Wednesday, February 9,1994
Sports
The Clackamas Print Pg. 7
Bulging bleachers at battle of big cats contains crowd
by Jason Hunter
The Print Staff
When I took my seat on
the top row of the bleachers, dust
actually rose. I guess that’s how
long it’s been since the bleachers
have been packed for a Clackamas
women's basketball game.
By the end of the game
there wasn’t a speck of dust on the
bleachers as they were full with
fans from both CCC and Portland
Community College. This was
quite a game as the lead changed
hands seven times throughout the
game.
The Panthers were hot
from the beginning of the game as
Kristi Nelson scored six straight
points despite a Cougar time out
after her fourth point. Nelson
would score 15 points before the
first half was over.
PCC went on a 11-2 run
with Theresa Olsen breaking the
Panthers stride with a lay in off a
pass from Janell Temple. Temple
then worked the Panther defense
as she hit from 3-point land on an
assist from Olsen. She then stole
the ball and drove for a lay in.
PCC called a time out
with 8:48 left in the half while
they still led 15-13.
Annette
Harings increased the lead to 17-
13 with a 10- foot shot that hit
nothing but net. Temple made it
a one- point game as she hit from
3- point land again.
The
Cougars regained the lead for the
first time since they led 4-2 when
Stephanie Kadell stole the ball
and dished it off to Ganine Moses
who scored her first points of the
game.
With 17 seconds left, the
Panthers regained the lead when
Laurie Gulick picked up her sec­
ond personal foul and Jenny Jones
converted both free throws to give
them the lead 34-32. The Cougar
offense then drove down the court
and passed the ball around the
perimeter. Temple found Stahl
underneath with time running out,
Stahl found Angie Tucker posting
up as well and passed to her.
Tucker beat the buzzer to tie the
game at 34.
The Cougars scored first
in the second half when Preiskom
grabbed the rebound after a missed
Nelson shot, drove the length of
the court dished the ball to Olsen,
who made it 36-34. Jones hit two
free throws to tie it up at 36.
Temple grabbed the re­
bound off a missed Olsen shot and
put it back up for two. This was
the last time in the game that CCC
would have the lead.
The Cougars would pull
within two points with 35.7 sec­
onds left but fouls would pull
Moses, Temple, and Preiskom out
of the game. Jenny Jones sealed
the victory for PCC by making
both free throws after being fouled
by Gulick. The final score was
PCC 66, CCC 62.
The Cougars record falls
to 6-3 and they remain in third
place in the Southern Division
behind Chemeketa.
“We are a smart team,
and we play good together. When
someone is having an off day, the
focus shifts to work hard on an­
other area,” said Head Coach
Karen Twain. They will work on
rebounding in practice this week.
■They have four more
games until the regular season is
The Lady Cougars now have a league record of 6-3 and
are in third-place in the Southern Division.
over. They only have two more
home games left as they will face
Mt. Hood Community College
today and Feb. 16 they will face
number-one ranked Chemeketa.
On Feb. 12 they will play Umpqua
CC at Roseburg before playing
their final game of the season on
Feb. 19 against Southwestern CC
at Coos Bay.
Men's b-ball prepares for next week's division title game
with Mt. Hood CC by capturing two more league victories
by Frank Jordan
The Print Staff
The Clackamas Cougar
men’s basketball team continued
on their season-long roll dispos­
ing of Portland CC and Lane CC
in home games last week.
? ” Wednesday, Clackamas
pounded Portland by the score of
115-93. Clackamas got off to a
quick start, pressing the bigger
Saints into 10 turnovers and roll­
ing to a 59-39 halftime cushion.
CCC shot 50 percent in,the open­
ing 20 minutes and heldPCC to 35
percent shooting.
The story remained pretty
much the same in the second half,
although both teams traded hoops
throughout the rest of the game.
Zach Puent led the Cougar scor­
ing parade with 25 points, fol­
lowed by Nate Williams with 23,
Travis Orrick with 22 and Kyle
Dixon helped out with 18.
Clackamas continued their torrid
shooting from 3-point range, go-
iug. 16.-28 from the arc. Orrick
continued his hot outside shoot­
ing as of late, hitting all five of his
3-point attempts, while Puent and
Williams each hit four 3-pointers.
Jeremy Reinwald led
CCC on the glass with 14 re­
bounds, while Puent grabbed 13,
including 6 offensive boards.
Dixon added to his point total
with a team-high 10 assists, while
Puent had 5 steals, and Williams
and Orrick had 3 steals apiece.
Julius Lowe led five PCC
players in double figures with 24
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points, while Ramone Bethune had
19 andRicky Briggs had 18. Lowe
also punished the smaller Cou­
gars on the backboards, grabbing
24 rebounds.
