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4 $ PRINT: Sports Wednesday,January22,2014 I I BASKETBALL: Women win on home court Continued from Cougars wing, Tim Lott (20), explodes to the rim fo r a dunk over the top o f Chemeketa wing, Bryce White. The Cougars, who were up 10 at halftime, lost the game 87-75. Lott finished with 18 points and six rebounds. Z a k la s te r Ad Manager Facing the highest scoring team in the NWAACC on Jan. 15, the Clackamas Cougars fell to the Chemeketa Storm, 87-75. Grant Sitton and Brandon Halter led the Cougars with 19 points each. The Cougars plan against the Storm, who averages 99 points per game, was to try to slow the tempo and limit the number o f possessions the Cougars have. “We really didn’t want to play in a hundred-point game,” said Coach Clif Wegner. In the first half, the game went according to the coach’s plan. The Cougars, shooting 43.9 percent from the field in the first half, were able to take a 10-point lead into halftime. The Cougars had hit a three pointer at the halftime buzzer that would have put them up 13, but the referee ruled that the shot came after the buzzer. Coming out o f the locker room for the second half, the Storm came out firing with a 14-2 run, led by leading scorer Bryce White with 28 points. On the defensive end, Chemeketa clamped down and held the Cougars to just 27.8 percent shooting in the second half. “Our kids took some quick shots and deep three’s which really wasn’t what we were trying to do,” Wegner said. “We just didn’t do a good job at sticking to our game plan.” The 10-point lead the Cougars enjoyed at halftime would disap pear as they were outscored 53-31 in the second half. Despite the poor shooting in the second half, the Cougars were able to keep the game close because of 32 points oft- o f 17 Chemeketa turnovers. But the clos est the game would get would be seven points. This season, the Clackamas Cougars men’s basketball team is led by playmakers Spencer Bankofier and Tim Lott. Bankofier is known tor his three-point shoot ing ability, while Lott uses an all around game to find success on the court. Cleaning up the glass down low is Grant Sitton. The Cougars currently are in fifth place in the NWAACC South standings and have five remaining home games, four o f which are against teams that are ranked higher in the standings than the Cougars are. There is an opportunity for the Cougars to make a push to die top in the final month o f die season. The Cougars (7-10, 1-3) next home game is Jan. 25 against Linn- Benton. C h em eketa used good offense, bringing the score to 14-5, but E ricka Pengelly scored this tim e. She hit a nice layup for a 16-5 lead. The score had reached 18-11 and C hem eketa fouled Ja sm in e G ib b s-B ro w n . Clackam as took a 19-11 lead as she made her first free throw and m issed the sec ond. C hem eketa w as still struggling to keep up, but they w ere able to h it a nice outside shot w hich put the score at 21-15. Towards the end o f the first half, W ilkinson drove the ball through the defense, scoring a layup. The Cougars com m anded a 23-15 lead. C o ntinuing th eir m om en tum , G ibbs-B row n sunk a nice shot from inside, The score w as 25-15; Chem eketa fouled G ibbs-Brow n. She hit one o f tw o free throw s for a score o f 26-15. C hem eketa picked up another foul on Emily Pengelly w ho m issed both free throw s. T he next foul w as called on Clackam as änd C hem eketa scored one o f the follow ing free throws, but the C ougars h ad the advantage w ith 26-16 at the half. C hem eketa started the second h a lf w ith the ball and hit a shot bringing th e score to 26-18. R ebekah Jam erson found a nice shot earning the C ougars th eir first basket o f the h a lf and 28-18 on the scoreboard. P laying m ore o ffe n siv e ly , C h em ek eta [tossed a three pointer in. The scoreboard read 28-21. C hem eketa seem ed m uch stronger beginning the sec ond half. They m ade a shot during a Clackam as foul that put them closer at 28-23, but they m issed both free throws. C hem eketa rem ained patient despite trailing. They kept up good defense and launched strategic offense as they scored anbther shot for 28-25. Chem eketa fouled Em ily P engelly w ho m ade her first free throw and m issed the second. The score was “W e’ve m eshed really 29-25. C hem eketa k ep t the gam e co m p etitiv e sco rin g well as a team ,” said G ibbs- again. N ow 29-27, the Cougars Brow n. “It feels like I ’ve fouled C hem eketa. They scored know n them for five years both free throw s, tying tire gam e but it h asn’t even been a year at 29-29 w ith 12 m inutes left on yet. W hen it com es dow n to it w hen w e saw them the clock. Less than tw o m inutes later, catching up we really pulled E m ily Pengelly took back the. together as a team . O nce lead w ith another w ell-tim ed w e came together on defense three p o in ter for 32-29. A our offense cam e together C lackam as foul gave Chem eketa w hen it counted.” C h e m e k e ta f o u le d tw o free throw s, both scored for 32-31. C hem eketa then fouled W ilkinson w ho m ade a W ilkinson w ho m ade both free free throw for 48-39. Then throws putting the lead at 34-31. another C hem eketa foul on A fter a tim eout, Clackam as E ffenberger put the Storm fouled again, but it was for a further behind the Cougars single free throw. Chem eketa as she m ade both free throws m issed. A n o th er C lackam as for 50-39. C lackam as w on foul put C hem eketa back in 50-39. H ead coach Jim M artineau front o f th e basket, m aking both w as happy w ith the w in, but free throw s w ith 34-33. C hem eketa picked up another saw room for im provem ent. “W e’re ran k ed second foul on G ibbs-Brow n who made both free throw s com m anding a in the N o rth w est,” said 36- 33 lead. A gain C hem eketa M artin eau . “ Wé h a v e n ’t fouled W ilkinson who m ade one scored great this year, but free throw for 37-33. C lackam as defensively this is the best caught another foul, too, and team I ’ve been w ith. W e’re C hem eketa m ade a free throw to three and one in league.” Effenberger played hard 37- 34. C hem eketa found then- next foul on E ffenberger w ith and put som e great plays 6:19 left on the clock. She m ade together w ith her team m ates. “T hat’s a good w in for both free throw s. C lackam as u s,” said E ffen b erg er. lead 39-34. C hem eketa scored at 5:35 “W e’re so used to hitting on the clock fo r 39-36. The shots, w hen w e’re not hitting infractions w ere piling up as them it’s nice to com e away C lackam as fouled Chem eketa. w ith a w in, m aking defen They m ade one free throw, sive stops.” O n F riday the C ougars tak in g ' th e score to 39-37. Clackam as called a tim eout at travelled to R oseburg w here th ey lo st a close 72-76 4:43. E m ily P engelly passed-in gam e against U m pqua, but to G ibbs-Brow n, who scored. they, w ill have a chance for À t 43-37 on the scoreboard revenge on Feb. 15 w hen Chem eketa fouled Effenberger they play U m pqua on hom e w ho m ade bbtfe ffe e throw s. . court. The C o u g ars n ex t 4 5 -3 7 . C lack am as fouled hom e game and chance to C hem eketa w ith 1:28 rem ain avenge their first loss o f the ing. C hem eketa m ade both free official season w ill be Feb. 5 throw s for 45-39. C hem eketa at 5:30 p.m. against Portland. w as scram bling to try and catch up. They called a tim eout w ith 57 seconds to go. C hem eketa w as penalized w ith another foul call at 0:38. C lackam as m issed the single free throw. C hem eketa fouled again im m ediately after and G ibbs-B row n show ed consis tency m aking both free throws for a strong 47-39 lead. She lead in scoring w ith 14 points in the game. 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