Fr e e Pr e ss Page 8 Colby Free Press Monday, November 16, 2009 SSpp o o r r t t ss Colby College women lose two over weekend

By Andy Heintz scored the teams’ first 12 points. it down court for a to give Colby Free Press Sophomore Alecia Palm hit her team a 2-0 lead to start. [email protected] a three-pointer to cut Indepen- Later, Freshman Destiny Stew- dence’s lead to 27-22. The Lady art banked in a three pointer from The Colby Community College Pirates hit a few more threes, how- the right wing to put the team women’s team lost by ever, and led 46-37 at the half. up 13-8 with 13:52 remaining 41 points to No. 20-ranked Inde- Sophomore Tasha Wagoner in the half. The Lady Spartans pendence Community College, gave her team a lift offensively at Da’naiveia McDade tied the game 105-64, on Saturday in the team’s the beginning of the second half, at 13 with a stick back with a little final Ambassador Classic game at knocking down a three-pointer over 11 minutes left. Cole knifed the Community Building. and drilling a few jumpers. Moyer her way into the lane, then made The Lady Pirates’ Katie Moyer and Webb continued burying three a finger roll that hit the back of and Sadie Webb savaged the Col- pointers with deadly accuracy, and the rim and dropped in to give the by defense with a barrage of three the Lady Pirates began to build Lady Trojans a 15-13 lead. pointers, sinking 16 of 28 for 48 their lead. Independence domi- Colby led 27-23 with 2:31 left points just on threes. nated on the offensive glass in the in the first. Then the Lady - Spar “You can’t give up that many second half, which led to several tans went on a 7-0 run and led 30- threes against a team like that,” second-chance baskets. Jasmine 27 at halftime. Cole picked up her said coach Brady Jasper. Poteete was especially active on third with less than 45 sec- The lights-out shooting of the the boards. onds left. Lady Pirates was not the only Independence led 79-54 with The Lady Spartans applied a thing going against Colby on Sat- nine minutes left, and The Lady full-court press at the start of the urday. Freshman Hannah Thorn- Pirates continued to widen their second half that gave Colby trou- ton, the team’s leading scorer, had lead. ble and caused the women to com- to leave with 8 minutes left in the “We weren’t rotating quick mit turnovers. first half due to dizziness. She re- enough when they were shooting Independence built up a double- turned briefly in the second half. three pointers,” said freshman Ta- digit lead, but Colby mounted a The Trojans were trailing by mara Williams. comeback. Thornton was able to only five points when she left, and The Lady Trojans were plagued get good position inside, allowing Jasper said losing Thornton really by turnovers and foul trouble in her to make some shots and take hurt his team. a 71-57 loss to Colorado North- some trips to the foul line. Fresh- “There are a lot of different western Community College of man Alecia Palm nailed a three- ANDY HEINTZ/Colby Free Press types of offenses we can run when Rangely on Friday at the Commu- pointer to cut the Lady Spartans’ Colby Community College sophomore Aireus Stephenson prepared to take a three during the Tro- Hannah is in there,” he said. nity Building in the team’s second lead to 47-49. jans’ game against the Sterling College junior varsity Saturday at the Community Building. Colby The coach said Thornton appar- game of the Classic. Colorado Northwestern went defeated the Warriors 86-52. ently suffered a concussion, prob- The women committed 24 turn- on a 9-2 run to give them a 58- ably during last Friday’s game overs and Cole had to sit out for 49 lead, then extended it to 69-53 against Colorado Northwestern the opening minutes of the second with less than two minutes left. Community College. He said he half because she picked up a third “We had way too many turn- didn’t think she would be playing foul late in the first. overs,” Jasper said. Men’s basketball team this weekend. Cole had been effective on both The loss left the Lady Trojan’s Colby started the game well, sides of the court in the first half, record at 1-4. They will be playing with Thornton scoring a bucket making a couple of transition in the Casper Classic in Wyoming inside. Moments later, she caught and driving past her de- from Thursday through Saturday. overpowers opponent the ball with her back to the bas- fenders for high-percentage shots The team’s first game will be ket, spun to her left and made a around the