Adams St. ASC 8-13,3-10 RMAC

102

Fort Lewis FLC 15-7,9-4 RMAC

Adams St. ASC

8-13,3-10 RMAC

Final

Feb. 04, 2025

102

Fort Lewis FLC

15-7,9-4 RMAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Adams St. ASC	38	43	81
Fort Lewis FLC	52	50	102

Summary
Box Score

Kaitlyn Silva

AJ Riggs (2) driving baseline against the Grizzlies in Whalen Gymnasium (Feb. 4, 2025).

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/4/2025 10:34:00 PM | Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

Riggs enjoys career night as Fort Lewis routs Adams State

Skyhawks eclipse 100 points in regulation for the first time

DURANGO, Colo. – Fort Lewis (15-7, 9-4 RMAC) extended its home winning streak to five games on Tuesday night as the Skyhawks, backed by a career-high 22 points from AJ Riggs, out-muscled Adams State (8-13, 3-10 RMAC) 102-81 in a physical midweek matchup in front of 1,175 fans in Whalen Gymnasium.

"I thought we did share the ball really well, and when we do that, it makes scoring so much easier," head coach Jordan Mast said. "I'm proud of our guys because we're starting to recognize things early. Not just actions, but getting guys into actions before the play. Good team effort and I still feel like there are areas we can clean up before Saturday."

It was a full team effort across the night as Fort Lewis put up 52 points off the bench behind Rigg's 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting (57.1 percent) with a lethal 5-of-10 (50 percent) from the three-point line. "I'm really proud of our team tonight; it was awesome, we had one of our best assist games as a team, which makes it so much more fun to be out there," Riggs added.

The Skyhawks made 22 assists across the night, the most this season and just the second performance with 20 or more as a team, while still winning the turnover battle 17 to 13 and picking up 14 steals.

Chuol Deng was the next man up, earning his sixth double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Biko Johnson scored another 14 points and matched Stewart Erhart with a game-high four steals, while also making four assists and bringing down four rebounds. Nathan Penney set a career-high of his own, adding the final 11 points to round out the Skyhawks in double-figures.

Fort Lewis was cruising on its home court, out-shooting Adams State 42.9 percent (30-70) to 41.0 percent (25-61) from the floor and 37.0 percent (10-27) to 15.8 percent (3-19) from beyond the arc. 47 personal fouls sent both squads to the line for much of the night, with ASU edging FLC 84.8 percent (28-33) to 82.1 percent (32-39).

Wyatt Helming supplied the Grizzlies with a double-double of his own, the first of his career at Adams State, on 18 points and 10 rebounds with a blocked shot and an assist as well. Helming went 10-for-12 at the free-throw line. John Harge was the only other Grizzly in double figures with 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting with four rebounds and two steals as well.

Notes
-Fort Lewis picked up its seventh consecutive win over Adams State to lead the Grizzlies 78-57 all-time and 41-15 in Whalen Gymnasium.
-The Skyhawks have scored 100 points or more on the Grizzlies in four of its last five meetings.
-AJ Riggs set a new career-high with 22 points, eclipsing 20 points for the first time in his career after a previous high of 16 points. Riggs has gone for double figures in four games this season.
-Chuol Deng's 15-point, 12-rebound performance marks his sixth double-double this season.
-FLC set a season-high with 22 assists to mark its second 20+ assist game of the year.

Up Next
The Skyhawks will get a breather on Thursday before hitting the road for Las Vegas, New Mexico, in search of completing the season sweep over the Cowboys at New Mexico Highlands (8-12, 1-11 RMAC) on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Complex.

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