Landon Boucher collects first victory as college coach
Abram Carrasco, shown from a game in 2019, scored 36 points and had eight assists in win over Saint Katherine. (Noozhawk file photo) By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor |
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| 7:23 p.m.
Westmont used some red-hot shooting to give Landon Boucher his the first college coaching win on Wednesday.
The Warriors shot 64 percent from the floor (38 of 59) and knocked down 15 three-pointers en route to a 117-103 nonconference men s basketball win over University of Saint Katherine in the second game of their back-to-back series at Murchison Gym.
The 117 points is the fifth most scored by a Westmont team in program history.
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“I think in all three of these games (Cal State Northridge, Concordia and Pacific), we haven’t shot well from the three-point line because we’re playing against bigger competition that is pushing us around,” Boucher said. “Often times that wears on you because instead of being able to gather your feet and shoot balanced, you get sped up a little more and pushed around. I think in all three games we’ve shot it well below what we can do.”
Facing that early five-point deficit, the Tigers went on an 8-0 run to take the lead for good, 14-11. Westmont stayed within single digits until the final 1:23 of the first half. Pacific beat the buzzer with a triple to take a 41-28 advantage into halftime.