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The Clackamas Print 7 Archlete of the Week: David Fife best,” he said. “I was good at the other sports but just decided to focus on basketball.” Fife has even broken two records: a record for shooting three-pointers and one for scoring 42 points in one game. Nick Kornafel Those records have earned Fife quite a fan-follow ing. TheUackamas Print Associated Student Government member Michael Da^id Fife doesn’t live by any motivational quotes Vu makes it to every Cougars basketball game. He finds Fife simply entertaining to watch. idolize any professional athletes - he simply plays “He is insane; he is like Michael Jordan,” Vu said. e game of basketball. “He has a suave style of play and has smooth, dance “Just pass me the ball and watch what I do with it,” like moves on the basketball court.” ; said. “He is one of the most real guys Fife plays post and wing for the on and off the court,” said another jugars, and is a sophomore at the student fan, Daniele Schmader. liege. Freshmen Brad King and J.C. While other athletes may be Cook, both Fife’s teammates, spired by big-time players such acknowledge Fife’s extraordinary Michael Jordan, Fife’s biggest qualities. urce of encouragement is his “He is one of the funniest and ther. most entertaining guys to be around,” “Hetwas the one who first intro- Cook said. ced me to basketball, and has “He has a lot of energy, and is ... en my coach since second grade,” an all-around great player,” King fe said. said. “He was the most supportive Despite Fife’s versatility on the ach,t he added. “No matter how I court, he plans on pursuing a career ayedl he made me feel like he was in business rather than basketball, ppy and proud for me.” and is working on accruing trans Fifelgraduated from Canby High fer credits so that he can study at :hool in 2005 with a 3.87 GPA another school. d then played for the Willamette Michael Vu “I don’t know what college I will ASG Member riversity basketball team. be going to yet,” he said, “but I just Aside from basketball, he has hope it will be close to home.” rticipated in track, baseball, soc- r and football. “I always liked basketball the David Fife’s hero is his father, who has een a supportive coach to his son “He is insane; he is like Michael Jordan. He has a suave style of play and has smooth, dance like moves on the basketball court.w Women’s basketball loses position in league , Megan Keler 11 Editor in Chief Kyle Steele Clackamas Print i the home game against Umpqua Community College on Saturday, Jan. 26, David Fife showed off his all round versatility on the court. Whether it was shooting or guarding, Fife led the game until rolling his nkle before the second half. The Cougars lost 104-88. Games this Week Men’s Basketball Today, vs. Portland (home) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, at Linn-Benton (Albany) at 6 p.m. Wrestling Feb. 9, Region 18 Championships (home) 10 a.m. Women’s Basketball Today, vs. Portland (home) at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9, at Linn-Benton (Albany) at 4 p.m. This past week, men’s basketball got their game back, while women’s basketball lost their grip on their winning streak. The men’s basketball team was defeated by Chemeketa last Wednesday 70-85 but dominated over Lane on Saturday, winning the game 96-78. Women’s basketball was defeated in both of their games: they lost 47-55 to Chemeketa and 42-78 to Lane. This is a big upset to the team's six wins in a row. “It was a big letdown after knocking off the top- ranked team in the previous game,” said Women’s Basketball Coach Jim Martineau. ‘1 think we expected to show up and the opponent was going to give it to is.” “Obviously, we struggled most of die game offensively,” he added. 'The first half, our defense did a good job keeping it close. We were down 25- 31 with less than four minutes to play in the half... Lane [closed] the half on a 9-0 run. “[The] second half [was] more of the same; we battled hard, but their depth was too much for us. The last 10 minutes got really sloppy.” This brings the women’s standings to 5-4 in league play and 15-8 in season play. The men’s standings are now 6-3 in league play and 14-10 in season play. Both tire men’s and women’s teams will face off against Portland Community College in a home game today. The women will play at 5:30 p.m. and die men at 7:30 p.m. in the Randall Gym. Their next game will be Feb. 9 in Albany against Linn-Benton. The women will play at 4 p.m., and the men will play at 6 p.m.
