the Warriors in front, 47-39, at 14:35.
Nordland, Suber and Skaife picked up the scoring pace for LC State and Salguero netted a free throw to push the lead back to double digits at 11:08. Trevor Manning drained a 3-pointer midway through the half to increase the lead to 58-45.
Suber, Hunt and Manning combined for a 12-5 run to grow the advantage to 69-51 with 4:26 left in the game. Hunt, Manning and Elijah Kersey matched Walla Walla baskets in the final minutes and free throws by Morgan closed out the contest.
STAT RECAP
Suber led the Warriors with 15 points on a 6-for-10 night from the field to go with three boards, two assists and two steals. Skaife added 14 points with four 3-pointers and three assists.
Nordland and Hunt each tallied 11 points and Hunt grabbed six rebounds. Morgan finished his night with 10 points and a game-high seven boards. Childs had three assists and three steals.
LC State shot 47.7% from the field and forced 16 WWU turnovers.
UP NEXT
LC State closes out the 2025 portion of the schedule on Saturday at Warner Pacific (Ore.) at 5 p.m.
