Big weekend performances sink Trapper women

Posted 11/16/10

The Northwest College Trappers slid to 2-3 overall this women's basketball season after a pair of weekend defeats at the Snow College tournament in Utah. The Trappers lost 96-72 to Salt Lake on Friday night before falling 84-71 to the host team on …

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The Northwest College Trappers slid to 2-3 overall this women's basketball season after a pair of weekend defeats at the Snow College tournament in Utah. The Trappers lost 96-72 to Salt Lake on Friday night before falling 84-71 to the host team on Saturday. In both cases, the Trappers were the victims of some stellar individual performances. On Friday, it was All-American Haley Holmstead doing the damage for Salt Lake against the Trappers. Holmstead finished with 44 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals to spark a 60-percent shooting night from the floor for SLCC. “It's not hard to score that many points when you're shooting nothing but layups and free throws,” said Trapper head coach Janis Beal, who was less than impressed by her team's defensive effort in the contest. “When a team is shooting 60 percent on defense, you're not getting stops. In the first half especially, I thought we went away from everything we've been trying to do on defense. The intensity just wasn't there, especially in rebounding.”The Trappers were out-boarded by a 41-21 count in the contest. Salt Lake did the bulk of its damage in the first half, building a 53-31 lead on the scoreboard by intermission. Four Trappers reached double figures in the loss, led by Megan Goodman's 15 points. Megan Smith added 14 points and a team-high three steals. Taylor Ryan had 12 points and a team-best six rebounds while McKenzie Garrett reached double figures with 11 points. On Saturday, Snow's Alle Finch had the hot hand against the Trappers, dropping in 30 points and also dishing out seven assists. “I thought we played better in Saturday's game,” said Beal. “We were down just six at halftime and after they made a bit of a run on us in the second half to go ahead by double digits, we were able to fight back to within five at one point before they hit a couple outside shots on us.”Smith's 14 points led Northwest in the contest. Garrett and Jessica Fisher each added 11 points. Lusina Ontineru pulled down seven rebounds as Northwest was able to hold its own on the rebounding glass in the contest. “Our effort was a lot better,” said Beal. “I was pleased with how we put Friday night behind us and came out and played better.”The Trappers return to action this Saturday in a 5:30 p.m. contest against the Northwest All-Stars. The game is part of the First National Bank Shoot Out tournament hosted by NWC.

The Northwest College Trappers slid to 2-3 overall this women's basketball season after a pair of weekend defeats at the Snow College tournament in Utah. The Trappers lost 96-72 to Salt Lake on Friday night before falling 84-71 to the host team on Saturday.

In both cases, the Trappers were the victims of some stellar individual performances.

On Friday, it was All-American Haley Holmstead doing the damage for Salt Lake against the Trappers. Holmstead finished with 44 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals to spark a 60-percent shooting night from the floor for SLCC.

“It's not hard to score that many points when you're shooting nothing but layups and free throws,” said Trapper head coach Janis Beal, who was less than impressed by her team's defensive effort in the contest.

“When a team is shooting 60 percent on defense, you're not getting stops. In the first half especially, I thought we went away from everything we've been trying to do on defense. The intensity just wasn't there, especially in rebounding.”

The Trappers were out-boarded by a 41-21 count in the contest. Salt Lake did the bulk of its damage in the first half, building a 53-31 lead on the scoreboard by intermission.

Four Trappers reached double figures in the loss, led by Megan Goodman's 15 points. Megan Smith added 14 points and a team-high three steals. Taylor Ryan had 12 points and a team-best six rebounds while McKenzie Garrett reached double figures with 11 points.

On Saturday, Snow's Alle Finch had the hot hand against the Trappers, dropping in 30 points and also dishing out seven assists.

“I thought we played better in Saturday's game,” said Beal. “We were down just six at halftime and after they made a bit of a run on us in the second half to go ahead by double digits, we were able to fight back to within five at one point before they hit a couple outside shots on us.”

Smith's 14 points led Northwest in the contest. Garrett and Jessica Fisher each added 11 points. Lusina Ontineru pulled down seven rebounds as Northwest was able to hold its own on the rebounding glass in the contest.

“Our effort was a lot better,” said Beal. “I was pleased with how we put Friday night behind us and came out and played better.”

The Trappers return to action this Saturday in a 5:30 p.m. contest against the Northwest All-Stars. The game is part of the First National Bank Shoot Out tournament hosted by NWC.

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