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10 WEdNEsdAy, FEbßUARy 16, 2000 Sports TI he CL ac I< amas P rint Men 's Basketball It’s show time in Cougar Country cellent effort,” explained Wegner. “It was the kind of game where I watched us and it was kind of scary Tonight the men’s basketball team how well we were playing. You will play at Randall Gym against watch and you say God, why cah’t Chemeketa. we save this for a night like Wednes Tonight is quite possibly the most day when we have Chemeketa here, important and biggest night of the or a playoff game or something like season, explained Head Coach Clif that, hopefully we can play that well Wegner. again this week and give ourselves “ Wednesday is going to be a big a shot to beat Chemekata.” ball game, we’d like to see all of our Wegner pointed out that Chris fans come out in al l of their crazy Lohrey seemed to score every time glory and splendor, and be as loud that he touched the ball, and that as they can,” said Wegner smiling. down the stretch he was unstop ‘5 feel like it is going to be an advan pable. He finished with 14 points, tage playing at home, we’ve had 7-11 from the fie Id, 9 rebounds ,3 great crowds and they really get the assists and 2 steals. Allhough Kyle kidsgoing. Hopefully we will be able Bracy was banged up with a hurt to feed off their en knee, and didn’t ergy” get to play that A win will se much, he still We'd like to see cure his squad in a contributed to second place posi the game with 16 all of our fans tion, which will points and 7 as come out in all of give them a home sists. Wegner playoff spot. their crazy glory» noted that Mike If the team Padron came off and splendor... loses, they will be of the bench and Clif Wegner tied for second had 16 points, 8 Head Coach again and they will rebounds and he have to play was all over the SWOCC in Coos place. Bay arid win just The a Cougar to stay in second. squad played Umpqua on Saturday, Coach Wegner encourages all and beat the determined UCC team . Cougar fans to come to the gym to with a score of 89-79. They fought night to support the team as it ral for this win—-at halftime the score lies to stay in second. was tied 41-41. Wegner’s team had a hot couple “That was a game that was an of games last week and if they keep important game for us. Coaches the energy and skill at the same level have a saying that it is impossible this week, the team will be in good to beat the same team three times in shape. The squad played at home a season. It is really very, veiy diffi against Mt. Hood last Wednesday cult because the more that you beat and played Umpqua in Roseburg on somebody the more motivated they Saturday and played very well al get,” explained Wegner. “We beat though the team was flu-ridden and Mt. Hood twice and we beat injured. Umpqua twice already, so I was a The Cougars beat the Saints 120- little concerned about our kids' atti 92 in a game that they thought was tudes on both games. Thankfully we ’ goingtomakeforatoughnight, with came out ready to play because1 a couple ill and injured guys. Nate Roseburg was very much in depth Block and Dallas Husak were both and they played far better t hen I playing on some pretty badly have seen them play all seasdn.” “ ’ sprained ankles; the team was a little Kyle Bracy had a great game on banged up and it was enough to both ends of the floor: 21 points, 7 concern Wegner. assists, 4 steals. He really got the “We got up by about 20 in the team going in the press. It seems first half, it was 57-39 and we were like every time that he got the ball really out-rebounding them, we were he either scored or got the ball to shooting really well, we shot 59%, someone who scored. That means 6-9 threes, we were just pretty domi that he was involved in over 1/3 of nant in the first half,” said Wegner. die points” “ I thought we played very well of According to Wegner Mike Padron fensively, in the second half we got came off the bench and really did a way up, we were up by thirty-some nice job with 11 points, 5-6 from the thing, then they kind of cut it down field, and Chris Lohrey again took over a little bit, it wound up being a point the offense in the second half. He fin spread of twenty eight.” ished with 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 as According to Wegner he was sists and 3 steals. pleased with the outcome and the “I feel like we are a much better point total that the team tallied. He team right now than the first half of 7 is confident that if the team's perfor the league and we are much better mance stays consistent the team will than pre-season. Our freshmen are have a good chance tonight against not freshmen anymore, they are Chemekata. pretty much sophomores. They “ 120 points against a quality team, have played 26 college games, you Mt. Hood has a lot of good athletes, know they have played a season so I thought1 .at it was a really ex now,” explained Wegner. : MANDY GOOD_______ Sports Editor JOHN THORBURN I Clackamas Print Mike Padron, a sophomore post, slams the ball down with authority against Mt. Hood last week in the Cougars' 120-92pounding of the visiting Saints. Padron and the Cougars face Chemeketa in the final regular season home game of the year—a game in which the Cougars could secure a second place finish in the Southern Region and a chance to challenge for the league title against Southwestern Oregon this Saturday in Coos Bay. -The Rundown Men's Hoops If the Cougars lose tonight... they must win on Saturday to secure second place, a loss on Saturday could drop the team to fourth. 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