Pioneers Roar Back, Beat Bucs
In 48 hours, Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy caught the bad guys. In 48 hours this weekend, the Whitworth Pirates men’s basketball team got caught.
On the brink of the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges regular-season championship, the Pirates finished the season in third place. They lost to Lewis & Clark 73-66 Saturday night at Portland.
The Pirates (7-5, 18-9) finish behind the Pioneers (8-4, 14-13) and Willamette (8-4, 16-10).
Lewis & Clark wins the NCIC because it swept the season series from Willamette.
As the third-place seed for the postseason conference tournament, the Pirates will play at Willamette on Wednesday at Salem, Ore.
In Saturday night’s contest, the Pirates held a 40-33 lead at the half. They then extended the lead to 50-39 with 15 minutes left. But after a Lewis & Clark timeout, the Pioneers went on a 21-8 run.
The spurt covered 9 minutes, with Lewis & Clark taking the lead for good, 60-58, after a basket by the NCIC’s leading scorer Dinari Foreman.
“They turned it up,” Whitworth coach Warren Friedrichs said. “They had the crowd going - it was tough.”
Lewis & Clark 73, Whitworth 66 WHITWORTH (7-5, 18-9)
Wickers 5-14 2-2 14, Weston 1-2 0-0 3, Vargas 1-4 0-0 2, Stern 3-15 0-1 6, Arkills 2-5 0-0 5, Beckman 2-4 0-0 6, Wright 5-8 1-2 11, Palmer 2-5 2-2 7, Dunham 5-9 2-2 12. Totals 26-66 7-9 66.Memo: 1993-94Greg Stern, Chad McGuire, John Adams, Chad Reeves, Jason Hull, Jason Gillam, Jeff Arkills, John Beckman, Kevin Wright, Gabe Jones, James Klassen, Jeff Palmer, Nate Dunham.
LEWIS & CLARK (8-4, 14-13)
Nicholson 2-4 1-5 5, Foreman 7-16 7-11 21, Brake 3-7 6-10 12, Meek 3-6 0-0 6, Lam 3-9 6-6 13, Crew 0-2 1-2 1, Gonzales 4-4 0-0 11, Schreck 0-0 0-0 0, Flowers 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 24-51 21-34 73.
Halftime - Whitworth 40, Lewis and Clark College 33. 3-Point goals - Whitworth 7-25 (Dunham 0-1, Arkills 1-1, Stern 0-7, Wickers 2-7, Weston 1-1, Vargas 0-1, Beckman 2-3, Palmer 1-4), Lewis and Clark College 4-15 (Foreman 0-4, Meek 0-2, Lam 1-4, Crew 0-2, Gonzales 3-3). Total fouls - Whitworth 23, Lewis and Clark College 13. Rebounds - Whitworth 43 (Dunham 10), Lewis and Clark College 31 (Nicholson 8). Assists - Whitworth 16 (Stern 6), Lewis and Clark College 14 (Foreman and Lam 4 each). Fouled out - Wright. Technicals - none. Attendance - 1200.