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WedNEsdAy, FebRUARy 6, 2002
Women clawing to hold onto second place
points and 11 rebounds. Cappie
Smith was second in scoring
Sports Editor
with 18, and Kayla Steen threw
in 13 more.
Once they were done with
After losing two important
games in two weeks, it looks as PCC, the Cougars went to Eu
though Clackamas’ women’s gene to take on their next op
basketball team has finally ponent, Lane Community Col
snapped out of its funk and is lege. Going into this game,
both Lane and Clackamas were
back on the right track.
On Wed. Jan. 30, the Cou tied for second place in the
gars headed to Portland Com Southern Region, and only one
munity College to play a team team would be able to keep that
that was still searching for its spot. Although they proved to
be more of a
first league
challenge than
victory. Need :
. :
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PCC, Lane also
less to say,
fell victim to the
they didn’t
"This was a big
Cougar attack,
find it that
win for us to
77-63.
night. CCC
“This was a
convincingly
make sure that
good road win
put away the
we...still have a
for us against a
Panthers, with
good team,”
chance
at trying to
a final score of
said Martineau.
88-57.
The
sneak that league
“This was a big
starters got a
title out.”
win for us to
break
this
make sure we at
game, leaving
Jim Martineau
least secure
a chance for
Head Women's
second place
the not-so-
Basketball Coach
and still have a
used players to
chance at try
shine. Every
ing to sneak
player got to
play at least 10 minutes, and that league title out.”
Steen wasn’t shooting the
according to Head Coach Jim
Martineau, it was a good ball as well as normally, but still
ended up with 22 points. She
change.
“They don’t get any of the also had eight rebounds, seven
rewards as far as going out and steals and seven assists. Grant
playing,” said Martineau. scored 20 points, and Smith fin
“They
are
good ished with 12 points and nine
players...playing behind some rebounds.
After these two victories,
better players.”
The Cougars were shooting the Cougars are in second
really well the first half, with a place of the Southern Region
28-point lead at the break. They and ranked fifth in the
were also shooting 50 percent NWAACCs. Next up for
from the floor and from behind Clackamas is a tight match-up
the three-point line. The offen against Umpqua, the first-place
sive difficulties that plagued team in the NWAACCs, on Feb.
them from the week before seem 9 at 6 p.m. in the Randall Gym.
to have disappeared, since The last time these two teams
many of the shots that went in met, Umpqua edged out the
were the same ones they Cougars for a victory by seven
missed against Linn-Benton a points. This time, Martineau
few weeks back. With so many hopes the outcome will be a
players getting their minutes, little different.
“I think it should be a really
there was an even distribution
of the points among them. Lena good game. I know we can score
Grant was the scoring leader against them— I’m not worried
with a double/double of 22 about that. We need to play a
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NICK BARRON / Clackamas Print
(Above) Lena Grant fights
off two Portland players In
an attempt to score a
basket In a game last week
at PCC. (Right) Melissa
Gibson tries to keep a
Portland player from
passing the ball. The
Cougars won beat PCC by a
score of88-57. They will be
at home on Saturday,
trying to take out first place
Umpqua.
little better defense. And we’ve
done that the last four or five
games, even the game that we
got beaten,” said Martineau.
“Our defense has stepped up
quite a bit the last three or four
weeks. This should be a good
test for us.”
Cougar Athletic
Events!
Mett's Basketball
Feb. § at HOME vs.
Umpqua @ 4 P-m.
Women's Basketball
F«b. 9 at HOME vs.
Umpqua @ 6 p.m.
Cougar wrestlers
prepare to battle
the best of the best
On Saturday, Feb. 2 at
Rexburg, Idaho, 10 wrestlers
from Clackamas competed at
regionals to qualify for the na
tional competition in Roches
ter, Minn., on Feb. 15 and 16.
The tournament was held at
Ricks Junior College and as a
team, CCC took fourth place
out of the six teams present.
They finished behind third-
place Highline, runner-up Ricks
College and tournament cham
pion North Idaho. Six Cougar
wrestlers qualified to go to Na
tionals. Dennis Lewis and Cliff
Hughes placed second in their
weight classes. Placing third in
his weight was Justin Elliott,
and rounding out the other
three spots were Andrew
Murphy, Sean Bolen and Chaz
Cointment, who all got wild
card votes.
These six wrestlers will rep
resent Clackamas Community
College at Nationals.
Information compiled by Willie
Hendrix