Yote Notes – Jan. 8,
2008
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Mike Safford Jr. – Sports
Info. Director
msafford@collegeofidaho.edu
ATHLETIC NEWS:
C-TOWN
FIGHT NIGHT RETURNS: On
January 17, The College of Idaho baseball team will join forces with the
COYOTE
SOFTBALL TO RUN HITTING CLINICS IN JANUARY: The College of Idaho softball program
will be hosting Hitting Clinics in mid January, announced by head coach Al
Mendiola. Mendiola, the 2007 Cascade Conference and NAIA Region I Coach
of the Year, along with his coaching staff and players will host the sessions
on January 19 and 20 - with the cost just $30.00. The Saturday session
are for elementary and junior high school students. The 9 a.m. to noon
session is for kids 8-11 years old, with the 1-4 p.m. session for kids 12-15
years old. The Sunday sessions are for high school players - with the 9
a.m. to noon session for freshmen and sophomores, and the 1-4 p.m. session for
juniors and seniors. Please fill out the registration forms (located on
the Coyote Softball homepage at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/fastpitch.htm)
and mail to Coach Mendiola in The C of I softball office. The camp will
focus on instruction based upon level of experience and ability.
Mechanics and fundamentals will be the main focus of instruction for the
elementary and junior high level. The high school level will learn about
the mental approach and preparation to hitting. Parents and coaches are
welcome to attend.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yotes take win streak in Tuesday’s
game at EOU, host Northwest and Evergreen this weekend
COMING UP: at No. 6 Eastern Oregon, Tuesday,
7:30 p.m. (PST); vs. Northwest, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; vs.
LAST WEEK: at Northwest Christian (W 73-63)
RADIO/INTERNET: All 30 regular-season games will be
broadcast live in the
LIVE STATS: Live statistics will be available
for The C of I-Eastern Oregon game, via the EOU athletic website at http://snake.eou.edu/athletics/livestats/mbx/xlive.htm.
OWEN MOVES INTO ELITE COMPANY WITH
ANOTHER 30-POINTER: The
basket must seem the size of a swimming pool for Josh Owen (
HUGE NUMBERS DURING THE STREAK: During the three-game run by Owen,
he is averaging 32.6 points per game, while connecting on 57-percent of his
field goal attempts (33-of-58) and 56-percent of his three-pointers
(20-of-36). Owen, who struggled mightily
during the first two weeks of the season, has hit 44-percent of his triples
since the second weekend of November, and is averaging 20.3 points per game
over the last 11 games.
OWEN SIXTH ON SCORING LIST: With the outburst at NCC, Owen moved
into sixth-place on The C of I all-time scoring list with 1,306 points, with a
legitimate shot at moving into the No. 4 slot on the list by the end of the
season. Ahead of him sit No. 5 Jared
Klassen with 1,388, and No. 4 Chuck Blackhurst with 1,391. The top-three spots look safe – Taft Jackson
with 2,336 points, R.C. Owens with 2,155 points, and Kade Wilson with1,637
points.
GUNNING FOR THREE-STRAIGHT WINS: With consecutive road wins over
Cascade and Northwest Christian, the Yotes will look for their first three-game
win streak since February of last season.
SIXTH-RANKED MOUNTIES SET FOR YOTES:
The C of I heads
into the lion’s den on Tuesday night, traveling to Quinn Coliseum to meet
first-place Eastern Oregon in La
Grande. The Mountaineers (12-1, 5-0 CCC)
are the lone unbeaten team in the Cascade Conference, climbing to No. 6 in the
final NAIA Division II national poll of 2007.
Ryan Looney’s bunch has won seven games in a row since a loss to
I-84 CUP ON THE LINE: The two teams will play once again
for more than just a victory, as the victor Tuesday will claim the I-84 Cup –
which signifies the rivalry between the two most eastern outposts in the
CCC. EOU and The C of I have met on the
hardwood every season since 1945, but began the I-84 Cup tradition in
2004. Since then, the Coyotes have won
four of the six games – but EOU has held the Cup since a 78-75 win over the
Yotes in La Grande last February.
