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^Clackamas Print Sports Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006 ady Cougs maintain first place rank Jordan Ite Clackamas Print rhe Clackamas women’s ketball team struggled last ek, but came through with i wins to maintain their first- pe standing in the Southern rision of the NWAACC with i weeks to play in the regu- season. I'he Cougars traveled to Eland CC Feb. 15 and over- ke a bad performance to ¡t a 66-61 victory over the lyPanthers. Clackamas was [sing freshm’an post Kellyn jper, who was out with strep at, and the Cougars’ play fered as a result. Clackamas [not play a very good first f and only led 26-25 at the feme break. . [We really struggled offen- ■ely,” said Head Coach Jim ■rtineau. “Portland played Hy hard and we did not. Bellyn’s absence hurt, but Hshould have picked up the Hk. We just didn’t.” But the Cougars came out of ' ■ the halftime with some renewed energy and quickly took con trol of the action. Sophomore point guard LaToya Hill led the Cougar effort in the sec ond half by scoring 18 of her team-high 23 points in the final half, arid played huge down the stretch,, hitting some big shots and making some clutch free throws to ice the game for the Cougars. Charday Hunt had 15 points and five rebounds and Kellie Morey scored 14 points in help ing Clackamas to.the victory. Last Saturday, Clackamas jumped out to a big lead early and held on in the second half to defeat Linn-Benton CC 71- 56 in the Randall Hall gym. “We absolutely played a great first half, but we relaxed a little bit in the second and it allowed LBCC to hang around a little longer than they really should have,” said Martineau. “We lost our focus and just kind of werit through the motions. It was disappointing, but we played well enough to defeat our opponent.” Hunt hit four three-pointers and shot 6-9 overall, leading ■ the Cougars with 26 points, including 20 in the first half, helping Clackamas to a 43-25 halftime lead. Hunt also led the Cougars off the backboards with eight rebounds. Rochelle Reeves had 18 points and six rebounds, and Hill continued her outstanding all-around play with 14 points, six rebounds, eight assists and seven steals. The Cougars improved their division record to 10-1 and their overall record to 20-4 with the two wins, maintaining a first-place tie in the division with Lane CC. Clackamas will host Chemeketa CC tonight with a 5:30 p.m. tip off in the Randall Hall gym. Then they will play Umpqua CC on Saturday at 4 p.m., also in the gym in Randall Hall. Reeves, Hill- and Morey, as well as Kayla Ohlman and Emma Ward will be playing the final game of their Clackamas careers ori Saturday. The Cougars look to make a statement heading into the NWAACC tournament in two weeks, in Kennewick, Washington. Linn- Benton ladies attempt to thwart the efforts of sopho more guard Kellie Morey. The Lady Cougs go up against Chemekata CC in the Randall Gym at 5:30 p.m tonight. V __ econd half turn-around keeps winning streak alive lilf Sorenson fc Clackamas Print [be Clackamas men’s basketball [overcame a seven point deficit [e half to beat Linn-Benton’s [¡Runners 73 - 65 last Saturday mallgym. Lugars’ Head Coach Cliff per was disappointed with the |’s performance during the first ■but was pleased that his team I turn things around and finish K to take the win. [thought the first half we were lie flat,” said Wegner. “[Linn- Bn] came out very jazzed, |h doesn’t surprise me, but led to surprise our » be Cougars - who shot 100 percent from the free throw line throughout the game — had to find something other than foul shots to help them pull ahead of their oppo nents. “In 30 years of coaching, I’ve never seen this happen,” said Wegner, “ ... perfect free throw shooting from both teams.” Help came from point guard Jake Kettles, who managed nine points and eight assists for the night. Kettles shares his coach’s opinion about his team’s performance. “It was actually pretty rough to start off,” said Kettles. “There wasn’t any intensity with our team at all, [but] we shot pretty well in the second half.” Even more help for the Cougars’ offense came from wingman Steven Vaughan who led the team with success as of late, both on and off 21 points arid seven defensive the court. rebounds. ‘It’s been a really fun year just Vaughn chalks up the Cougars’ because everybody enjoys play dose-call to a healthy learning expe ing together and everybody really rience in the team’s fight to make it enjoys each other personally off the into the NWAACC tournament in ‘ court,” said Kettles, who attributes less than three weeks. the team’s camaraderie partly to “I think we came a long way as a Vaughan’s mother. “We go over to team,” said Vaughan, “[We’ve] got [Vaughan’s] house and his mom to be real concerned because there’s cooks us all a big meal before the always a chance that we don’t make game.” This technique by Vaughan’s it, [but] I think this team is defi nitely good enough [to] get into the mother seems to be working, as the Cougars have won five of their last NWAACC tournament” Kettles - who feels the second six games. The Cougars will face Umpqua half of the season has been better for the Cougar men than the first CC ‘ on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 6 - believes that the way the team has p.m. at home, but first they’ll host grown together is part of the reason Chemeketa CC tonight at 7:30 p.m why they’ve been seeing so much in the Randall gym. The Cougars Zhai’twell^ have been beaten by Chemeketa once this season and are anxious for the chance to play them at home. ‘T think we’re going to come out with a lot of intensity, [and] we’ll play harder than we have all year,” said Kettles. “There’s some personal rivals from high school [on Chemeketa’s team] and there’s really not a lot of love lost there.” “We’ve got to focus. on Chemeketa,” he added, “We’re playing hard, and any time you go out and play hard things are usually going to faU into place.” . * Anyone interested in receiving free passes to the mens basketball games can cojne by The Print, Rook 135 and pick them up L Only available Feb. 27 - March 3 M - Th: 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fridays: 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.I J £ Breakfast Grill open 7-10:30 a.m. Lunch Grill open 10:30 a.m. - 2 pjn. '■ J / j
