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P R IN T : Sports
Wednesday, Febuary 5,2014
Cougars men’s basketball wins fourth
game in a row
Women’s
basketball
team falls to Lane Ti
tans at Lane Commu
nity College
Zak Laster
Ad Manager
EUGENE — In a Saturday
afternoon double header, the
Clackamas men’s and women’s
basketball teams played on the road
against the Lane Titans at Lane
Community College. In the first
game o f the double header, the
women’s team lost 73-64.
In the first half, the Cougars were
playing well defensively and were
able to take a four-point lead into
the half. In the second half, it was
turnovers and the play o f the Titans’
point guard Shelby Snook that did
in the Cougars. Snook finished the
game with 35 points and five assists.
“She just got to the basket when
ever she wanted to,” said Co-Head
Coach Jim Martineau. “She’s a
great player and does a great job.”
Once Lane was able to get
Snook going in the second half,
Lane became nearly impossible to
stop.
“We didn’t match up on the
shooters and they hurt us,”
Martineau said. “It just wasn’t a
very good effort defensively in the
second half.”.
The Cougars were led by Laci
Eflfenberger, who had 15 points and
five assists. Emily Pengelly finished
the game with a double-double, 11
points and 10 rebounds. Jasmine
Gibbs-Brown also finished with a
double-double, 10 points and 12
rebounds.
The next women’s basketball
game is a home game at Randall
Hall against Portland Community
College on Feb. 5 at 5:30 p.m.
Following the women’s game,
the Cougars men’s team put togeth
er a solid performance for their
fourth consecutive victory. They
beat the Titans 78-71, handing the
Titans thejr first league loss at home
this season.
“th e y ’re very good here,” said
Head Coach Clif Wegner. “For us
to come down here and come away
with the win is just fabulous.”
In the first half the Cougars came
out and tried to push the tempo
and find their shooters. They had
success with this and were able to
establish a 13-point lead at 28-15.
However, from that point the Titans
went on a 17-8 run to close out the
first half.
The Cougars took a four-point
lead to the locker room. The second
half was a back and forward game.
Neither team could really take con
trol until the Cougars finally did
with less than three minutes to play.
The Cougars were boosted by the
play o f Grant Sitton. He led all
scorers with 21 points and eight
rebounds, including six made free
throws.
“I was shooting three’s and they
weren’t hitting, so I thought I might
try to hit something inside,” Sitton
said. “I had a slower defender on me
and was just trying to make some
thing happen inside and I shot well
on free throws so it worked out. The
closer you get to the rim, the easier
it is to make a bucket.”
Defensively the Cougars were
impressive, holding the Titans to 40
percent shooting. As a team they try
to hold their opponents to 39 percent
shooting. The coaches were pleased
with those results after the game.
The Cougars held the Titans’
best big man below his season aver
age in both points and rebounds.
The Lane Titans leading scorer was
Alex Sattley, who finished with 29
points.
“He averages 18 points a game,
but he got it going tonight,” Wegner
said. “He hit some tough shots.”
The Cougars men’s basketball
team will look to extend their win
ning streak to five games on Feb.
5 at 7:30 p jn . against Portland
Community College.
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Halter, freshman forward, attempts layup against Lane C C ,H alter finished with 13 points
and eight rebounds. Top Right: Tori Wilkinson, sophomore guard, shoots three pointer early in game against the
Titans. Wilkinson flinished with 11 points and four rehounds. Bottom: Spencer Bankiofer, sophomore point guard,
shoots over the top o fL C C defender. Bankiofer finished the game with 15 points, seven assists, andfive rebounds.
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