The Lutes evened their conference record at 1-1 and improved to 3-8 overall. Lewis & Clark is now 4-5 overall, 0-1 in the conference.
Landon Heidenreich and Drew Cardwell both connected from three-point range and Sudon DeSuze made a lay-up as the Lutes took an 8-0 lead with 14:49 left in the first half. The Lutes maintained the lead the rest of the game, turning back several Pioneer rallies. Lewis & Clark got to within three points on four occasions in the second half but the Lutes answered the challenge each time.
Kurt Oliver's jumper with 3:39 left gave the Lutes their biggest lead of the first half at 32-19. Lewis & Clark scored the final seven points of the half to close the margin to 32-26.
The Pioneers whittled the difference to three points, 35-32, with 16:23 left in the game. The Lutes answered with a 12-0 run to go in front 47-32 with 13:09 remaining.
Lewis & Clark battled back and again had the margin down to three, 47-44, with 6:41 to go. Drew Cardwell made two foul shots and DeSuze connected on one-of-two from the line to push the lead back to six. Mark Robinowitz hit a three-pointer to again pull the Pioneers to within three. Cardwell then made a jumper, but Travis Jones sank two free throws for the Pioneers.
Cardwell made a lay-up and Heidenreich hit two free throws to push the lead to seven points, 56-49 with 3:25 left. The Pioneers got the margin back to three, 58-55, on Robinowitz' three-pointer with 2:12 remaining. But Heidenreich and Oliver both scored four points and Cardwell two in a 76 second span to propel the Lutes to a 12 point margin. Robinowitz made a three-pointer with three seconds left for the final margin of victory.
Cardwell scored 18 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, Oliver had 12 points, DeSuze scored 12 points and pulled down 10 boards and Heidenreich finished with 9 points to lead the Lutes. PLU shot 47.1 percent from the field (24-51) including 8-16 from the three point line for the game.
Robinowitz finished with 20 points to pace Lewis & Clark.
Newspaper Box Score Pacific Lutheran vs Lewis & Clark 01/08/05 8:00 p.m. at Portland, Ore. (Pamplin Sports Center) At Portland, Ore. (Pamplin Sports Center) PACIFIC LUTHERAN 68, LEWIS & CLARK 59 PACIFIC LUTHERAN (3-8, 1-1 NWC) Cardwell, Drew 7-9 2-2 18; Oliver, Kurt 4-8 2-2 12; DeSuze, Sudon 5-8 2-4 12; Heidenreich, Landon 2-5 4-6 9; Carstensen, Jake 2-6 2-2 8; Torbenson, Michael 1-2 0-0 3; Sinnes, Matt 1-2 0-0 2; Lipscomb, Jake 1-1 0-0 2; Ash, Gabe 1-6 0-0 2; Jochim, Brian 0-4 0-1 0. Totals 24-51 12-17 68. LEWIS & CLARK (4-5, 0-1 NWC) Robinowitz, Mark 6-11 2-4 20; Magnuson, Tommy 6-12 2-5 15; Jones, Travis 4-13 4-4 14; Tillery, Thomas 3-9 4-6 10; Kirkham, Mike 0-2 0-0 0; Winnie, Trevor 0-2 0-0 0; Wells, Ryan 0-8 0-0 0; Merino, Adam 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 19-58 12-21 59. Pacific Lutheran.............. 32 36 - 68 Lewis & Clark................. 26 33 - 59 3-point goals-Pacific Lutheran 8-16 (Oliver, Kurt 2-4; Cardwell, Drew 2-2; Carstensen, Jake 2-4; Heidenreich, Landon 1-3; Torbenson, Michael 1-1; Jochim, Brian 0-2), Lewis & Clark 9-35 (Robinowitz, Mark 6-11; Jones, Travis 2-8; Magnuson, Tommy 1-2; Kirkham, Mike 0-2; Winnie, Trevor 0-2; Wells, Ryan 0-8; Merino, Adam 0-1; Tillery, Thomas 0-1). Fouled out--Pacific Lutheran-Ash, Gabe, Lewis & Clark-None. Rebounds-Pacific Lutheran 37 (DeSuze, Sudon 10), Lewis & Clark 37 (Magnuson, Tommy 10). Assists-Pacific Lutheran 9 (DeSuze, Sudon 2; Jochim, Brian 2), Lewis & Clark 14 (Jones, Travis 4; Merino, Adam 4). Total fouls-Pacific Lutheran 21, Lewis & Clark 19. A-220