Midway through her senior season at Lewis-Clark State, Jossilyn Blackman has earned a honored place in program history.
On Saturday, the Battle Ground High graduate became the 19th player to score 1,000 career points.
Blackman, a 6-foot post, finished with 13 points in Saturday’s 68-58 loss to Rocky Mountain College. She leads the Warriors in scoring (14.1 points) and rebounding (8.1 rebounds). She also ranks 10th in the NAIA nationally in field goal percentage (.542).
“Right now Jossilyn is our most consistent rebounder, and definitely our most consistent scorer,” coach Brian Orr told LCWarriors.com. “One thousand points in her career obviously makes an impact in our program.”
The Warriors (13-4) are ranked No. 18 in this week’s NAIA national poll.
Women’s basketball
Hailey Hartney, a junior from Mountain View, has started all 15 games this season for George Fox, which is 12-3 and ranked No. 12 in the NCAA Division-III national poll. A 6-foot forward, Hartney ranks second on the team in minutes per game (25.6) and is averaging 7.0 points.
RaeAnn Allen, a junior from Washougal, scored a career-high 18 points in Puget Sound’s 66-60 win over Willamette on Friday. That came five days after she scored 17 points in a 91-84 loss to Linfield. Allen, a 5-foot-11 wing, has started all 14 games this season for the Loggers, who are 11-3 this season. Allen is third on the team in scoring (10.1 points) and first among regular players in field goal percentage (52.5).
Kylie Smith, a junior from Battle Ground, has started 14 of 17 games this season for Eastern Oregon, which is ranked No. 13 in the NAIA. The 6-foot forward is averaging 5.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
Lindsay Asplund, a senior from Prairie, helped Corban University to its seventh consecutive win, playing 37 minutes and scoring nine points in a 71-62 win over No. 19 Southern Oregon on Saturday. The Warriors are 13-6 on the season.
Men’s basketball
Andrew Vickers, a junior from Columbia River, scored 11 points Friday, helping Whitman to a 98-89 win over Linfield. On Jan. 5, he scored a career high 23 points in just 19 minutes in a 117-52 win over Lewis and Clark. Whitman (14-1) is ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division-III.
Riley Hawken, a junior from Union, scored a career high 25 points in Western Oregon’s 91-65 win over his former school, Concordia, on Jan. 8. Hawken, a 6-foot-6 forward, is averaging 14.3 points per game for the Wolves, who are 12-3 overall and 5-1 in the NCAA Division-II Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
Swimming
Finn McClone, a freshman from Camas, won the mile (17:13) and placed second in the 100 butterfly (55.44) as Whitworth beat Pacific Lutheran on Saturday to remain unbeaten in Northwest Conference dual meets.
Sydney Nakagawa, a freshman from Vancouver, won the 200 backstroke (2:14.13) and placed second in the 50 freestyle (25.62) Saturday as the University of Redlands beat Cal Tech and Chapman University.
Send updates on college athletes from Clark County to Micah Rice at micah.rice@columbian.com.
