Sports_______
Wednesday,
Jan. 28,1998
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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
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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.
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Coach Kiser knew this will be a
battle and realized what it will
take to come out victorious.
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“We’re going to have to rebound
well against [Mt. Hood],” said
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Kiser. “If we don’t, it could be a
long game.”
Clackamas is currently tied for
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