Women’s basketball

> Rocky Mountain at LCSC

Tipoff: 6 p.m. tonight, Activity Center, Lewiston

Records: Rocky Mountain 5-11 overall, 3-0 Frontier Conference; LCSC 17-3 overall, 3-1 Frontier Conference

Players: Tana Stewart and Molly Schenderline, both 5-foot-10 guards, average just over 11 points apiece to lead the Bears. L-C sophomore Jasmine Stohr leads the Warriors at 14.8 points and senior Nikki DePeel is putting up 10.7 points a contest.

Game themes: Coming off of its first loss to Montana Tech in over a decade, No. 12 L-C is looking to bounce back against an early sleeper in Rocky Mountain. The Bears, who started with a 2-11 record, have beaten teams when it counts with wins over Montana Western, Montana Tech and Carroll. For L-C tonight will be a test of resiliency. For Rocky Mountain, a win over the Warriors would prove its early conference wins weren’t a flash in the pan.

Men’s Basketball

> Rocky Mountain at LCSC

Tipoff: 8 p.m. tonight, Activity Center, Lewiston

Records: Rocky Mountain 8-10 overall, 3-0 Frontier Conference; LCSC 11-7 overall, 2-2 Frontier Conference

Players: Nate Richardson, 5-foot-6 jackrabbit, leads Rocky Mountain at 17.11 points and a league-best six assists per game. Three other Bears are also scoring in double figures. LCSC junior Markus Monroe still leads the FC in scoring at just over 19 points a game and senior forward Tanner McIntosh is putting up 11.67 per outing.

Game themes: After starting off the season with a subpar 3-10 mark, the defending national champion Bears have won five straight and are the only unblemished squad in the FC standings. Rocky is hoisting 25 3-point attempts a game and is holding teams to 67 points a night in conference play. L-C is coming off a win at Montana Tech. The Warriors, who’ve struggled guarding the perimeter, will need to limit turnovers against a team that takes advantage of most possessions. The return of senior Daniel Williams, who is third in scoring and tops in assists, should boost the Warriors’ chances.

Here’s a game capsule for Lewis-Clark State at Western along with a few good links around the Frontier Conference.

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I was a day late getting this thread up. My apologies.

• No.11 Lewis-Clark State’s women used a 17-2 second-half run to down Montana State-Northern and start 2-0 in FC play, while the L-C men couldn’t overcome the Lights’ torrid shooting to drop to 1-1 conference . Click here for my story on the women and here for the men.
• The Helena Independent Record has a game story on Montana-Western’s win over Carroll  here and the Saints women’s win over the Bulldogs here.

I couldn’t attain links from the Westminster-Great Falls or Rocky Mountain-Montana Tech tilts.

FRONTIER CONFERENCE SCOREBOARD FOR SATURDAY

MEN

Rocky Mountain 84, Montana Tech 66

Montana Tech (7-11, 0-2) — Kellen Hasquet 4-11 0-0 9, Shawn Brooks 1-1  1-1 3, Dirk Anderson 8-13 0-0 16, Dean Colbray 5-11 3-5 16, AJ Paine 2-6 0-0 5, Josh Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Cole Conway 0-0 0-0 0, Brian Davison 6-12 0-0 17, Ivan Sljivar 0-0 0-0 0, Eric Schippers 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 26-54 4-6 66. Three-point goals: 10-25 (Hasquet 1-6, Colbray 3-7, Paine 1-2, Davison 5-10). Rebounds: 25 (Anderson 10). Assists: 17 (three with four). Steals: 2 (Hasquet, Paine). Blocks: 1 (Hasquet).

Rocky Mountain College (7-10, 2-0) — Theo Jackson 1-6 0-0 2, Anthony Allen 7-9 2-2 16, Nate Richardson 11-18 0-0 25, Orlandor Westbrooks 2-5 3-4 9, EJ Ross 6-14 0-0 16, DeAnthony Holmes 4-4 1-3 9, Elvis Old Bull Jr. 1-2  0-0 2, Phillip Barndt 1-1 0-0 3, Chawn Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Kale Eike 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Neumann 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Strecker 0-0 0-0 0, Evan Hopkins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 34-61 6-9 84. Three-point goals: 10-18 (Allen 0-1, Richardson 3-5, Westbrooks 2-4, Ross 4-7, Barndt 1-1). Rebounds: 34 (Allen 7). Assists: 18 (Richardson 11). Steals: 8 (Ross 2, Westbrooks 2). Blocks: 2 (Allen, Barndt).

Halftime — Rocky 42, Montana Tech 32

Montana Western 79, Carroll 65

Montana Western — Brandon Lawson 8, Garrett Fink 5, Grant Fink 2, Layne Glaus 3, Terry Hauser 17, Brandon Brown 12, Tyler Hurley 3, Cody Thueringer 12, JaRon Brown 17.

Carroll College — Ben Cutler 5, Casey Rogers 6, Chase Godecke 4, Andy Garland 20, Chris Medina 20, Jordan Reyes 4, Daniel Pearson 6.

Halftime — UM Western 36, Carroll 31.

