BELLEVUE, Neb. -- Senior Lee Ames nailed a school-record nine 3-pointers as the Bruins routed visiting Waldorf College, 108-62, in Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference action Tuesday night at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.
Bellevue, which hit 18-of-30 3-pointers for the game, improved to 21-5 overall and 8-2 in league play. Waldorf fell to 13-8 on the season and 7-3 in the MCAC.
Combined with last Saturday's 103-65 victory over Oklahoma Wesleyan, the Bruins have now avenged both of their conference losses and now own a half-game lead in the league standings.
Ames finished the contest with a career-high 33 points, to go along with four rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Dimitri Chonis was 6-of-7 from the field, finishing with 16 points, six rebounds, and four assists.
Isaiah Strong added 12 points, two steals and a pair of rebounds. Russell Droll was the fourth Bruin in double figures, finishing with 10 points, four rebounds, three assists, and two blocks.
Jordan Nelson was the lone Warrior in double figures, registering 18 points, three rebounds, and a pair of blocks.
The victory marked the third-straight game that BU has surpassed the century mark and the fifth-time overall on the season.
The Bruins nailed 12-of-18 3-pointers in the first half to build a 60-26 halftime advantage. Ames scored 23 points in the opening period, while hitting 7-of-8 shots from behind the arc. Ames fired three 3-pointers in first two minutes to give BU a 9-0 advantage and BU never looked back. He scored 15 points in the first four minutes of the contest on 5-of-5 shooting from 3-point range.
Chonis was also in double figures in the first half, finishing with 10 points, along with three rebounds and three assists.
Bellevue hit a sizzling 64.7 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes, while limiting the Warriors to 37 percent shooting.
The Warriors never got closer than 32 points in the second half as Bellevue finished the contest with a 54 percent field-goal percentage, including a 60-percent showing on 3-pointers. The Bruin defense held WC to 44.1 percent shooting and the Warriors hit just 1-of-7 3-pointers.
Scoring Summary
Waldorf........26-36--62
Bellevue.......60-48--108
WC: Nelson, 18; DeJohnett, 8; Scott, 8; Brewer, 7; Carpenter, 7; Graham, 4; Gibson, 2; Morgan, 2; Walton, 2; Crosby, 2.
BU: Ames, 33; Chonis, 16; Strong, 12; Droll, 10; Kalipinde, 9; Hammock, 6; Sanders, 5; Young, 5; Dotson, 4; Perry, 3; Sellers, 3; Worthen-Harris, 2.
