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Hoopsters place second at Redwoods Invite By J. Dana Haynes Of the Print The Women’s basketball squad started the season on the right foot last weekend, taking second out of eight teams par ticipating in* the College of the Redwoods Women’s Invita tional Basketball Tournament. “I’m very excited,” head coach Nancy Mikleton said, “They showed a lot of poise and really ‘jelled’. Everybody showed a great desire to win; the starters and- those coming off the bench as well.” The Cougars won their first two games in a row at the tournament, which was played in Eureka, California. The first win was against the Raiders, a Eureka city league school with 78- 62. The next match-up was against Central Oregon Com munity College, where the Cougars pulled ahead to win 79- 77 in overtime. Finally, fatigue and foul-trouble brought the Clackamas team down in the third game, giving the victory to Umpqua 72-67? Denice Wheatley was the Cougar high scorer in the first two games, with 17 and 22 points, respectively. In the Raiders game, Terri Kelly came £iQff photo by Duane Hiers che next with 15 points, followed UP FOR TWO, Terri Kelly attempts to make a basket dur by Cindy Johnston with 13 and ing a recent practice while Cyd McCormick tries to block Susan Parker with 12. Against COCC; Kelly again followed Wheatley with 16 and Johnston netting 12. Denice .Wheatley's superior play earned her a position on the AU- Toumament team. The other stand-out performance was from Kelly; besides the ac cumulated 31 points in the first two games, she also scored 16 against Umpqua and pulled 15 rebounds off the board. . The Umpqua game was a disappointing one. With three minutes of play left, the Cougars were down by two points. “Then we had a player foul out, and Umpqua was hot from the free-throw line,” Mikleton said. The news wasn’t all bad, however. “That game showed us that we’re going to be right in there with the best teams around,” Mikleton predicted, “We played well against Ump qua and they went to nationals last year.” The Cougars are a young team, with only one returning player, Cindy Johnston. Also, the earliness of the year makes it hard to tell the strengths and weaknesses of a team. “We’ve got pretty good height, but you wouldn’t call us ‘tall’ in com parison to some teams. We average about 5’10”.” Even the Coug’s defense is undecided as of now. “We’vt been using a lot of things, in eluding a man-to-man and < couple of zones. Against Ump qua we ran a 1-3-1, and i seemed to work well. It jus depends on who we’re playinc and what they use.” Mikleton is predicting j good year for her team. “W< can be pretty fast,” she explain ed, “Or, we can give up a little speed and have some stronj jumpers in the game. For tunafely, we’ve got 6 or 7 players who are good enough to start.” Clackamas is not the only team expecting a good season, however. Linn Benton went undefeated last year and, ac cording to Mikleton, Chemeketa should be good. The prospect of facing good teams doesn’t seem to bother Coach Mikleton, however. “I think we have the potential to be awesome this year,” she said. Correction In last week’s issue o The Print it was stated that th Cougar hoopsters lost to th Lewis and Clark JV 104-9 when in fact they were vic torious over them by that sam score. Sorry guys. it. HAIR DESIGN FOR MEN _ DeB^mber Permanent waues 20%i&iscoun OMEN Premium ^$7.50 Off Reg. Price n Haircut Style For Students & Faculty pharley’s Place, A Full Semite Redken Salon Featuring Trichoanalysis'l or The Scientific Approach to Haircare / We recommend RK hair care s' for men, by Redken*. j ' «•REDKEN Ask us about/fe correct prescription of Redken ' products to make the most of your hair. / 'té/wt/iletft FiP/acel Southridge Center Oregon City 657-3286 HOURS MorNTues. 9-6 Wed.-Thur s. 9-9 Fri-Sat. 9^6k
