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WEÓNEsdAy, J anuary 26, 2000
TI he CI ac I camas P rìnt
Women 's Basketball
Young team
drops from
1st to 4th
"I think that we were ready to
go, ready to play the game. When
it came to game time though I think
The women's basketball squad we were a little intimidated by the
is searching for answers when it size and the hype."
travels to Salem tonight to take on
Clackamas surrendered 27 points
the first-place Chemeketa Storm.
off of turnovers and 14 from sec
After back-to-back losses to ond-effort attempts by Umpqua.
Umpqua and
The Timberwomen shot a blis
Southwestern tering 58.8% form the field on 40 of
Oregon
last 68 shooting.
JOHN THORBURN I Clackamas Print
week, the Cou
Mercedes Juarez and Amanda Sophomore point guard Michelle Thueson drives into a crowd against Umpqua in Thueson and the
Who:
gars
have Lee led Clackamas with 18 and 16 Cougars' 75-99 loss to the visiting Timberwomen.
vs. LBCC
dropped from a points, respectively. Michelle line missing 15 shots while S WOCC scored 13 and points, respectively. cited—they struggle a little bit
When:
Lee added 10 points.
when things don't go well. I think
Sat., 8 p.m. three-way tie for Thueson scored 13 while Trina shot 74.2%.
first to fourth Rogers broke out of a shooting
"Our
free
throw
shooting
really
Lee,
Juarez
and
Thueson
all
they
understand what they need
Where:
place by them slump with 12 points.
hurt us down the stretch," noted fouled out in the final minutes of to do. I've seen them play really
Home
selves with a 4-2
Umpqua had six players scoring Martineau. "We lose a game by the game.
well before. I think we can beat
-.. .. ...
league record, in double figures and one with nine four and miss 15 free throws. Even
"Offensively we struggled at anybody in the league if we play
points.
13-7 overall.
if we don't play times—they took us out of what well.
Against the Timberwomen of
"Our offense
that well we still we wanted to do at times—so there
"We've played Chemeketa be
Umpqua, Clackamas only managed seems to be doing
win the game if was a period that we didn't score fore," continued Martineau. "We
31 first half points compared to a well,"
added
we get some of very much," noted Martineau.
were up by 12 or 13 at the half but
defense
tall offense that scored 50 for the Martineau. "It's
those shots.
"Against Umpqua, it would have then got shelled in the second half’
visitors from Roseburg. A late sec our defense that's
that's really kill
"Defensively, been tough to win that game be I know the girls know that they're a
ond half surge by the Cougars really killing us."
we didn't have cause they played great basketball. talented team. They just need to
couldn't pull the squad close
On Saturday,
the effort there Against SWOCC, that was a tough figure out how to bring some en
enough as they fell 99-75—the that defense re
that we needed. game to swallow. We're playing at ergy and enthusiasm to a game for
Jim Martineau
most points allowed by Clackamas mained question
It was a tight home in a game that we could have 40 minutes.
Head Coach
all year.
able as it gave up
game—prob won and we didn't."
"I really think that we're going
"We didn’t play good defense at 72 points in a 72-
ably a good
After two straight losses and to go down (to Salem) and play re
all," noted second-year Head 68 loss. The visit
game to watch fading hopes of a region title, player ally well," added Martineau. "I re
Coach Jim Martineau. "Our offense ing Lakers from
from
the morale is sinking on Coach ally do. If we go down and play
was pretty good—we scored 75 Coos Bay matched Clackamas in stands."
Martineau's squad.
well then we'll probably win. We
points which should be enough to every statistical category with only
Mary Murphy led Clackamas
"This is a great group of girls," need to win so we can be 5-2 at the
win the game if you play any kind one blaring difference—the Cou with 14 points on five for five shoot noted Martineau. "For the most break then have four home games
of defense.
gars shot 58.3% from the free throw ing while Rogers and Thueson part, they're pretty upbeat and ex ahead of us."
JOHN THORBURN
Editor-in-Chief
It's our
ing us.
Mosho & Pepe
Women's Basketball ... by Mosho
The women's squad finds itself
in fourth place with a pinnacle
game at hand tonight down in
Salem.
If the team looks to have any
chance at a postseason playoff
spot, the ladies had better pick up
their game quick.
The season started strong with
energy and excitement. Since
then, however, the Cougars have
been about as exciting to watch
as a cross country meet.
Their play is uninspiring and
lacks all feeling that a college bas
ketball game is supposed to have.
While the team is young with
seven freshmen, Jim Martineau's
squad is looking shell-shocked af
ter two-straight losses. The sec
ond-year coach has yet to get the
full potential of this team show its
capability when it comes to game
time.
The sophomores are finally
coming around but nobody wants
to step up and take control of this
team.
This time of year, the squad
should be improving and yet it
finds itself backpedaling.
If the Cougars don't show up
and start fighting they're going
to end up way out of contention
for a playoff berth let alone the
region championship.
Men's Basketball ... by Pepe
The men's team is... well in re
ality I don't know that much. This
is a result of only attending two
games this season, but I will give
a small dissertation on the differ
ences of those games.
The first game that I witnessed
was the first home game against
Lower Columbia College. From
this game I came to the conclu
sion that we were in for a long
season, due to the fact that the
'D' was la v, and the offense was
selfish. This is a recipe for losing
which, coincidentally is just what
happened.
I then attended a game at Mt.
Hood CC. It was at this game that I
saw the real potential of CCC. Of
fensively Nate Block and Kyle Bracy
seemed to be in a different league
and the defense shutdown Mt.
Hoods offense. Clearly this was a
differentteam, ormaybejustagroup
of guys motivated by the desire not
to get whooped yet again.
This strange turnaround brings
to mind a funny little story. I was
in Mexico and had some how
gotten myself lost among the na
tives. I was alone and wonder
ing how to get money, due to the
fact that the federales had taken
it, and then a man came along
with a small cart.
This man had the intuition to
see how hungry I was and he gave
me some home made tortillas and
beans. I was quite-full after that
and feeling much better.
Now you can see just where I
am coming from.
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