Colorado Northwestern nips NWCThe Northwest College Trappers tasted their first defeat of the 2010-2011 women's basketball season, falling 80-76 to Colorado Northwestern on the first day of the Gillette College tournament on Friday. The Trappers recovered to down Dawson Community College by an 81-46 count on Saturday. “Friday's loss was kind of a tough one,” said NWC head coach Janis Beal. “We held a 47-40 lead at the half and led most of the second half as well. It was one of those games that could have gone either way, but we made a couple mental mistakes on defense, turned the ball over at key times late and missed a few layups.”Megan Smith led the way for NWC with 23 points. She was joined in double figures by Mariah Duran, with 14 points, and Mckenzie Garrett, who finished with 11. Additional stats were unavailable at press time for the Gillette tournament games. “It was one of those games where a couple little things that we could've done differently made the difference,” said Beal. “Plus they were able to out-rebound us.”That wasn't the problem on Saturday. The Trappers held an eight-board advantage on the rebounding glass and were never threatened on the scoreboard en route to a 35-point margin of victory. It was a great night to be named Megan as Megan Smith again paced Northwest College in scoring with 16 points. Megan Goodman added 10 in support. Not to be outdone, Meagan Butler closed the game with 11 points as the trio were the only players to reach double figures in the scorebook. “We did a good job of coming back and playing a lot better than we had the day before,” said Beal. “It's hard when you're on the road playing that first tournament game of the day and you don't have much of a crowd. A lot of times you have to create your own energy, and I think we were able to do that in this game.”As with Friday's game, additional stats were unavailable at press time from the game. The Trappers, 2-1 overall, travel to Utah this Friday and Saturday for an appearance at the Snow College tournament. NWC opens play against preseason No. 26 Salt Lake on Friday. The Trappers face host Snow College on Saturday. “We'll have to play better than we did this weekend,” said Beal. “It will be a fun road trip for our team though. A lot of the kids are from Utah. They have family and friends out there that will be able to come and watch and we'll be up against two very tough opponents.”

Colorado Northwestern nips NWC

The Northwest College Trappers tasted their first defeat of the 2010-2011 women's basketball season, falling 80-76 to Colorado Northwestern on the first day of the Gillette College tournament on Friday. The Trappers recovered to down Dawson Community College by an 81-46 count on Saturday.

“Friday's loss was kind of a tough one,” said NWC head coach Janis Beal. “We held a 47-40 lead at the half and led most of the second half as well. It was one of those games that could have gone either way, but we made a couple mental mistakes on defense, turned the ball over at key times late and missed a few layups.”

Megan Smith led the way for NWC with 23 points. She was joined in double figures by Mariah Duran, with 14 points, and Mckenzie Garrett, who finished with 11. Additional stats were unavailable at press time for the Gillette tournament games.

“It was one of those games where a couple little things that we could've done differently made the difference,” said Beal. “Plus they were able to out-rebound us.”

That wasn't the problem on Saturday. The Trappers held an eight-board advantage on the rebounding glass and were never threatened on the scoreboard en route to a 35-point margin of victory.

It was a great night to be named Megan as Megan Smith again paced Northwest College in scoring with 16 points. Megan Goodman added 10 in support. Not to be outdone, Meagan Butler closed the game with 11 points as the trio were the only players to reach double figures in the scorebook.

“We did a good job of coming back and playing a lot better than we had the day before,” said Beal. “It's hard when you're on the road playing that first tournament game of the day and you don't have much of a crowd. A lot of times you have to create your own energy, and I think we were able to do that in this game.”

As with Friday's game, additional stats were unavailable at press time from the game.

The Trappers, 2-1 overall, travel to Utah this Friday and Saturday for an appearance at the Snow College tournament. NWC opens play against preseason No. 26 Salt Lake on Friday. The Trappers face host Snow College on Saturday.

“We'll have to play better than we did this weekend,” said Beal. “It will be a fun road trip for our team though. A lot of the kids are from Utah. They have family and friends out there that will be able to come and watch and we'll be up against two very tough opponents.”