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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'’
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for Bellevue t o . make Bulldog s
halftim e lead 35-22.
Clackam as fell even further
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