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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.
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If the Cougars lose tonight...
they must win on Saturday to
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If the Cougars win tonight...
they'll capture second place
and play SWOCC for #1 if it
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