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Feb. 2, 2007 Pioneers Beat Lutes in Northwest Conference Men’s Basketball
TACOMA, Wash. – Lewis & Clark stayed in the hunt for the Northwest Conference men’s basketball regular season title by defeating Pacific Lutheran, 59-55, on Friday night in PLU’s Olson Auditorium. The Pioneers, who won for the seventh time in the past nine games, improved to 8-3 in the Northwest Conference and to 13-6 overall. Pacific Lutheran dropped its fourth straight game and is now 4-8 in the conference and 7-12 overall. Lewis & Clark extended a 25-18 halftime lead to a 12-point advantage, 32-20, on David Berggren’s three-point field goal about 2 ½ minutes into the second half. The visitors from Portland still led by nine points, 51-42, on a pair of free throws by Jeff Christensen with 4:12 remaining in the game. The Lutes battled back with a 13-5 run, highlighted by a trio of three-point baskets by Lawrence Brooks. The final of the treys pulled the Lutes to within a point, 56-55, with 39.6 seconds showing on the clock. Lewis & Clark then held the ball for almost the entirety of the 35-second shot clock before Mark Robinowitz took a pass from Gene Rivera and buried a three-point shot from deep in the left corner, wrapping up the victory. After shooting a horrific 18 percent on 5-of-28 from the field in the opening 20 minutes, it was a surprise that the Lutes were even in the game at the end. What pulled them back into it was 56 percent accuracy on 15-of-27 shooting in the second half. Included in that marksmanship was a 6-of-10 performance from beyond the three-point line. Brooks hit his three late and Kurt Oliver hit three early in the half to keep the Lutes in the game. Robinowitz scored 11 points and Berggren added 10 as eight of the nine Pioneers who played scored in the game. For Pacific Lutheran, Scott McDaniels had another strong game with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Jared Brandeberry grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and scored nine points. - PLU -
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