Lady Cougars get back to takin' care of business.

January 27, 2007    KVCC (95) at Glen Oaks CC (56) in Centreville, MI

         Now that's better!  After a "sluggish" performance on Wednesday, the Lady Cougars came back with a vengeance against a game but out manned Glen Oaks team Saturday afternoon on the Lady Vikings home court.  "For the last two days we have talked about nothing except playing well."  said a pleased Coach Welch.  "Coach Burg's kids always give great effort and these kinds of games always make me nervous.  You have a struggling team playing at home with nothing to lose and I have seen something goofy happen all to many times.  I'm very proud of this team for getting back to working in a business like manner for a successful outcome."  The road win improved the Cougars conference record to a league- leading 7-1 and a sparkling 18-1 over all.
                                                                                               
      Kendra Kutz again led the first half charge with all 10 of her points and Charity Knight was her usual consistent, steady self matching that total with 5 in each half, but the story of the game was the second half offensive explosion of sophomore Kate Whittaker who scored 13 of her game high 16 points in the second stanza.  "I think Kate really showed us today what she can do when she puts her mind to it." said an impressed Cougar head coach.  "She has had some super 'moments' in the past and has shown us some glimpses of excellence and I think this could be Kate's coming out party." 

      The three double figure scorers had a lot of help.  The Cougars combined for a rather spectacular 28 assists on their 34 field goals and every Cougar got into the scoring act.  Of note were the 9 point efforts of  sophomore Betsey Dennis and freshman Heather Buren along with a solid 8 points from leading rebounder (7) Kim Gear.  "I was really pleased with the way we attacked today." said a complimentary Coach Welch

                            
                                             Kate Whittaker breaks out!  16 points, 6 rebounds
   
      League play continues this Wednesday as the Lady Cougars host the Lady Raiders of Grand Rapids CC.  Game time in Cougar Arena is 5:30 pm.  "We're taking them one game at a time," commented the Cougar coach.  "But this is a big week as far as the conference race goes.  We're home for a couple of games that should be excellent college basketball games. If we continue to take care of business we're in control of our own destiny.  We play 4 out of next 6 games at home, but have a couple of toughies at Muskegon and Lansing. It's an exciting time to be a Cougar!"

                                                                                                             Pictures courtesy of Jill Welch