Adams St. ASC 18-11,12-8 RMAC

Fort Lewis FLC 18-10,14-5 RMAC

Adams St. ASC

18-11,12-8 RMAC

Final

Mar. 03, 2026

Fort Lewis FLC

18-10,14-5 RMAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Adams St. ASC	36	36	72
Fort Lewis FLC	48	40	88

Summary
Box Score

Kaitlyn Silva

Stewart Erhart (1) races up the floor past the Grizzlies inside Whalen Gymnasium (Mar. 3, 2026)

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 3/3/2026 9:42:00 PM | Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

Erhart’s career day powers Skyhawks past Grizzlies into RMAC Semifinals

Fort Lewis advances to fourth-straight RMAC Tournament Semifinal

DURANGO, Colo. – There's just something special about the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinals and Stewart Erhart.

The redshirt sophomore out of West Valley High School and Tanana, Alaska, went off with a trio of career-highs, including 32 points on 14-of-22 shooting (63.6 percent), seven of Fort Lewis' 22 steals, and six of the Skyhawks 15 assists to power the Fort Lewis men's basketball team (18-10, 15-5 RMAC) to its fourth-straight appearance in the RMAC Tournament semifinals on a thrilling 88-72 victory over Adams State University (18-11, 12-8 RMAC). Last season, it was Erhart's then-career-high 23 points on the road that lifted the Skyhawks past Colorado Mesa University, 89-65.

Fort Lewis shot an efficient 48.6 percent (36-74) from the field to Adams State's 43.3 percent (26-60), with the Grizzlies holding the edge in made three-pointers, 7-4. The Skyhawks, however, wreaked havoc with their tempo, forcing 26 turnovers out of the Grizzlies for a crushing 37 points off turnovers while also winning off the glass, 43 rebounds to ASU's 35. Both sides went to the free-throw line 17 times, with the Grizzlies knocking down 13 attempts to Fort Lewis' 11.

Cassius Carmichael poured in 13 points, a team-high eight boards, five steals, and a block, while Donald Bangham, Jr. turned in 10 points to round out the Skyhawks in double-figures. Every Fort Lewis player to touch the floor scored at least three points with at least two rebounds. The Skyhawks, as they did in their first win over the Grizzlies, dominated the low-post with 56 points in the paint.

Adams State led early, 11-5, with 15:56 left to play, but Fort Lewis quickly responded, running out to a pair of 20-point leads before heading into the locker room with a 12-point edge. With the Skyhawks stalling-out in the middle of the second half, the Grizzlies cut the deficit to five, 62-57, as Luke Williams powered through the lane for two. However, the ASU excitement was short-lived, with FLC putting up 10 unanswered points to pull away for the remainder of the night.

Adams State saw four Grizzlies reach double-figures, with the bench supplying just five points. Dillan Baker, who led ASU to its 95-93 win over Fort Lewis back on Feb. 5, paced his squad once again, grabbing 19 points on 7-of-17 shooting with four boards, four assists, and a steal. Luke Williams scored 18 points, Wyatt Helming 10 points, and Jarmell Johnson another 17 points alongside team-highs in rebounds with eight and steals with five.

Notes
-Fort Lewis moves to 18-8 all-time in RMAC Tournament Quarterfinal games.
-The Skyhawks move to 2-1 over the Grizzlies this season, and 80-58 all-time.
-Stewart Erhart scored a career-high 32 points to reach double-figures for the 23^rd time this season, and the 32^nd time in his career. Erhart also recorded his second-career 30-point performance, his ninth game with 20 or more points, and has scored 55 combined points in his two RMAC Tournament Quarterfinal appearances.
-Stewart Erhart also tied his career-high in steals with seven, and career-high in assists with six, for the fourth time this season.
-Cassius Carmichael and Donald Bangham, Jr. finished in double figures for their respective fourth and 11^th times this season, respectively.
-Fort Lewis' 22 steals are the Skyhawks third-most this season, and mark FLC's fourth game this year with 20+ steals. It also ties for the fifth-most steals in a game in program history.
-Adams State's 26 turnovers mark the 12^th time this year an FLC opponent has turned the ball over 20+ times.
-FLC has now grabbed 40+ rebounds in a game 13 times this year.

Up Next
Fort Lewis will head back to Spearfish, S.D., for a rematch inside the Donald E. Young Center with the top-seeded and No. 13 nationally ranked Black Hills State University (25-4, 17-3 RMAC). The Skyhawks defeated the Yellow Jackets at the buzzer, 78-76, back on Jan. 17. Tonight, BHSU escaped eighth-seeded University of Colorado Colorado Springs (15-14, 10-10 RMAC), 74-73. A full preview will be released later this week.

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