Westminster 81, Great Falls 54

University of Great Falls (4-12, 0-2) — Lukas Hambsch 1, Marko Lakic 4, Mark Celaya 2, JayTee Tarpley 12, Dyston Madsen 11, Cody Idol 3, Jesse Corbett 3, Matt Niemeyer 4, Trevor Fehr 3, Tom Donnelly 2, Norman Towns 9.

Westminster (12-4, 2-0) — Blair Prowse 25, Weston Anderson 11, Jeramie Hopson 8, Ben Walker 15, Conner Nielsen 9, Michael Stockton 2, Brand

WOMEN

Rocky Mountain 79, Montana Tech 71

Montana Tech (11-3, 1-1) — Jessie Depell 7-19 3-4 20, Dannii Devenny 5-6 0-0 12, Lindsie Wilson 4-12 2-3 10, Taesha Higbee 2-8 5-8 9, Tabitha Tomlinson 0-3 0-0 0, Jenessa Todd 0-3 1-2 1, Brittney Leibenguth 0-0 0-0 0, Amanda Krieg 1-3 2-2 5, Brianne McClafferty 1-3 0-0 2, Callie Daly 0-1 0-0 0, Brooke Porkorny 2-3 4-4 10, Brittanie Toone 1-2 0-0 2, Erika Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 23-63, 17-23, 71. 3-point goals: 8-22 (Depell 3-11, Devenny 2-3, Higbee 0-1, Tomlinson 0-1, Krieg 1-2, McClafferty 0-1, Porkorny 2-2, Toone 0-1). Rebounds: 42 (Higbee 11). Assists: 12 (Depell 3, Devenny 3). Steals: 11 (Higbee 4). Blocks: 8 (Higbee 4). Fouls: 26. Fouled out: Devenny. Turnovers: 26.

Rocky Mountain College (4-11, 2-0) — Molly Schenderline 4-9 2-3 11, Adrienne Green 7-11 4-6 18, Kalli McCloskey 1-5 6-10 8, Shannon Hildreth 4-8 4-6 13, Tana Stewart 5-14 2-2 13, Haleigh Crnkovich 1-2 3-4 5, Jennifer Orchard 2-8 0-1 5, Aynslee Stuart 0-1 0-0 0, Breanna Todd 0-0 0-0 0, Laura Beach 3-4 0-2 6. Totals: 27-62, 21-34, 79. 3-point goals: 4-16 (Schenderline 1-3, McCloskey 0-2, Hildreth 1-2, Stewart 1-4, Crnkovich 0-1, Orchard 1-4). Rebounds: 46 (Green 8). Assists: 22 (McCLoskey 5). Steals: 13 (McCloskey 3, Stewart 3). Blocks: 2 (Green, Beach). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Green. Turnovers: 22.

Halftime — Rocky 38, Montana Tech 30.

Carroll 71, Montana Western 57

Montana Western (4-11, 0-2) – Nicole Tams 9, Alecia Wilson 4, Laura Geis 8, Chole Mosey 8, Jamie Lake 18, Kristen Luedtke 6, Heather Brooks 4.

Carroll (10-7, 1-1) – Jeni Guertin 2, Kelsi Brekke 17, Alex Dunn 5, Jill Jagelski 4, Elly Bruursema 20, Nikki Mills  3, Sara Meyer 4, Cassie Scheffelmaier 12, Hannah Heidenreich 4.

Halftime — Carroll 36, Western 15.

Westminster 84, Great Falls 54

University of Great Falls (3-11, 0-2) — Gentry McKenzie 8, Christina Brennan 3, Marissa Skogen 8, Kassie Holmlund 5, Kirilynn Winkler 14, Shorty Ramos 5, Stasia Holden 4, Corinna Van Hurston 2, Katie Wright 5.

Westminster (13-4, 2-0) —Nicole Yazzie 13, Keshia Catten 17, McKenzie Jessop 15, Allie Eastman 10, Angela Fales 5, Dani Evans 13, Candace Smith 2, Olivia Pierce-Eiselein 5, Heather Anderson 4.

Halftime — Westminster 48, Great Falls 27.

Here’s a brief game preview and quotes from Montana State-Northern head coaches Shawn Huse and Chris Mouat.

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• L-C swept away Great Falls on Thursday night at the Activity Center to start off FC play on the right foot. Click here for my women’s story and here for my men’s story. Tribune photog Steve Hanks also put together a slideshow of the men’s game.
• Host Rocky Mountain College made a clean sweep of Montana-Western here
• The Montana Tech women garnered their first win at Carroll College in 15 years here, and the Carroll men stymied the Orediggers here.
• The Frontier Conference website reports a Westminster sweep of MSU-Northern in Salt Lake City here.
• Consider this a day late, but George Ferguson of the Havre Daily News gives a FC preview for the MSU-N Lights and Skylights.  Click here to check it out.

THURSDAY SCORES

Men

Lewis-Clark State  76, University of Great Falls 68

Rocky Mountain 84, Montana-Western 78

Carroll 69, Montana Tech 59

No. 12 Westminster 65, MSU-Northern 48

Women

No.11 Lewis-Clark State 78, University of Great Falls 50

No.19 Westminster 68, MSU-Northern 50

Montana Tech 60, Carroll 58

Rocky Mountain 66, Montana-Western 63

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