NATIONAL SEMIFINALIST MAKES
APPEARANCE IN C-TOWN: After spending over a month on the road, the Coyotes return home on
Friday night, with surging Northwest heading
to
IMPROVED GREENERS SET FOR
CAREER RECORD BOOK: The Coyote career record book
continues to shuffle each week, as a pair of Yotes continue their assault. Josh Owen ranks in the Top-11 in eleven
categories – including No. 2 in career three-pointers made (228) and attempted
(585). He is third in field goal attempts
(997), sixth in points scored (1,306), seventh in steals (138), eighth in
assists (255), ninth in field goals made (423), 11th in free throws made (232),
games played (103), and free throw attempts (270). After starting the season as the best foul
shooter in program history, Owen has fallen off the pace with his 80-percent
average this season – dropping to No. 4 on the free throw percentage list
(.859). Also on the list is junior Bryan Champ (
CASCADE
CONFERENCE TOP-SIX: The first CCC Top-6
Coaches Poll of 2008 was released on Monday – with teams jockeying for
position.
CASCADE
CONFERENCE STATS: The Coyotes as a team continue to lead the CCC in steals per
game (9.7), while ranking second in the league and ninth in the NAIA in
turnover margin (+4.8). The squad has
improved in nearly every other league statistic – now No. 4 in three-pointers
made per game (8.1) and scoring defense (73.0), No. 6 in field goal percentage
(.446) and scoring margin (-1.7), No. 7 in free throw percentage (.692), No. 8
in three-point percentage (.325), assists per game (12.5), and scoring average
(71.3), is No. 9 in blocks per game (1.9), and No. 11 in rebound margin
(-7.7). Individually, Bryan Champ leads
the league and is No. 3 in the NAIA in steals per game (2.9), with Josh Owen
leading the league in minutes played per game (34.7) and three-pointers made
per game (2.9), while ranking No. 10 in scoring average (17.1).
CASCADE
CONFERENCE LEADERS: Scoring Average – Nate Menafee (ESC) 23.6, Scott O’Gallagher
(WP) 22.2, Ryan Fiegi (OIT) 20.4, Wade Douglas (CRB) 19.5, Christian Cavanaugh
(OIT) 18.7; Rebound Average – Cavanaugh 8.2, Josh Jarrett (NCC) 8.1, Joshua
Wetzler (OIT) 8.1, Ryan Barker (CAS) 8.1, Jalonta Martin (WP) 7.8; Field Goal
Percentage – Wetzler .716, Kyle Janke (EOU) .637, Cavanaugh .613, Douglas .602,
Matt Ochs (CU) .596; Assist Average – Fiegi 6.4, Jesse Alvarez (CU) 5.3, Jeremy
Templeton (EOU) 5.1, Kao Saelee (CAS) 4.3, Luke Hammond (NU) 4.1.
COYOTES
TAKE OUT NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN: Josh Owen had his third-consecutive
game of 30-or-more points, as The College of Idaho earned a key road win
Saturday at Northwest Christian, defeating the host Beacons, 73-63, at the
Morse Event Center in Eugene, Ore. Owen
hit nine three-pointers as part of his 33 point night, while setting a new
school-record with 18 three-point attempts in the win. The Beacons used a 9-0 run to take a 37-30
lead with four minutes remaining in the first half, only to watch the Yotes
scored the final nine points of the period, capped by an Owen triple to give
The C of I a 39-37 halftime edge - a lead they would never relinquish. The Coyotes would lead by as many as 11 in
the second half, only to watch NCC cut the margin to 66-63 on a Josh Jarrett
free throw with two minutes left. However, Steffen Spinks (Manteca,
Calif. / East Union HS) answered with a clutch trey in the left corner and
Owen iced the game with four free throws in the final minute to give the Yotes
their back-to-back wins for the first time since November.