“We played a good, solid
-game against Portland/’saidHead
Coach Royce Kiser. “We ran them
from the start, and we also shot the
ball real well. Sixteen of twenty­
eight from three-point range is
outstanding, even from us. We do
put up the shot from there a lot, but
we have the players who can flat-
out shoot it.”
Saturday, the Cougars
took on second-place Lane CC
and used an outstanding defen­
sive effort to post an 83-56 win.
The Cougars led40-26 at the half­
time break, and coasted in for the
27-point victory.
“We played exception­
ally,” exclaimed Kiser. “We ran
them real hard and played out­
standing defense. Definitely our
best defensive effort of the year,
without exception. We also took
great care of the ball on offense;
we only had seven turnovers.
"They tried to key on
Dixon and Puent, but the other
guys stepped it up and everyone
gave a great effort,” he continued.
Orrick led Clackamas
with 19 points on 8-14 shooting,
while Matt Stahl came off the
bench to score 15 points on 7-8
from the floor. Williams had 13
points, Dixon had 11 points and 7
assists, while Puent was held to 10
points, but grabbed 11 rebounds.
Jon Rider wasthe only Lane player
to reach double figures in scoring
with 11 points. Travis Duncan
had 8 points and 7 rebounds, Tay­
lor Ebright had 7 points and Jared
Leuck also had 7.
Clackamas finished the
game shooting 46 percent on 30-
65 from the floor, including 6-16
from 3-point range. The Cougars
held Lane to 39 percent from the
floor, on 19-48 shooting.
Clackamas moved their
overall record to 19-2 with the two
wins last week, including 8-0 in
the NWAACC’s Southern Divi­
sion. Next Saturday night, the
Cougars can wrap up the division
title with a win over Mt. Hood.
Game time is 8 p.m. in the Randall
Hall gym.
Cal sophomore sensation no ordinary Kidd
by Jeff Adams
Contributing Writer
Last week the University of
California basketball team made
its yearly stop in the state of Or­
egon.
Led by sophomore sensa­
tion Jason Kidd, the Bears de­
feated the Oregon State Beavers
67-61. Jason Kidd single handedly
took the game over in the second
half. He ended up with 27 points,
seven assists, six rebounds, and
two steals.
But you say,"Yeah, this is
the helpless beavers." Sure it was.
But this is the same Jason Kidd
who led Cal to a 15- point spank­
ing of then number one-ranked
ranked UCLA. The same Kidd
who led the Bears to an overtime
win at arguably the hardest place
to win in the nation: McHale Cen­
ter at Arizona.
This is no ordinary kid.
Kidd received his first col­
lege letter from the University of
Kansas while he was in the eighth
grade. The Oakland, Calif., na­
tive decided to attend S.t. Josephs
of Notre Dame High School in
near-by Alameda. This upset many
people in his Oakland community
because people knew of the future
that lied ahead for Kidd. And what
a future it was.
nomber 18 ranking which almost
Kidd was a high school All- resulted in an OSU upset.
American in 1990,91, and 92. He
NBA lottery pick Lamond
was selected as USA Today’s high Murray shot horribly from the field
school player of the year during ending up with only 15 points.
his senior year. In 1991 he led the Usual steady player Monty
Pilots to their first ever California Buckley was held to just seven.
state championship, then he came But when Cal needed a hoop, or
back and did it again - champs in just the ball, it was all Jason Kidd.
92.
There’s one thing keeping
Next came the real surprise. Cal from being a top-10 team, and
After being heavily recruited by that’s consistency. Cal often plays
Arizona, Ohio St., Indiana, and of to the level of their opponents.
course, Kansas, Kidd shocked the This showed in the big wins over
nation and chose to stay at home UCLA and Arizona but also
and attend Cal.
showed in the losses to unranked
Kidd liked the players at Arizona St., and Stanford. You
Cal. Guys that could handle his must remember, however, thatCal
passes and finish off the fast break. is without preseason starters K.J.
Kidd has had some big wins in his Roberts, and Al Grigsby. Both are
short career. His state titles, and out for the season with injuries.
this year's win over UCLA rank up
The Bears are currently 7-2
there. But probably his biggest in Pac-10 play — good enough for
win was last March. He led Cal to second place. The team will have
an NCAA tournament upset over another test this week as they host
two-time defending champions Arizona St., and the rematch with
Duke. It was a dream match up, Arizona. If Cal can get by the
Bobby Hurley the senior vs. Jason Wildcats and continue to play
Kidd the freshman. Hurley had well, then bet on the Bears in
his best game of liis career. But it March. This team has the poten­
was just too much Kidd.
tial of going into the sweet six­
I attended the OSU -Cal teen, or higher come tournament
game last Thursday, and I must time.
say it wasn’t a very good game.
Even though all the pres­
Cal didn’t play up to theircurrent sure is riding on a Kidd.