Kalamazoo Valley Women's Basketball

November 25, 2006    KVCC (82) vs. Owens C. C.(58) at Owens CC in Toledo, OH

       A traditionally tough Owens CC team proved to be no problem as the Lady Cougars played their best game of the young season.  Firing on all cylinders and harassing the Lady Express all over the floor, the KVCC team built a 42-29 halftime lead and never looked back. The cold shooting of the previous day was no where in sight and the defense fueled the offense. "I was pleasantly surprised with our offensive production against a quality team like Owens." Stated Cougar coach, Ron Welch. " We put them thru a pretty good shooting workout this morning and I think it paid dividends tonight."
       "That quality depth was very apparent today." said Welch.  "Everyone stepped up and played well - it was very refreshing after yesterday's experience."
       Starter Charity Knight led the Cougars with 13 points and again one of the bench players went off for double figures as Jacquel Rogers added 12 points.  Point Guard Amber Peters chipped in with 10 points, 8 assists and only one turnover. Kim Gear led the ladies with 9 rebounds and Kendra Kutz had 6 as the Cougars again won the battle of the boards.
        The Cougars were money from the line again scoring 21 points from the charity stripe and continued the trend of making more free throws than their opponents shoot.  Owens was 4 of 7 from the line. "Our bench was 12 of 14, with Jessica Rando going 4/4 and Shannon Dumond 5/6. Veteran Amy Millard was 3/4.  It's nice to see the gals taking advantage of their opportunities," Said an impressed Welch.  "Everybody played hard. I thought Jealyn Foston gave a real good effort and she wasn't alone.  If we establish this as our consistent effort, we'll be just fine.  It's amazing how we seem to have a different gal step up every night.  Quite a luxury!"

         The Lady Cougars are now 6-0 on the season.