Trapper women split games at Snow Tourney Northwest College moved to 2-1 this young women's basketball season after splitting a pair of weekend games at the Snow College tournament in Utah. The Trappers fell by a 90-73 score on Friday against Northeastern but recovered to defeat Arizona's Glendale College by an 86-70 final count on Saturday. In many ways, it was a weekend of opposites. “On Friday, we came out and dug ourselves into a hole early and spent a lot of the night playing catch up,” said NWC women's basketball coach Janis Beal. “Saturday was the complete opposite. We were able to come out and get off to a quick start and play from in front the entire game.”Northwest's early Friday struggles were two-fold. The Trappers labored to get the ball through the rim in the first half, connecting on just five of their 30 shots from the field. Northwest also spent the entire contest getting out-rebounded at a nearly two-to-one clip by Northeastern.Aided by that one-two punch of cold NWC shooting and a decisive advantage on the glass, Northeastern held a 45-24 lead at intermission. “It's a lot of what I said after the first game,” said Beal. “Northeastern had a couple of six footers, but we just have to work harder to go and get the basketball. This was really a game that came down to rebounding and we got out-rebounded by way too many.”The Trappers were able to turn things around to a degree in the second half. Northwest warmed up to 42 percent shooting and managed to get off six more shot attempts than Northeastern over the final 20 minutes. “We played hard and won the second half, but we dug ourselves in too deep a hole early on,” said Beal. Sharla Stevenson was one of three Trapper players to finish in double figures in the game with 17 points. Megan Goodman added 16 points and a team-best four assists while Laura Purina had 13 points.Against Glendale, Northwest College opened a 46-29 lead by halftime to control Saturday's contest. The Trappers shot better than 50 percent from the floor in the game as four players cracked double figures. Garrett McKenzie had the best outing by a Trapper player to date this season with 25 points and six rebounds. Megan Smith added 15 points and Kati Oliverson had 11. Stevenson chipped in with an additional 10. “Everyone contributed,” said Beal. “We got in a little foul trouble, so everyone had to come out and make it a team effort. Overall, I'm pleased with our effort.”The Trappers travel to Colorado Springs this weekend to participate in the Air Force Prep tournament. Northwest College opens that event with a game against No. 15 Western Nebraska. The team faces Pacific West on Friday night before wrapping up the three-day event with a rematch against Northeastern. “I don't know much about Pacific West,” said Beal. “It's an all-star team they've put together. The tournament will give us a chance to play some very good teams. It'll force us to elevate our level of play.”

Trapper women split games at Snow Tourney

Northwest College moved to 2-1 this young women's basketball season after splitting a pair of weekend games at the Snow College tournament in Utah. The Trappers fell by a 90-73 score on Friday against Northeastern but recovered to defeat Arizona's Glendale College by an 86-70 final count on Saturday.

In many ways, it was a weekend of opposites.

“On Friday, we came out and dug ourselves into a hole early and spent a lot of the night playing catch up,” said NWC women's basketball coach Janis Beal. “Saturday was the complete opposite. We were able to come out and get off to a quick start and play from in front the entire game.”

Northwest's early Friday struggles were two-fold. The Trappers labored to get the ball through the rim in the first half, connecting on just five of their 30 shots from the field. Northwest also spent the entire contest getting out-rebounded at a nearly two-to-one clip by Northeastern.

Aided by that one-two punch of cold NWC shooting and a decisive advantage on the glass, Northeastern held a 45-24 lead at intermission.

“It's a lot of what I said after the first game,” said Beal. “Northeastern had a couple of six footers, but we just have to work harder to go and get the basketball. This was really a game that came down to rebounding and we got out-rebounded by way too many.”

The Trappers were able to turn things around to a degree in the second half. Northwest warmed up to 42 percent shooting and managed to get off six more shot attempts than Northeastern over the final 20 minutes.

“We played hard and won the second half, but we dug ourselves in too deep a hole early on,” said Beal.

Sharla Stevenson was one of three Trapper players to finish in double figures in the game with 17 points. Megan Goodman added 16 points and a team-best four assists while Laura Purina had 13 points.

Against Glendale, Northwest College opened a 46-29 lead by halftime to control Saturday's contest. The Trappers shot better than 50 percent from the floor in the game as four players cracked double figures.

Garrett McKenzie had the best outing by a Trapper player to date this season with 25 points and six rebounds. Megan Smith added 15 points and Kati Oliverson had 11. Stevenson chipped in with an additional 10.

“Everyone contributed,” said Beal. “We got in a little foul trouble, so everyone had to come out and make it a team effort. Overall, I'm pleased with our effort.”

The Trappers travel to Colorado Springs this weekend to participate in the Air Force Prep tournament. Northwest College opens that event with a game against No. 15 Western Nebraska. The team faces Pacific West on Friday night before wrapping up the three-day event with a rematch against Northeastern.

“I don't know much about Pacific West,” said Beal. “It's an all-star team they've put together. The tournament will give us a chance to play some very good teams. It'll force us to elevate our level of play.”