Yuki Morimoto and Tayler Puttergill each connected on four 3-pointers to help the Western Nebraska Community College women's basketball team roll over Colby Community College 89-54 win Colby Community College Saturday afternoon at Cougar Palace. Morimoto and Puttergill finished the night with 14 points apiece as Morimot0, the redshirt freshman from Japan was 4 0f 7 from the 3-point arc, while also dishing out six assists. Puttergill was a perfect 4 of 4 from beyond the arc, while also grabbing three rebounds in just 15 minutes of action.
Not to be outdone, Thais Pinto led all scorers with 22 points on 11 of 14 shooting from the paint. PInto also grabbed seven rebounds and recorded four blocked shots.
Stormye Everett also finished with a double-double, collecting 14 points and 11 rebounds. Everett also had two assists in the contest.
Everett, who had all her points in the first half as the Cougars held a commanding 44-14 halftime lead, said the team played alright, but could have played for the full 40 minutes. Colby scored 40 points in the second half.
"We had better games. second half was kind of shaky. We didn't play as well as we did in the first half, but overall I think we did pretty well as a team in executing our offense and playing defense," she said. "We should have kept playing the whole 40 minutes and that is kind of the trouble we have been having the whole year. Once we get over not playing for 40 minutes, we will be fine in not allowing teams so many points in a half."
The Cougars definitely controlled the tempo of the game. WNCC opened up the contest as they moved a 4-4 game into a a 21-5 in just four minutes of action as Everett two offensive putbacks. Morimoto then heated up from the 3-point area, nailing two of her three treys.
Pinto, however, did a lot of the damage in the first half as the 6-foot-7 freshman had her way underneath the bucket as she scored as will. Pinto had 12 of her game-high 22 points in the opening period to help the Cougars to the 44-14 halftime lead.
The second half was a different story as the Trojans stayed with the Cougars point-for-point. WNCC did out-score the Trojans 45-40, but it was a a 3-point shooting contest for both teams as they combined on 14 3-pointers in the final 20 minutes. Each team connected on seven treys each. The Cougars held Colby without a long-range bucket in the first half as the Trojans went 0 of 5. In the second half, Colby was 7 of 21, while WNCC was 7 - 10 for 70 percent.
Everett said that their 3-point shooting was awesome in the game.
"They [the 3-point shooters] had open shots and they got good looks from us rotating the ball," she said. "They shots weren't rushed unlike some of the three points in previous games. We took our time."
Everett said when the 3-point shooting is on, that makes the team even more dangerous in the paint.
"That is a really good sign for this team because people think we just have an inside game with Thais, our 6-7 girl," she said. "Once we start moving the ball inside and outside that makes our game pretty much unstoppable."
Morimoto's netted two early treys in the second half, the second and her last of the game made the score 62-30. WNCC wasn't through in nailing treys as Puttergill, who had two dramatic 3-pointers on Friday, netted her first to make the score 67-34. A few moments later, Scottsbluff High graduate Madison Keller nailed her first 3-pointer of the game.
Puttergill then connected on two more 3-pointers as she hit one from the corner and then buried a long-range jumper from the wing to make the scorfe 79-42. Puttergills' final trey game as the 5-foot-10 Mullen High graduate buried four fourth of the game to make the score 87-52.
While the team was on fire shooting the ball, finishing the game at 47 percent including 59 percent shooting in the second half, the team also dominated on the boards. The Cougars out-rebounded the Trojans 60-28.
WNCC, 13-2, will now be off until after the first of the year when they travel to Lamar Community College on Jan. 15.
First Game
Prep 28 42 -- 70
Garden City 22 23 -- 45
AIR FORCE PREP
Cherae Medina 23, Bryanna Mueller 13, Jacko Salas 3, Testa Davis 5, Harriet Laking 2, Caitlin Boal 24.
GARDEN CITY
Cgeree Freeman 19, Aubrica Robins 6, Mansela Rodriguez 12, Deirdre Mays 8.
Second Game
Colby 14 40 -- 54
WNCC (13-2) 44 45 -- 89
COLBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TAasha Wagoner 13, Danisha COle 12, Alecia Palm 14, Destin Stewart 2, Tamara Williams 7, Crystal Kinderknecht 6.
WESTERN NEBRASKA
Stormye Everett 14, Shelby Campbell 2, Yuki Morimoto 14, Ariana BRown 4, Tiffany Moorer 2, Carolina Alves 8, Madison Keller 3, Michelle Glaze 1, Thais Pinto 22, Khayla Gladney 5.
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