basket. Her absence at against Miles Community College layup while being fouled by a de- the start of the second helped the of Miles City, Mont., at 5:30 p.m. By Andy Heintz to 19-7. phenson. fender. She knocked down the free Lady Spartans build a lead. Thursday. The women will play Colby Free Press Later, sophomore Marcel Lewis Pfeifer said he was proud of the throw to complete the three- Colby was most efficient on of- Casper Community College at [email protected] electrified the crowd by stealing way his team played together in play. fense when the women were able 5:30 p.m. on Friday and will take the ball and taking it down court the game. Then Sophomore Danisha Cole to get the ball inside to Thornton. on the College of Eastern Utah The Colby Community College for a two-handed jam to make it “This would have been an easy buried a three-pointer as the shot Some nice passes by Wagoner and from Price at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. men’s basketball team played like 36-10. Lewis picked off another game to get into a lot of one-on clock expired to tie the game at 8. Williams led to easy layups by Jasper said freshman Kelsey it was on a mission Saturday night pass and took it down for a one- one stuff and to be selfish,” he Webb hit a three and got a stick Lady Eagles’ post player in the Hubin should return to action and wasted no time imposing its handed jam before the half. led said. back to give her team a 13-8 lead second. Thursday after sitting out a few will on the Sterling College junior 50-15 at halftime. Schafer finished with 12 points. with a little over 16 minutes left in “We have to establish Hannah games with a left ankle injury. He varsity.. As the second half began, Ste- Freshman Tate Bruggemann gave the half. A finger roll by Cole and inside first,” said Jasper. “We have said she is going to have a mag- The 4-0Trojans picked up an phenson streaked down court and his team some strong minutes off a couple of layups by Thornton an inside-out offense.” netic resonance image done on the easy 86-52 victory in the team’s appeared to heading in for a layup, the bench, finishing with 9. kept Colby in the game. The duo Cole picked off a pass and took ankle. last game of the two-weekend but at the last second he fed a trail- “He is by far our most improved Ambassador Classic at the Com- ing Michelson a no-look pass that player since the beginning of the munity Building. From the open- he slammed in. year,” said Pfeifer. ing whistle, the Trojans took con- The Trojans substitutes saw a Freshman Michael Morris add- trol. lot of action in the second half. ed 9 and 8 rebounds. Stephenson Kansas State small forward Sophomore Jordan Michelson The Warriors were didn’t fare dished out 6 assists. He has 16 as- used his size to dominate the ac- much better, despite the absence sists and one this season. tion inside. He led the team in of the Colby’ starters for most of The team will play McCook leads team to blowout victory scoring with 25 points and 12 the half. (Neb.) Community College at 7 rebounds. The 6-foot, 8-inch for- “We want to come out with p.m. Tuesday at the Community MANHATTAN. (AP) — After ting just nine of 33 at- flourished down the stretch, the ward had 3 inches on the Warriors’ intensity every game,” said Ste- Building. spending all of last season at pow- tempts before the break. Leathernecks’ offense remained tallest player. er forward, Jamar Samuels was After struggling offensively stagnant in the second half. Lander “We wanted to get our post play- asked to learn the small forward in the first half, Kansas State’s exploded for 14 points after being ers a touch on every possession,” Hotcake Night position to make room for Cur- shooting improved after intermis- held to six before the break, but it said Coach Dustin Pfeifer. tis Kelly, a transfer from UConn sion. The Wildcats opened the wasn’t enough to mount a come- Michelson scored on a right- Mondays • 5:00-7:00pm who sat out last year due to NCAA second period on an 11-2 run to back, as Western Illinois man- hand off the transfer rules. put the game well out of reach. aged just three field goals after a to give his team an early 4-0 lead. Samuels had little trouble at his They remained hot from the field, two-point bucket by Davud Gebru A few minutes later he made a $2.99 new position on Sunday, scoring connecting on 60 percent of their with 13:07 left in the contest. layup to make it 10-4 Colby. 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