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BASKETBALL: Women win
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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.
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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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