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Sports_______ Wednesday, Jan. 28,1998 7 Cougars destroy Portland, fall to Lane ADAM CRUM Staff Writer We're going to have to rebound well [against Mt. Hood]. If we don't, it could be a long game. Royce Kiser Head Coach The season continues to be a roller coaster ride for the Cougar basketball team. Clackamas defeated the Panthers from Portland Community College last Wednesday, but then fell to Lane Community College on Sat urday. The Cougars dominated the less- talented Panthers en route to a 104-68 victory in the Randall Hall Gymnasium. This game was over at halftime, when Clackamas led 50-28. The Cougars were 19-38 from the field in the first half, in cluding 4-6 from three-point range. Freshman wing Billy Bright came off the bench to lead the Cougars with 20 points on 7-9 shooting, including 6-7 from be hind the arc. Sophomore shooting guard Oscar Rodriguez scored 16 points on 6-8 shooting and added four assists and three steals. Freshmen Billy Townsend and Josiah Lake scored 12 points apiece and sophomore J. J. Pilgreen added 11 points and nine rebounds. Townsend also pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds. Head Coach Royce Kiser was pleased to see his team get an easy victory, and he knew this was a game his team had to win. “We played well and executed the way we needed to,” said Kiser. The Cougars shot an awesome .542 from the floor and held Port land to a dismal .294. Clackamas made good on 9-16 from down town, a percentage of .562 and outrebounded the undersized Pan thers 61-45. Portland’s leading scorer was Tobias Mitchell, who scored .13 points on 5-17 shooting. Freshman post Justin Jeffrey added 11 points and eight rebounds for the Pan thers, who fell to 0-6 in conference play and 6-14 overall. As good as Clackamas played on Wednesday was as bad as they played on Saturday against the Lane Titans. The Cougars never could get it going against the over matched Titans and were defeated 90-67. Lane outscored Clackamas 42- 28 in the first half, making 19-34 shots and limiting the Cougars to 9-28 shooting. Clackamas made only 1-9 from three-point range in the half. The Titans outrebounded Clackamas 42-26 and shot .552 from the field in the game while holding the Cougars to .396 shoot ing. The Cougars were led by Townsend, who scored 15 points on 5-7 from the floor. Rodriguez added 13 points and grabbed a team-high 6 re bounds. Pilgreen was the only other Cougar in double figures, scoring 11 points. In the loss, the Cougars came away with 15 steals, led by freshmen point guards Cody Eckman and Keenan Coleman, who each had four. Coach Kiser pointed out that the loss was a direct re sult from a lack of toughness. “We just didn’t fight hard enough, said Kiser. “We were outrebounded and could not match up physically. Lane is a much better team than PCC and it showed.” The loss dropped the Cougars record to 2-4 in conference play and 11-10 overall. The Titans were led by freshman post Dan Carter with 22 points and JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print eight rebounds, both game-highs. Freshman wing Roland Contreras goes up fora lay in during the Cougars' 104- Carter was 10-18 68 victory over Portland Community College. Contreras finished the game from the field. with nine points, seven assists, five rebounds and two steals. Contreras and Sophomore point his teammates get set to take on the arch-rival Mt. Hood Saints tonight at 8 guard Kevin p.m. in the Randall Hall Gymnasium. McMann made Clackamas travels to Roseburg good on 7-8 from the field and [SWOCC] in the Northwest Ath added 19 points, six assists, six re letic Association of Community to take on Umpqua Saturday. The bounds and three steals for the Ti Colleges' [NWAACC] Southern Timbermen [3-3, 12-8] are cur rently tied for fourth place with tans, who improved to 5-1 in the Division. Southern Division and 16-5 over Mt. Hood [4-2, 13-7] enters Chemeketa [3-3, 15-5]. The Cougars host Chemeketa tonight’s game in third place, one all. The Cougars host rival Mt. game behind Lane and Linn- and SWOCC [3-3, 8-11 ] on Feb. 4 and Feb. 7, respectively. Hood tonight at 8 p.m. in the Benton. Randall Hall Gymnasium. A ^uuutual CoofMativ Coach Kiser knew this will be a battle and realized what it will take to come out victorious. fyJk&ie. QwteAAltip, Jlai 9ti- /Idwntia^i “We’re going to have to rebound well against [Mt. Hood],” said All Staff & Full-Time Students are Eligible to Join. Kiser. “If we don’t, it could be a long game.” Clackamas is currently tied for sixth place with Southwestern Or Dividend Bearing Checking; No egon Community College Minimum Balance, Monthly Fee or Per Clackamas Federal Credit Union Check CiUtrge, ^^ibebit/Check Card. Men's Southern Division Standings School Linn-Benton Lane Mt. 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