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The Clackamas P rin t / Wednesday, Feb, 8,2012 sportsed@clackamas.edu P a u l W a lter shoots over S W Oregon defense on his w ay to scoring 2 3 points. W alter has been the ledding scorer through'diit m uch o f region play. Sophomore post Brett B all goes upfor a rebound against S W Oregon. B adgot infoultrouble, early-and played only 2 4 minutes. B all ended up w ith e ig h t p o in t s a n d terrrehatdtds.^^ BASKETBALL: Cougars turn corner, win four in a row SW Oregon began the second half by pushing their advantage to At that point, Clackamas went nine, leading 41-32 with just over ice cold. Having turned the ball 18 minutes remaining in the game. over just .twice in' the first nine That’s when Wegner noticed that, minutes, they had six miscues in the the Lakers’ two leading scorers had final eleVeh, resulting in a flurry of aweakness. points for SW Oregon. By the time the half was over, the Lakers had erased Clackamas’ lead and built one of their own, going on a 28-8 run to close the half leading 37-30. “I think it was a combination of things,” said head coach Clif Wegner. “I think it was some leaky I try to be extra agressive defense. We got beat on transition a t the end o f tight games, a little bit by not getting back. We gave up a couple scores1 where we b u t a t the same tim e not made a basket and they got the ball force anything. I was able out and beat us down ana either got an easy shot, a three or a lay in.” to get good looks. ” Wegner addressed the lapses at half-time, talking with his team Taylor Dunn about missed opportunities, espe G uard cially on the stagnant offensive end where mismatches in the post were going largely unnoticed. Continued from Page 1 u “At that point, we had two of their guys were in foul trouble,”' said Wegner. “We decided to go at both of them and pretty soon they both hail four [fouls] and they came out with about 15 [minutes] to go ... that’s when we made our run.” And run they did. ©own 41-47 with 15*17 remaining, : Clackamas would go on to score the next eight points, .taking the lead on a Paul Walter;three point attempt from the near corner. SW Oiregon had given up the lead for the last time. What they hadn’t given up was the fight. T he, Lakers fought back, but Clackamas pushed their lead to seven, at 58-51. That’s when Taylor Dunn entered the game, ready to seal the deal. ‘T . try to Be extra aggressive at the end of tight games, but at the same time not force anything,” said Dunn. “I was able to get good looks.” Dunn’s good looks: scored him 19 points, a good night by most Scott Bonsignore rails End Saloon 1 1320 M ain St- Oregon City Wednesdays V R.M.B, $ 3 .0 0 D is c o u n t ! with S tudent I.D. 503-656-3031 es Thursdays N W ten o n ’s Best Blues Venue ty Cascade Blues Association £ Men’s Basketball N ext Up: Clackamas home vs. Lane 6 p.m. Saturday Feb. 11 Where satisfaction is more than a word. & Saturdays ice Blues Bar an d Grill standard's. Then, just whefl his'- team needed him, Dunn carried the offense in the last ten minutes, putting up 15 of Clackamast .final 29 points in one of his best perfor mances all season, including per haps the biggest play of the game. .Clackamas was up 84-81. on a pair of Dunn free-throws with just 20 seconds left. SW Oregon had climbed- to within one point on a pair of occasions, and had shown their prowess from the three 5point line all night.. / SW - Oregon’s Joseph MoquinO made an attempt Vo pass the ball into the middle, and Dunn saw it coming,*' leaping into the pass ing lane to steal the ball and earn him another pair of Tree throws. Moquino would nail another three, from well beyond the arc, but that Would be the Lakers’ last gas, and they would fall 87-84, yielding not only the game, but their position, in the southern region standings. Barber Shop 19376 Molalla Ave #150 behind t i l ’ Cooperstown 5 0 3 -5 1 8 -2 6 6 5 OregonCityBarberShop.com T u d s -F ri 9:30 to 6 Saturday 9:30 to 4 £ Women’s Basketball N ext Up: Clackamas home vs. Lane 4 p.m. Saturday Feb. 11
