COLBY,
Kan. – The Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team held
Colby Community College to just five first-half points in racing to a 62-24 win
over the Trojans to open up the Ambassador Classic in Colby, Kan., on Thursday.
“The
first half we were exceptional on defense only allowing them to five points,”
WNCC coach Dave Harnish said. “We played pretty good defense and we didn’t turn
it over that many times. The only thing we didn’t do was shoot very well.”
The
Cougars raced out to a 36-5 halftime lead because of their aggressive defense
that resulted in a number of turnovers.
“We
started out in the first half and pressed and caused turnovers,” Harnish said. “We
also controlled the boards. They had us down by out rebounding them 48-43.”
The
Cougars saw a balanced scoring lineup as everyone scored by Gritt Ryder. Jess
Samorodova paced all scorers with 14 points followed by Ashley Stevens with
nine points and Idil Ozbayrak with seven points. Stevens also pulled down 10
rebounds on the night.
WNCC
also received six points from Lauren Rivera, and five points each from Kelsey
Doddridge, Jessica Aratani, and Katie Kerkhoff.
The
Cougars, 2-0, will continue play in the Ambassador Classic when they face
Colorado Northwestern at 2 p.m. on Friday. Harnish said Colorado Northwestern
has plenty of good athletes and his team needs to be ready to play just like
they were today against Colby.
“They
press and they are pretty athletic,” he said. “They are a team that presses a
lot and we have to handle the ball a little bit better and control the tempo of
the game.”
WNCC (2-0) 36
26 – 62
Colby CC 5
19 – 24
WNCC
Kelsey Doddridge 5, Michelle Brassard 2, Jessica Aratani
5, Lauren Rivera 6, Idil Ozbayrak 7, Jess Samorodova 14, Mikayla Brower 3,
Maurissa Ortega 2, Jenna Lindquist 2, Alyssa Yates 2, Ashley Stevens 9, and
Katie Kerkhoff 5.
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