A
WIN ON THE GLASS?: For the first time this season, the
Coyotes held an advantage in rebounding over their opponent. The C of I outboarded NCC, 40-32, their best
performance since drawing even with Vanguard in Game 2 of the season.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Coyotes, head
to the official homepage of The C of I men’s basketball – www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/mensbasketball.htm.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: C of I set for first-place battle with
EOU, host Northwest and Evergreen this weekend
COMING UP: at No. 22 Eastern Oregon, Tuesday,
5:30 p.m. (PST); vs. Northwest, Friday, 5:30 p.m.; vs.
LAST WEEK: at Northwest Christian (W 96-73)
INTERNET/RADIO: All ten College of
LIVE STATS: Live stats will be available will be
available for the
YOTES PUT 96 ON THE BOARD IN LEAGUE
PLAY: The C of I
had a big night on Saturday at Northwest Christian, scoring 96 points in a
96-73 win over the Beacons. It marked
the most points the Lady Yotes had scored in a CCC game since tallying 93
points vs.
OVER 90 UNDER ROSSI: It marked the eighth time during the
seven years Reagan Rossi has been at
the helm of the Coyotes that The C of I has scored 90-or-more points. The Yotes scored 99 against
“DUFF” HAS BIG NIGHT AT NCC: The Northwest Christian game saw a
breakout performance by forward Magen
Dufurrena (
OTHER UPPER CLASSMEN PLAY WELL IN
HORNER HOT FROM DISTANCE: Helping the Coyote cause off the
bench has been transfer ShaNae Horner (
C OF I LOSES HILL FOR SEASON: The Coyotes received bad news last
week, as post Denise Hill (Eugene, Ore. / Boise State U.) was
diagnosed with torn ligaments in her left knee – all but ending her senior
season. Hill currently leads the league
in field goal percentage and is third in scoring average and will finish her
career among the all-time top-ten in free throws made and attempted.
LADY YOTES SET FOR
LAST WIN IN LA GRANDE: The Coyotes have not won a regular
season game at Quinn Coliseum against EOU since the 2000-01season. The last time The C of I earned a victory
over the Mounties was in 2002, a 92-71 victory in the CCC Tournament semifinals.
STRUGGLING NORTHWEST HEADS TO THE C
OF I: After playing
seven straight games on the road and spending six weeks away from the
EVERGREEN LOOKS TO WIN IN
CAREER RECORD BOOK RECEIVES A SHAKE
UP: Three players
have found their way in The C of I career record book 12 games into the
season. Whitney Clark is amongst the
leaders in nine different categories – No. 3 in three-point attempts (373), No.
4 in three-pointers made (115) and free throws made (253), No. 5 in free throw
attempts (328), No. 7 in points scored (965) and field goal attempts (768), No.
8 in field goals made (296), No. 10 in steals (118), and No. 11 in assists (153). Denise Hill is No. 8 in free throws made
(158), No. 10 in free throw attempts (231), while ranking No. 5 in field goal
percentage (.484). Rounding out the
group is Christon Vander Esch, who is No. 5 in blocked shots (47) and No. 13 in
steals (98).
CCC TOP-6: The first CCC Top-6 Coaches Poll of
2008 was released on Monday, with unbeaten
LEAGUE STATISTICS: Twelve games into the season, the
Lady Yotes continue to lead the CCC as a team in steals per game (15.8) and
turnover margin (+7.2) – ranking No. 5 in steals and No. 8 in turnover margin
in the NAIA Division II. The C of I is
second in the loop in scoring offense (77.9) and three-pointers made per game
(6.8), No. 3 in free throw percentage (.703) and three-point percentage (.342),
No. 5 in field goal percentage (.416) and scoring margin (+4.1), No. 6 in assists
per game (14.2), and No. 9 in rebound margin (-5.9), in blocked shots per game
(2.1), and in scoring defense (73.8).
