COLBY,
Kan. -- Jess Samorodova recorded a double-double and the Western Nebraska
Community College women's basketball team went to 4-0 with a 75-40 win over
Fort Carson Army Base Saturday in the final day of the Ambassador Classic in
Colby, Kan.
Samorodova,
the 6-foot-3 post player from Russia, poured in 21 points and pulled down 11
rebounds to finish the Ambassador Classic with a 3-0 mark.
WNCC
coach Dave Harnish said it was a good weekend for his young team.
"We
have a very good weekend and a very good start to the season to go 4-0,"
Harnish, who is in his 25th year as the head coach at WNCC, said. "We
played hard and competed all weekend. We have done everything well this weekend
[in all the games] except shoot and we shot better today."
The
Cougars controlled the contest running out to a 38-20 halftime lead and cruised
after that. The Cougars shot around 40 percent for the game and connected on
just 5 of 6 free throws.
What
impressed Harnish in the win against Ft. Carson was how well his team played
defensively along with hitting the boards hard. Samorodova and Bridgeport's
Ashley Stevens honkered down on the boards with a combined 18 rebounds.
The
Cougars put down four 3-pointers Saturday against Ft. Carson, which was much
better than the one trey they made Friday against Colorado Northwestern.
Shalise Moffit and Idil Ozbayrak each connected on two treys each.
The
Cougars finished with three players in double figures. After Samorodova's 21
points, Moffit and Katie Kerkhoff each had 10 points on the day. Ozbayrak and
Stevens also poured in eight points each, while Gritt Ryder had six points and
six steals.
The
Cougars, 4-0, will be back in action Tuesday when they host Colorado Christian
junior varsity at 6 p.m. WNCC will then compete in the Central Wyoming Classic
where they will face Central Wyoming College and Miles Community College over
the weekend.
WNCC (4-0) 38
37 -- 75
Ft. Carson 20
20 -- 40
WNCC
Michelle Brassard 2, Shalisa Moffit 10, Lauren Rivera 4,
Idil Ozbayrak 8, Jess Samorodova 21, Gritt Ryder 6, Mikayla Brower 2, Maurissa
Ortega 2, Jenna Lindquist 2, Ashley Stevens 8, Katie Kerkhoff 10.
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