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(j The Clackamas Print sportsed@ ciackam as.edu Wednesday, M arch 7 ,2 0 1 2 Sports Mens basketball title hopes dashed By John William Howard Sports E ditor: Clackam as’ to u rn am en t began S aturday m o rn in g a t 10 a.m . against Peninsula College.Pirates. C la c k a m a s C o m m u n ity College p e n ’s basketball team failed to place at th e N W A A C C cham pionships, falling in th e first ro u n d to th e Pirates an d later los ing to Bellevue College to be knocked from th e to u rnam ent. Peninsula 74 - Clackamas 65 P eninsula’s J.T . Terrell a n d D eS h au n Freem an co m bined for 39 p o in ts to defeat Clackam as 74-65 in th e first ro u n d . T h e gam e was a close contest for the first few m inutes w ith neither team seeing m u c h advantage. T ied u p at n in e after four m in utes o f play, Peninsula w ent o n an 11-2 ru n to get a 20 -1 1 lead o n a three p o in ter by D aniel Sims. Clackam as used a flurry o f p oints to cu t th e deficit to five at 26-21 o n three p o in ter by Taylor D u n n . Peninsula led 3 5-27 at halftim e. T h e second h a lf b ro u g h t m ore o f th e sam e for Peninsula, w hich m aintained a steady lead thro u g h o u t the second half. Clackam as fo u n d themselves d ow n by 13, b u t clim bed to w ith in seven p o in ts o n a field goal from p o in t guard Jake D ew itt w ith 15 m in free throw line to m ake it a d o u ble digit lead yet again a t 59-59. T h e Cougars Would cu t the lead to eight o n several occasions, b u t w ith less th a n tw o m inutes rem aining, P eninsula h ad pushed their lead to 15. Clackam as’ Jo sh L okeno h it a three pointer w ith seven seconds left to m ake th e final score 74-65. Clackam as was led by D u n n ’s 15 p oints a n d nin e rebounds a n d Ball’s 13 points. T h e loss dropped Clackam as from con tention fo r anything higher th an seventh place, and’ set u p a m atch u p w ith S. Puget S ound th e next m o rn in g at 10 a.m . Clackamas 70 - S. Puget Sound 67 S. Puget S o und C o m m u n ity College cam e back from a 12 p o in t deficit to tie an d take a brief lead to m ake things inter esting, b u t in th e en d Clackam as prevailed, w inning 70 -6 7 to stay alive in the h u n t for seyenth place in th e N W A A C C to u rn a m ent. C lackam as ju m p e d o u t to an early lead, m oving ahead by nine points after five m inutes o f play, leading 11-2 o n a field goal from A n d re D ickson. S. Puget S o und battled bach to get w im in tw o o n a three p o in ter By Alexey “Lucky” Lagerberg, b u t Clackam as w ent o n a 16-5 ru n t o take a 13 p o in t lead w ith 7 :38 to play in th e first half. S, Puget S o u n d used a 9-0 ru n o f . their utes left in the second half. o w n to climb back to 29-25, out fouled o u t w ith six m in u tes rem aining an d Peninsula’s Sam W aller h it one o f tw o from the deficit 12 w ith a p u t back at tfte buzzer to give the Cougars the lead 40-28 at halftim e. S. Puget S ound cam e o u t o f halftim e w ith a vengeance, going o n a 13-2 ru n to pull w ithin one point, o n a field goal from D eshaw n Hayes. Several m in utes later, a three p o in ter from Tyler V anderhoff m ade it 63-61, an d H ayes followed w ith an o th er three-point basket to p u t S. Puget S o und in th e lead 64-63 w ith just over four m inutes to play in. th e gam e. Clackam as regained th e lead on a fade away ju m p er by Jake D ew itt, a n d built their lead u p to 3 p o in ts w ith 25 seconds left. S. P uget S o u n d m issed all their three p o in t attem pts an d Clackam as was just good enough from the line to edge .past S. P uget S ound 70-67.- D u n n a n d Ball b o th h ad 14 points for Clackam as, w ho m oved o n to play Bellevue on M o n d ay m o rn in g at 10 am . Bellevue 75 - Clackamas 56 b eh in d in th e second half, as th e N W A A C C ’s to p scorers, was Bellevue pushed the lead to 18 h eld to ju st 10. T h e loss en d ed an u p an d p o in ts o n a n o th er field goal from H ayenga after ju st four d o w n season for th e C ougars, m inutes o f play in th e second w h o struggled in th e preseason a n d early regular season, b u t period. Bellevue’s Jo n H u m p h rie pushed the . lead to 21 points ^finished w ith an impressive ru n to m ake the N W A A C C to u rn a w ith a layup a t th e five m in u te m en t. Clackam as will lose a lot m ark. Clackam as h ad litde to o f talen t w ith th e g raduation n o answer for H u m p h rie, w ho exposed th e C ougar defense sev o f th eir sophom ores, in cluding th e scoring th reat o f D u n n an d eral tim es d ow n th e stretch.. g W ith four m inutes rem ain th e reb o u n d in g m achine o f Ball. ing, Clackam as h ead coach. C lif T h e Cougars will also lose the W egner w aved the w hite flag, sophom ore leadership o f W alter, em ptying h is bench. Bellevue s w h o has been w ith th e program lead w ould reach 2 T once m ore since his redshirt season three before A ndrew W eaver’s p u t- years ago. T h e focus n o w tu rn s to back basket w ith 19 seconds recruiting a n d preparing for next rem ain in g . Bellevue finished season a n d th e qu est to get back shooting 54 percent from the to th e N W A A C C to u rn am en t. field an d holding Clackam as to John William Howard also covered the championship fo r the ju st 33.3 percent in th e 75-56 loss. Ball h ad 13 p o in ts for NW AACC. Clackam as, w hile D u n n , one o f Clackam as got dow n by d o u ble digits early an d never led in th eir loss to Bellevue by a c o u n t o f 75-56;< Bellevue held th e Clackam as starters far below their averages offensively in th e loss, w hich en d ed Clackam as’ to u rn am en t ru n for good. B ellev u e ju m p e d on Clackam as from th e get go, ru n nin g o u t to a 16-5 lead o n a field goal from K eaton H ayenga. Clackam as m oved to w ithin nine, b u t H ayengas three p o in t play w ith six m inutes left in the first h a lfp u t Bellevue up ftTp'SKR'’ ■'lM e w W ri. i u ii 'tluii-c p m iw d 1" for Bellevue t o . make Bulldog s halftim e lead 35-22. Clackam as fell even further rt- i PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - ■ 'GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION- Is graduate school in your future? Taylor Dunn dashes around an opponent at the NW AACC Championships on Sat. M arch 3. Scott Bonsignore R.M.B. $ 3 .0 0 D is c o u n t ! w it h S t u d e n t I.D. 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