LAMAR, Colo. – Amber Kistler scored 19 points, 14 of which came in the second half, as the Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team shook off some early game rust in posting an 83-72 win over Lamar Community College Friday on the road.
The No. 16-rated Cougars, who have been off for five weeks, held a slim 36-31 lead at intermission. In the second half, the Cougars opened up the offense in scoring 47 points to pick up their 14th win of the season.
Assistant coach Jennifer Pedersen said one could tell that the team hadn’t played a game in over a month.
“You could definitely tell that we had taken some time off,” she said. “It took us a while to get in the flow. We didn’t rebound well to start the game off so Lamar was quick to transition and got some easy buckets. We settled down a little bit more in the second half.”
Pedersen said that this came will help the team as they face Otero Junior College today in La Junta, Colo., a place that the Rattlers are tough to beat. Otero is 13-3 on the season and has played four games already since the first of the year.
“Lamar pressed us the entire game and that caused a little trouble because we haven’t been able to play,” she said. “So, I think this game will help us for tomorrow night. Otero is pretty aggressive at their place. So, I think tonight was good that the kids got to play against that.”
After a sluggish opening 20 minutes, the Cougars started excelling in the second half, especially getting easy transition buckets.
“Kistler got a lot of her points in the second half. That is when we started running the court a lot better, so she got a lot of her points on the fly,” Pedersen said. “We didn’t create a lot of shots out of our offense. Tonight, a lot of our shots came from transition.”
Kistler lead the team with 19 points, including going a perfect 6 of 6 from the free throw line. Stormye Everett and Yuki Morimoto each contributed 14 points. Morimoto was also perfect from the charity stripe, going 5 of 5.
Thais Pinto was the only other Cougar to finish in double digits, netting 12 points.
Morimoto finished with a double-double on the evening also pulling down 10 rebounds to lead the team. Everett added nine boards.
The Cougars also committed just 15 turnovers, which was something that Pedersen was pleased with. The team, however, was just 21 of 32 from the free throw line.
WNCC (14-2) 36 47 – 83
Lamar (7-11) 31 41 – 72
WESTERN NEBRASKA
Amber Kistler 19, Stormye Everett 14, Yuki Morimoto 14, Ariana Brown 6, Tiffany Moorer 9, Carolina Alves 2, Michelle Glaze 5, Thais Pinto 12, Khayla Gladney 2.
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