The Clackamas P rin t /
Wednesday, Feb, 8,2012
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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.
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“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
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.Clackamas was up 84-81. on a
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