Box Score

By Ron Smith
February 4, 2017
 
(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Jerry Karczewski led four Warriors that scored in double figures on Saturday night as #12 Westmont Men's Basketball improved to 18-5 with an 81-63 win over Shepherd. Karczewski scored 17 points while making five of 12 from three-point range.
 
Sam Bentz added 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds while Sean McDonnell matched Bentz rebound total and tallied 13 points.
 
Olisa Nwachie recorded the second double-double of his Westmont career by scoring 12 points and collecting 10 rebounds.
 
Westmont jumped out to a 10-0 lead on 3-pointers by Bentz and Karczewski and a pair of layups by Nwachi and McDonnell.
 
Shepherd's Darius Spates hit a jumper to make the score 10-2 with 16:20 remaining in the first half. However, back-to-back threes by Karczewski and another layup by McDonnell made the score 18-2 in favor of Westmont. The Warriors maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way.
 
Westmont's largest lead of the game came at the 15:12 mark of the second half when Bentz drained a 3-pointer to make the score 54-31.
 
The Warriors shot 47.0 percent from the floor (31 of 66) including 32.1 percent from three-point range (9 of 28). Westmont outrebounded the Thundering Herd 51-34.
 
Westmont will return to Golden State Athletic Conference play next week. On Tuesday night, the Warriors will host Vanguard and then on Thursday welcome Arizona Christian to Murchison Gymnasium. Both games are set for a 7:30 p.m. start.