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10_______ WEdNEscky, J anuary 12, 2000 The CkckAMAS P rint Cougar squad bears down for tough competition Clackamas opens league on the road 2-0 but big games loom ahead JOHNTHORBURN Editor-in-Chief The Clackamas women's bas ketball team hasn't missed a step in returning to greatness during this 2000 season. After graduating three players that went on to play at four-year universities, the Cougars could have tagged this season as a building year for its freshmen. Instead, the squad is ranked #8 in Washington and Oregon and is 2-0 in the Southern Region, 11- 5 overall. "Right now, we're in the same position that we were in last year at this time," noted second-year Head Coach Jim Martineau. "We've been playing good, but I think we can play a lot better. "We're pretty young—a lot of the girls getting playing time are freshmen—they're learning; they're getting better." Clackamas opened up league play with two wins over Portland and Linn-Benton last week. Against the Panthers of PCC, the Cougars had no trouble in a 79-40 victory. "I couldn't be more pleased with our defense this game," noted Martineau. "Offensively, we took some shots that we prob ably shouldn't have. They gave us a lot of looks at the basket and we rushed some things. If we would have been a little more patient, there probably would have been a lot more points." For the night, Amanda Lee led all scorers with 27 points and 11 rebounds while Mercedes Juarez shot 100% from the floor to nab 20 points. "Amanda has made tremen- TIMOTHY A. BELL / Clackamas Print Sophomore guard Trina Rogers looks up at the scoreboard at Portland Community College during the Cougars' 79-40 victory. dous improvements since the "We were only up by four at the start of the season ," noted half and it wasn't until about six Martineau. "She's or seven min ---------- averaging 12 or utes into the 13 points a night second half and -shooting that I we were If we get through close to 60% from up by 13 or 14 the first half (of the floor." points." In Albany on Juarez and the season)... Saturday, Lee led We've been pretty Martineau's team Clackamas tough at home this had an impres with 14 and 12 sive showing points respec year. with a 69-54 win tively, while over the LBCC Michelle Jim Martineau Roadrunners. T h u e s o n Head Coach "We played scored 13 with great defense seven assists. against Linn- On paper, the Benton but again, we struggled Cougars look like a strong three- offensively," said Martineau. point shooting squad with Trina Rogers, last year's conference leader in three-point percentage. With the season more than a month old, however, Rogers and her teammates have been off the mark. "Michelle (Thueson) is our best shooter, right now," noted Martineau. "Our shooting from the outside isn't quite there yet but it's improving. We started a little but we're getting that touch back.” Around the rest of the league, the defending conference cham pion and fourth-ranked Chemeketa Storm (15-1) and top- ranked Umpqua Timberwomen (15-0) along with seventh-ranked Southwestern Oregon (9-8) look to be the stiffest competition the Cougars may face all year. In two weeks, Clackamas will face all three of those teams in a row. Wins in those games could give the Cougars the inside track to the re gion championship. "I'd have to be disappointed if we don't get at least second in league this year," noted Martineau. "I think we have the mental capa bility this year to not slip up against the teams that we should beat. We haven't really played down to the level of some of the teams that aren't as good like we've done in the past. "If we get through the first half (of the season)," added Martineau, "we have five of our last seven games at home. 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