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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
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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. We've been pretty
tough at home this year."
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