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January 22, 2003
The Clackamas Print
Cougar men stop team of giants
Staff Writer
Men’s basketball outplayed a
Chemeketa squad on Wednesday
night, beating the Storm 79-65 and
raising the Cougars’ record to 11
wins and only 5 losses.
The Chemeketa Storm showed
up with great height, including the
likes of a seven-foot center, and two
other players towering over 6’8”.
Chemeketa was held scoreless in
the first four minutes of play. While
Clackamas played excellent defense
and took an early lead with the help
of two three-point field goals by
Brandon Gill, who contributed 13
points to the Cougar score.
Due to high percentage lay-ups
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and timely^ three pointers, the
Cougars/were never really chal
lenged. The Chemeketa team relied*
heavily on their seven-foot starting
center Chris Botez who led the
Storm with 25 points. Once Botez
got the ball in the post baskets
became easy, but the. rest of the
Storm did hot show up to play.
Only four players contributed hoops
in the first half, compared to nine on
the'board for the Cougars.
Greg O’Neal and center Chris
Botez were the only players for the
Storm who could find the bottom of
the net with any consistency.
Keiling played a key part in the
defense of Chris Botez. Giving no
more than four inches to Botez,
Keiling kept him at bay when it
mattered most. The Cougars
defense limited the rest of the Storm
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Freshman guard (#10) Brandon Gill throws up a lay-in as he is tackled to the floor by a Chemeketa defender.
to roll player status, making their
center the only scoring option.
With constant defense and a-
team effort the Cougars controlled
the tempo of the first half from the
tip, starting the last period with a
15-point lead 42-27
The second half started with
almost every seat in the bleachers
taken. The Cougars attacked the
hoop and got Chemeketa to foul
early. Clackamas was taking bonus
free throws after only five minutes
of second-half play.
Cougar Ben Moen-Arnold had a
big second half; 14 of his team
leading 17 points came in the final
twenty minutes of play.
The only dunk attempted in the
game came in the second half.
Starting post Evan Keiling of
Clackamas missed a two-handed
flush that would have put salt in to
the cut that was the Storms effort.
The Storm did elevate their play,
however
it
came
to
late.
Chemeketa, using a full court
defense, did push within 10 points
with 1:01 to play, but the
Chemeketa team could not keep the
Cougars off the foul line.
Eleven players scored for the
Cougars, a tremendous display of
unselfish basketball and good ball
movement. The Cougars were able
to come away with a key win. The
48 bench points proves that players
1-12 on the Clackamas basketball
team have got game. A fourteen-
point victory proved that in the land
of giants that is college basketball,
the bigger team does not always
win.
Women's basketball stumbles, gets right back up
Staff Writer
The Lady Cougars fell to
Chemeketa CC last Wednesday, but
resumed their winning ways the fol
lowing Saturday against Linn-Benton
CC.
In a disappointing defeat, the Lady
Cougars lost at home 83-70 to the
Chemeketa Storm. Entering the game
with identical 2-0 league and 13-1
overall records, both teams were striv
ing to advance in the Southern Region
playoff chase. Clackamas commanded
early, taking a 19-7 lead in the first ten
minutes, but the Storm came back with
a fury, capturing a 21-20 lead with
eight minutes remaining in the first
half.
Chemeketa’s full-court press into a
half-court
zone
produced
15
Clackamas turnovers in the first half.
Nonetheless, Clackamas reclaimed a
40-39 lead heading into the locker
room.
Chemeketa regained control after
halftime, though Clackamas was able
to keep within six points for the major
ity of the second half. By the time only
8:40 remained in the game, Chemeketa
had built a 64-54 lead and never looked
back.
“We were at times two different
teams out there,” said Head Coach Jim
Martineau. “At times we looked really
good going through their press and get
ting buckets...When we attacked them
and got the ball inside a little bit, and
moved it around a little bit, we got easy
shots. When we struggled, a lot of it
was just that we were against the clock
so much because we took so long to get
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Freshman forward Somer Erickson shows the crowd just how easy a free throw can look when you have good form.
the ball down the floor.”
Clackamas turned the ball over 31
times in the game, including 19 steals
by Chemeketa. Chemeketa scored 38
points off turnovers.
“We’re just shooting ourselves in
the foot when we turn it over,”
Martineau said. “The way we look at it,
31 turnovers is 31 shots we don’t get.
So, I look at it and think, ‘If we had
taken better care of the basketball, then
we win that ball game.’ It was a big
game and we need to win at home, and
we didn’t get that done. That was prob
ably the most frustrating part about it”
■he way We®
look at if, 31 H
turnovers is 31
shots we don’t
get.”
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Jim Martineau
Head Coach
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Clackamas capitalized cfi its next
opportunity, claiming a 74-68 road win
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at Linn-Benton Community College
on Saturday afternoon. Leading
Clackamas’ offensive attack against
Linn-Benton were freshman Somer
Erickson and sophomore co-captain
Cappie Smith, with 21 and 20 points
respectively.
Freshman Lindsay Calmettes col
lected nine points and eight rebounds.
Sophomore co-captain Melissa Gibson
had nine points and seven rebounds.
Sophomore Morgan Hayes grabbed
seven rebounds.
Clackamas will be on the road for
its next four games, returning home
Feb. 8 to host Southwestern CC.
In the first NWA ACC / Horizon Air
Coaches’ Poll of the season released
Jan. 12, Clackamas received 80 votes
for a first place ranking in the confer
ence. Chemeketa was ranked second
with 64 votes, and Big Bend was third
with 61 votes.
l\vo other Southern Region schools
received votes. Lane CC, currently
leading the league with a 4-0 record,
received 20 votes for fourth place.
Umpqua was ranked seventh with 12
votes. The next poll will take place
Feb. 2.