Fort Lewis FLC 20-2,15-1 RMAC

CSU Pueblo CSU-P 9-12,5-10 RMAC

Fort Lewis FLC

20-2,15-1 RMAC

Final

Feb. 09, 2024

CSU Pueblo CSU-P

9-12,5-10 RMAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Fort Lewis FLC	45	41	86
CSU Pueblo CSU-P	25	43	68

Summary
Box Score

Bill Sabo/CSU-Pueblo Athletics

Obi Agbim (5) scored 12 points on 4-8 shooting from the field.

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/10/2024 12:13:00 AM | Hayden Mangan, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

No. 3 Skyhawks complete season sweep over ThunderWolves with 86-68 win

Fort Lewis secures second consecutive 20-win season

PUEBLO, Colo. – The third-ranked Fort Lewis men's basketball team rolled past Colorado State University Pueblo 86-68 Friday night in Massari Arena to complete the season sweep, earn the program's seventh consecutive win over the ThunderWolves, and move to 20-2 overall and 15-1 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play this season.

Fort Lewis, who moves to 58-49 all-time against CSUP, drops The Pack to 9-12 overall and 5-10 in conference play.

CSU Pueblo took a 3-2 lead on a three-pointer from Brevin Walter in the corner and the Skyhawks' stifling defense quickly set in. After retaking the lead 4-3 on an Amondo Miller Jr. layup in the post, Fort Lewis clamped down and ran off with a 22-6 offensive run that simultaneously saw FLC limit the ThunderWolves to only three jump shots from the field by the 4:28 mark.

Out of the intermission, the Skyhawks continued to roll to its largest lead of the night, 35 points, on a Brayden Carter free throw at the 14:22 mark. CSU Pueblo began to match Fort Lewis from the field, most notably knocking down eight of 21 shot attempts from deep in the second half, but Tristan Hurdle, who transferred from CSUP last summer, would not let his old squad climb back in it as he knocked down back-to-back treys just under the seven-minute mark to keep the lead at 35.

Malik Whitaker led the charge with 14 points and nine rebounds and was aided by Obi Agbim and Hurdle, who each tallied 12 points on the night, alongside Jhei-R Jones and Junior Garbrah who each registered 10 more to mark the fifth game this season that five or more Skyhawks have gone for double figures.

Walter led The Pack with a game-high 18 points on 6-of-15 shooting from the floor and a 4-9 (44.4 percent) clip from beyond the arc. Makiah Morris scored 13 more and Armon Muldrew the final 10 to cap the ThunderWolves with double-figure scoring.

Fort Lewis dominated in points in the paint 46-28 and bench points 43-17 all the while firing off at clips of 50.0 percent (33-66) to 36.2 percent (25-69) from the field and 42.9 percent (9-21) to 29.4 percent (10-34) from deep. In Addition, the Skyhawks owned the glass on both ends of the floor outrebounding The Pack 50-34 with 15 offensive rebounds.

Notables
-Five or more Skyhawks have finished in double figures for back-to-back games and the fifth time this season.
-Fort Lewis moves to 58-49 all-time against CSU Pueblo and has won 16 of the last 17 contests.
-The Skyhawks captured the program's second-consecutive and 16^th overall 20-win season.
-Malik Whitaker has scored 10 or more points in seven of the last 10 games.
-FLC's 50 rebounds tonight is the most since 51 against Northern New Mexico back on Nov. 21, 2021.
-Isaiah Thompson's five fouls mark just the second game this season that a Skyhawk has fouled out.
-Fort Lewis is 18-2 on the road through the past two seasons.

Rivalry Matchup
Fort Lewis is back on the road this Tuesday, Feb. 13, for a rematch with its Route 160 rival Adams State (7-14, 5-10 RMAC) in a 7:30 p.m. tip-off inside Plachy Hall.

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