Individually, Christon Vander Esch leads the league in steals per game
(3.0) is third in blocked shots (1.3), and is tenth in rebounds per game (7.0). Also in the top-ten is ShaNae Horner, who leads
the league in three-point percentage (.556), Kayla Brewer (Arco, Idaho /
Butte County HS), who is No. 4 in three-point percentage (.432), Whitney Owen (Caldwell, Idaho / Vallivue HS), who is No. 7 in steals (2.0), and
Whitney Clark, who is No. 5 in scoring average (15.5) and free throw percentage
(.791).
CASCADE CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL
TOP-FIVE: Scoring
Average – Brittany Bowsher (NU) 17.4, Jessica Steigleman (CRB) 16.7, Crystal
Idrogo (OIT) 16.2, Raquel Morin (CAS) 16.1, Whitney Clark (CI) 15.5; Rebound
Average – Te Awhina Aranui (CAS) 10.7, Jennifer Solberg (ESC) 9.4, Jackie Speer
(SOU) 8.9, Cora McVey (OIT) 8.1, Tiffanie Ulmer (EOU) 7.8; Field Goal
Percentage – Ann Snodderly (CU) .564, Ulmer .556, Emily Goette (CRB) .554, Elise
Hawes (EOU) .553, Danielle Clauson (CU) .530; Assist Average – Meagan Miyasaka
(OIT) 4.9, Amy Croll (NCC) 4.5, Jenny Fiso (EOU) 4.7, Karissa Boyd (WP) 4.4, Phebian
Mulatu (CAS) 4.3, Brittany Bostwick (CRB) 4.2.
FIRST
HALF WOES LEAD TO LOSS AT NNU: Despite turning the ball over 33 times,
Northwest Nazarene rode a sizable rebounding edge to stop the Lady Yotes,
79-64, last Monday in the
YOTES
SPRINT PAST NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN: Whitney Clark led five players in double figures with a
season-high 27 points, as The College of Idaho improved to 3-0 in road Cascade
Conference counters, topping Northwest Christian, 96-73, in snowy
FOR
MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Lady Yotes,
head to the official homepage of The C of I women’s basketball – www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wmensbasketball.htm.
SWIMMING:
Yotes return to the pool, head to Pacific Lutheran Saturday for
short-course dual
LAST WEEK: Idle
COMING UP: at Pacific Lutheran,
Saturday, 1 p.m. (PST)
COYOTES RETURN TO THE POOL: The
ABOUT PLU: The Lutes will be facing
The C of I for the third consecutive season - with PLU winning both men's and
women's dual meets each year. The men's team is led by freshman Jay
Jones, who won the 100 and 200-butterfly events over the Christmas Break at the
California Lutheran Invitational. Their women's team is paced by Jessie
Klauder, who had three Top-5 finishes at the CLU Meet. PLU is led by Jim
Johnson, the dean of coaches in the Northwest - having been at the
YOTES AMONG
TOP-20 TIMES IN THE NAIA: Four C of I swimmers are
among those listed on the second NAIA Top-20 list, released in late
December. Casey Walker (
NAIA
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS: Casey Walker
–
100-backstroke, 200-backstroke, 200-IM; John Green – 50-freestyle,
100-freestyle; Alphonsina Savell – 100-breaststroke, 200-breaststroke;
Ellen Judd – 200-breaststroke; Ashlee
Byrnes (Vancouver, Wash. /
Columbia River HS) – 200-butterfly; Men’s 200-freestyle relay;
Men’s 200-medley relay; Men’s 400-freestyle relay, Men’s 400-medley relay,
Men’s 800-freestyle relay; Women’s 200-freestyle relay; Women’s 200-medley
relay; Women’s 400-freestyle relay, 400-medley relay.
NAIA BONUS
CUT QUALIFIERS (must
have at least one “A” qualifying time): Casey Walker –
100-butterfly; John Green – 500-freestyle; Alphonsina Savell – 50-free,
100-free, 200-IM, 400-IM; Ellen Judd – 100-breaststroke.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION: For more on the Coyote swim team, head to the official homepage of
The C of I, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/swim.htm.
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