SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 4 Westminster women's basketball team shot a season-high 61.4 percent from the field as they cruised to an 89-40 win over No. 18 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) on Saturday night in the Behnken Field House.
 
Westminster (16-2, 6-1 Frontier) hit a season high for points and margin of victory by shooting a school-record 66.7 percent from beyond the arc, going 14-of-21 from distance. They made nine of those threes on 12 first half attempts as they raced out to a 46-22 halftime advantage.
 
"When our shots are going from three in it makes us tough to beat," Westminster head coach Shelley Jarrard said after the win. "They were going in tonight and everyone was contributing."
 
On the defensive end, the Griffins limited Lewis-Clark State (18-5, 4-3) to 26.3 percent shooting and just 3-of-16 (18.8 percent) from beyond the arc. They held the visitors to their fewest points in a game this season and after a 7-0 run early in the first, LC State only scored four straight pints on two occasions.
 
The Griffins shared the ball all night with 24 assists on 35 field goals and they scored 34 points in the paint. Westminster finished with a 48-21 edge on the boards while scoring 11 points from 10 offensive rebounds.
 
"Our bench was huge for us tonight," Jarrard commented about the Griffins 41 points from the reserves. "It allowed me to substitute more players to keep us fresh."
 
Five Griffins scored in double figures with Tia Pappas and Mika Pinner leading the way with 17 points apiece. The career-high for Pinner came on 6-of-6 shooting with five triples and eight rebounds. Pappas added nine rebounds and seven assists. Amy Krommenhoek had 13 points and seven assists with Shelby Ellsworth scoring 11 and Jamaica Christensen getting 10.
 
"Mika (Pinner) was incredible tonight," Jarrard added of the junior. "She gets in those zones sometimes and it was good to see."
 
Caelyn Orlandi and Tanis Fuller scored 10 points each to lead the Warriors. McKenzie Heaslet added nine points and two blocks.
 
Westminster will now return to the road to open the second half of Frontier Conference play next week. The first of two road games comes on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. MT when they face Rocky Mountain (Mont.) in Billings, Mont.