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January 29, 2003
The Clackamas Print
Cougar women split two games,
drop to third iri Southern Region
Staff Writer
Clackamas achieved a decisive
victory over Portland CC last
Wednesday night, but then dropped
to third in the Southern Region fol
lowing a tough loss to Lane CC on
Saturday.
The Lady Cougars destroyed the
Portland Panthers by a score of 88-
41 at the PCC Cascade campus
Wednesday night.
Clackamas
claimed a double-digit lead early in
the game, and by halftime led by an
overwhelming 42-21.
Though
Clackamas took its full court press
off a few minutes into the second
half, the damage had been done.
The Cougars were too much for
Portland to handle, and the Panthers
never stood a chance.
Standout performances were
seen across the board. Sophomore
Morgan Hayes collected a career-
high, 10 offensive rebounds, mean
while
scoring
17
points.
Sophomore Regina Joo scored a
season-high 19 points; she also-tal
lied five rebounds and four steals.
Freshmen Lindsey Calmettes and
Somer Erickson both had fantastic
all-around games. Calmettes racked
up 16 points, nine rebounds and
five steals. Erickson scored eight
points, dished six assists, and col
lected eight rebounds and five
steals.
Collectively, the team grabbed
31 offensive rebounds to squash
their old season best. A strong full
court press for the majority of the
sometimes
it’s harder to
play well
against a bad
team than a
good team.”
Jim Martineau
Head Women’s
Basketball Coach
game helped them force Portland
into 41 turnovers, including 25
steals by the Lady Cougars.
Clackamas scored 35 points off
turnovers and cashed in on 19 sec
ond-chance points.
“I was pretty pleased because
sometimes it’s harder to play well
against a bad team than a good
team,” said Head Coach Jim
Martindale. “The girls did a nice
job. They played hard, they worked
hard and they played pretty sharp.
It was a pretty good effort.”
The team traveled to Lane CC
on Saturday in hopes of overpower
ing the only remaining undefeated
team in the Southern Region. In a
tough battle, Clackamas ultimately
fell 63-56.
Sophomore co-captains Melissa
Gibson and Cappie Smith gave it
their all on the offensive end.
Gibson led all scorers with 21
points, collecting eight rebounds
along the way. Smith added to the
offensive production with 14 points.
Erickson and Hayes grabbed nine
and eight rebounds, respectively.
Joo had six assists.
The Lady Cougars’ league
record is now 4-2.
This loss
dropped Clackamas from second
place to third in the Southern
Region, behind first place Lane CC
(6-0) and second ranked Chemeketa
CC (5-1). Chemeketa’s 86-82 tri
umph over Umpqua CC (4-2) this
weekend broke what was a three-
way tie for second to claim that spot
solely for itself.
Clackamas will play two more
games on the road before returning
home Feb. 8 to fight Southwestern
Oregon CC.
PETE FORD Clackamas Print
Clackamas sophomore Regina Joo dribbles the ball
while Ashley Storms readies herself for the play. After a
split of this week’s games, the Cougars find themselves
with a 4-2 league record.
Men's basketball wins two on road
Victories at PCC and Lane put the Cougars at 4-2
Staff Writer
PETE FORD Clackamas Print
Russ Schneider (23) and Chris Hutcherson (11) watch in preparation for a rebound
during the Jan. 22 victory over Portland. Clackamas now shares the lead of the
Southern Region with four other teams.
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Clackamas men’s basketball got
two impressive wins this Week, beat
ing both Portland and Lane CC.
The Portland Panthers showed up
with an eight-man team including
three players with above the rim tal
ent. While the Cougars were evenly
matched in height, they were out
matched in strength in the post and
athletic ability in .the backcourt.
CCC was able to overcome a first
half deficit of eight, and defeat the
Panthers with a final of 95-86. The
Panthers’ defense was aggressive
enough to keep the Cougars off the
boards for most of the first half. The
Cougars were so perplexed that
PCC’s Dominique Holmes had two
straight rim rocking dunks; a high
flying put back and an alley -opp on
a back door cut.
The coaches were very vocal
about the officiating. “I’ve learned to
keep my mouth shut,” stated Head
Coach Clif Wegner, when asked
what he thought of Wednesday
night’s officiating.
Going into the second half CCC
was down 56-48 and in need of a
spark. Coach Wegner went to his 3-
2-zone defense creating problems for
the Panthers. The 3-2 set was able to
cause turnovers and easy baskets for
the Cougars. Once the Cougars
extended their defense the Panthers
lost control of a game they had dom
inated for the first twenty minutes.
Evan Keiling played an excellent
second half and finished with 14
points and four rebounds, as well as
hitting two key shots at the end of
the game to seal the Cougars’ victo
ry-
This very high scoring game was
played in front of an estimated 70
people at PCC’s Cascade Campus.
Leading the way for the Cougars
was Russ Schnieder who had 22
■points of the final and three
rebounds. Chris Hoyt followed with
16 points and three rebounds.
Defense set the tone for the
Cougars’ come-from-behind win.
Team highlights ’ include 24
points off PCC turnovers, 18-second
chance points and 30. of CCC’s 98
points coming from behind the three
point arc. Fundamental basketball
and near perfect second half execu
tion were5 the keys, for "the Cougars
win.
On Saturday CCC beat Lane
Community College 77-66 in
Eugene, Oregon. Leading the way
was Keiling with 31 points and
seven rebounds. Schnieder followed
with 13 and Jon Hildebrant with 12,
bringing the Cougars’ record to 13-6
overall and 4-2 in league.
Clackamas remains unranked in the
NWAACC, but they are ranked first
in the Southern Conference tied with
four other teams.
This week, they will be taking on
Mount Hood and Umpqua on the
road.