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4 ÍS> Wednesday, Febuary 12,2014
Cougars claw Panthers in doubleheader
Chris Browarski
The Clackamas Print
I t was a freezing 25 degrees
outside Wednesday night but the
Clackamas Cougars heated up
Randall Hall as both the m en’s and
women’s basketball teams beat the
Portland Panthers. The women won
74-60 while" the m en dominated
108-90. Three pointers were key
as both teams garnered momentum
from behind the arc to extend their
leads.
The women kicked off the night
hungry for a win after a tough loss
at Lane earlier in the week. The
Panthers came to town with a fast
and physical play style that frus
trated the Cougars offense, forcing
early turnovers and pushed for fast
break points. PCC held a three
point lead at the end o f the first half
with guard Diamond Bolden ahead
in scoring for the Panthers. Bolden
collected 25 points by the end o f the
night, the most from both teams.
Clackamas continued to struggle
with the high-paced Panthers early
in the second half and fell behind
1ft points. H ie Cougar wom en
eventually managed to control the
pace and come back with a series
o f team play and three-point shots.
The women made passes to open
players inside and racked up 17
assists, seven more than Portland.
Points from behind the three-point
arc soared in CCC’s favor, and
were a huge part in the Cougars
come-back win. Clackamas sunk
nine more shots from outside than
PCC.
“ They definitely got hot out
there” said Coach Jim Martineau
about the Cougars’ three point
shooting in the second half, “that
was definitely the difference.”
Laci Effenberger was on fire
like ’NBA Jam late in the second
half, sinking three consecutive out
side shots. She led CCC in scoring
with 21 points and facilitated three
baskets oh assists. Effenberger was
also key on defense by forcing turn
overs with three steals.
Tori Wilkinson made her pres
ence felt all over the court, pick
ing up 10 points, five rebounds
and four assists. She also, showed
hustle, saving the ball from going
out o f bounds, and scored on a give
and go, which was one o f the pret
tiest plays o f the night
After the game Wilkinson was
just happy to pull through.
“We came out on top and that’s
all that matters,” said Wilkinson.
After the women wrapped up
their victory, it was the m en’s turn
to show Portland what Clackamas
could do. The Cougars dominated
the Panthers all game with Portland
unable to come up with a solution
for the CCC offense.
Clackamas played a team game
with lots o f passing to find the open
m an to take the shot. Everyone
seemed to have a hot hand with
three players scoring more than 20
points. The team rebounded well
on defense grabbing 29 boards, 12
more than PCC.
Tim Lott was a big playmaker
with 27 points, 12 o f which were
scored from outside the arc. He also
picked up seven rebounds and two
assists on the night. Not far behind
in scoring was Brandon Halter who
played the second half with a seem
ingly endless supply o f energy.
Halter sunk five three-pointers on
his 26-point night.
The Cougars displayed impec
cable shot selection, making 38
o f 63 shots from the field. In con
trast, PCC put up 23 more shots in
the game but only shot 32 o f 86.
Streaks o f scoring pushed a big lead
for CCC who at one point extended
a 13-2 run late in the second h alf
Coach C lif Wegner was very
excited when he heard about the
team’s high shooting percentage.
“Holy cow, 60 percent!” said
Wegner. “Good ball movement
made for great team play.”
Wegner was happy with his
team’s outstanding performance as
o f late, describing it as a great time
to be on a five game win streak
The win puts them just one game
out o f first place.
The m en’s 6-3 division record
ties them for first in the NWAACC
South regionw hile the 5-3 women
move a half game behind Lane for
third place. With four games left
in the season, wins are even more
important. Both m en and women
will visit Chemeketa Wednesday
to face the Storm. Both Chemeketa
teams trail Clackamas by one game
in regional standings.
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