Clackamas Print
Sports 7
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006
Cougar basketball in full tilt
en past halfway point of season; 13-6 overall
ank Jordan
\ Clackamas Print
reshman Alex
Brock
ed in 28 points to help
Clackamas Cougar men
at Southwestern Oregon
107-75 Saturday night in
i Bay. The win evened
Cougars’ record at 2-2 in
Southern Division of the
ACC and 13-6 overall
|e season.
he Cougars got 21 points
10 rebounds from soph-
re Martin Axnick and
id Cemin chipped in 21
,ts and six assists. Jake
les had 17 points and eight
its, while Steven Vaughan
bed nine rebounds.
lie Cougars opened league
[on Jan. 11 with an 89-77
over Portland CC with
ii Sims busting out 22
Is in the win. Cemin con
tributed 17 points and seven
rebounds, and Kettles added
14 points.
Lane CC handed the
Cougars their first league loss
in a mild upset Jan. 14, by
a score of 93-87. Sims led
the Cougars with 30 points
and nine rebounds, while
Cemin tossed in 17 points and
Vaughan added 12 points.
The Cougars traveled to
Salem on Jan. 18 and the
Chemeketa Storm sent the
Cougars packing with a 69-
66 loss.
Sims led Clackamas with
17 points and seven rebounds,
Vaughan chipped in 16 points
and 10 rebounds and Kettles
had a solid all-around game
with 11 points, seven rebounds
and seven assists.
The Cougars travel to
Roseburg tonight to take on
Umpqua CC in a 7:30 p.m.
game, and then go to Albany
on Saturday to go against Linn-
Benton CC in a game with a 6
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Cougars Nick Haney, Alex Brock, Anthony Mink, Micah Mooney, Jake Kettles, David
Cemin, Garold Howe, and Martin Axnick warm up before practice in the Randall gym.
p.m. tip-off. Clackamas’ next
home game is Feb. 1, when
the Cougars take on the Saints
of Mt.'Hood CC. Game time
'omen undefeated in conference at 4-0
ink Jordan
¡Clackamas Print
■be Clackamas women’s
■ethal 1 team has jumped out
14-0 start in the Southern
■ion of the NWAACC
I a huge win over pre
Bly unbeaten Lane CC
Ian 80-54 dismantling of
■western Oregon CC in
■Bay last Saturday night.
Be are playing very well
■ now; the girls have real-
lepped up their play since
leginning of league,” said
K Coach Jim Martineau.
“Our team is getting more
confident as the season wears
on and they are getting a bet
ter idea of what they really
can do.”
The three returning sopho
more starters from last year’s
team, LaToya Hill, Rochelle
Reeves and Kellie Morey,
have played very consistently
through the early schedule.
Hill has had her offensive
load cut down considerably
from last season, when she
was one of the NWAACC’s
top scorers.
With more help from her
fellow sophomores and some
dynamic freshmen, Hill has
become a true playmaker.
She is averaging 12.1 points
and almost 8 assists per game
so far.
Reeves is averaging 14.6
points per game and has
become a. steadying force on
both ends of the court, while
Morey has chipped in 10.9
points per game in the early
going.
Freshman Charday Hunt,
from Tigard, leads the
Cougars with 19.9 points and
7 rebounds per game. Hunt
poured in a season-high 34
points in the 92-80 win over
Lane and has delivered the
big inside presence that the
Cougars sorely missed last
season.
Along with fellow freshmen
Kellyn Cooper from Corvallis
and Monique Tribble from
Coquille, the Cougars are
more feared than in the past
because they have the inside
game to match their peren-
nially-powerful
perimeter
game.
“Our sophomores have done
a-great job getting everyone
involved inside and outside,”
said Martineau. “Hill does not
have to do as much as we
needed her to do last year,
and Reeves is shooting very
well. Hunt has improved so
much in the last 3-4 weeks
and has been playing good
all-around?’
i? 7:30 p.m. in the Randall
Hall gym.
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I Editors Note:
Please come out and sup- |
port the C ougais the risi ot
the régulai season and into
the
\Al C’s,
I pconiing home games:
Mcns-
Feb. 1 («' 7:30 vs. Mt
flood
Feb. 11 @ 6:00 vs. SW
Oregon
Momens-
Feb. 1 (&' 5:30 vs. Mt
. ,
Hood
Feh. Il (fi 4:00 vs. SW
Oregon
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the Mariners aren’t exactly a
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