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Starting out slow, but hopeful PHOTbS ANO STORY BY JACOB THOMPSON SPORTS EDITOR @SPORTSEDTHOMPS , C la c k a m a s C o m m u n ity C o lle g e ’ s w om en ’ s basketball team dropped tw o out of three games in their season opening Thanksgiving weekend tournament, losing to S o u th w estern O regon C o m m u n ity 68-59 on Nov. 23 and 102-99 to Umpqua Com m unity College on Nov. 25. “ A ll in a ll I th in k it w a s a d ecen t w e e k e n d , b u t I d o n ’ t lik e b e in g 1 -2 ob viou sly,” head coach Jim M artineau said. “ The SWOCC loss is probably the bad loss o f the w eekend ju st because w e didn’t play very w ell.” . < In the loss against SWOCC, the Cougars sh o t 22.1 p ercen t from th e field and despite tak in g 50 th re e-p o in te rs, only made seven. Sophom ore guard CJ Buckley led the Cougars in scoring w ith 18, sfiooting 7-25 from the field. Clackam as got th eir first w in o f the season on Nov. 24, defeating Pierce College 10 3-77. The Cougars w e n t 3 5-77 from the field and freshm an guard Am breece Gaskins led the w ay for Clackam as w ith -32 points. 24 of Gaskins 32'points were scored beyond the three point arc. “ It’ s nice to get in rhythm and th at’ s w h at I th in k th at n igh t w a s ,” G askins said on Nov. 25. C la c k a m a s a n d U m p q u a b a ttle d , back and forth in the fin al gam e o f the Th an k sgivin g tou rn am ent on Nov. 25. After trailing 3-0, the Cougars didn’t trail again until the third quarter when Umpqua gained a 57-55 lead with 9:08 remaining in the quarter. The Cougars and River Hawks tradedbaskets before Clackamas was able to pull away arid end the third quarter up 85-76. In the fourth quarter, Clackamas decided to stop rising their fu ll-cou rt press and it’ s som ething Martineau regretted after the game. “ If I had it do over this game we probably w ou ld ’ve stu ck w ith [the press] in the second h alf,” Martineau said. “ I’m kind o f kicking m yse lf th at w e got out of it. W e got som e stops, it w as still a close game, but I would’ve liked to see w h at it w ould’ve looked like at the end if we kept the press on .” Despite the rough start to the season, Martineau is optim istic about w hat this team can accomplish. “ I like [these players] and w e’re going to get better, tod,” Martineau said. “ They’re brand new. We only got four back of the 12 [players from last year]. Lots of new people on the floor and w e’re running some new stu ff too so it’ s going to be a little bit of a learning curve early and w e ’re going to take our thum ps this preseason. But by thé tim e w e g e t into league, I think w e ’re going to be fin e.” The Cougars are going to look to press on defense and run and shoot on offense a cco rd in g to fr e s h m a n p o st L an dy Williams. “W e’re going to be pressing and keeping and I and the group w hat we can do well and w hat w e need to w ork on .” The Cougars are on the road for three stra ig h t days sta rtin g F riday as th e y travel to Yakim a to take on Yakim a Valley College. Saturday Clackam as travels to Moses Lake to face Big Bend Com m unity College and Sunday they travel to Spokane to play Spokane Com m unity College. a h igh -tem p o,” W illiams said. “ We love th e en ergy and w e love gettin g up and down the court. It’s going to be a thing that everybody sees a lot. Besides new players, Clackam as also added a n ew a ssista n t coach th is o ff season w ith the hiring of Kurt Guelsdorf. G uelsdorf coached at Oregon City High School for 15 years, com piling a record of 451-123, w inning state.titles in 2004, 2009 and 2014 and ranking eighth on the a ll-tim e w ins list in Oregon. Guelsdorf is enjoying the transition to th e college ranks. “ It’s b een aw esom e, it’ s b een really fun,” Guelsdorf said. “ [MartineauPsbeen awesom e to w ork w ith and I couldn’t ask for a better guy to come w ork w ith every day. The kids have been great and now it’ s just a matter of figuring out between him life Miranda Jensen brings the bail up in a game against Umpqua Nov. 25. Photos by Jonathan Villagomez Clackamas Print ------|----- - --------------- --------------- ------ — theclackamasprint.com - ------------ - — | ----- — ----------------- November 2 8,2018
