Kalamazoo Valley Women's Basketball

February 15, 2008    KVCC (61) at Lake Michigan (54) at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, MI
 

Coach's comments: 
     "Not an easy place to play," said Coach Ron Welch after a hard fought road win at Lake Michigan,  "And that's a pretty darn good basketball team we just beat.  They play hard and Ericka Sheffler is a player."  Sheffler led the Indians with 21 points.
      With the tight conference win the Cougars move two games ahead of LMC in the battle for third and have the tie-breaker with their previous win over league leading Kellogg.  Things would have to fall just right, but 2nd place is not out of the reach of the Cougars if they take care of business next week.  At the very least they have assured themselves of hosting a first round tournament game on Monday February 25th with an opponent yet to be determined, but probably Ancilla College if the standing remain the same.  Game time will be either 5:30 or 7:00, depending on whether the men's team is also hosting.

      With the rest of the young Cougar team struggling a bit on offense, this was a night when Sophomore Shannon Dumond would elevate her game and lead her team to the win.  Dumond scored 25 points, had 5 assists and 4 steals against the Lady Indians.  Joining her in double figures with a real solid game at both ends of the court was Three Rivers freshman Caitlin Krull with 11 points.  Krull also had 11 rebounds for her sixth double double of the season.  The Cougars also got another solid performance from Battle Creek Central freshman guard, Ericka King.  "Roni" had  7 points, 3 assists (and only one turnover) and 3 steals.  The rest of the Cougars provided a consistent defensive effort that netted 28 turnovers by LMC, off which they scored 17 points.  On a night that saw Parchment freshman Jeannie Closson's string of double doubles end at eight, she found other ways to contribute with six rebounds and six big blocks.  Sophomore Jessica Sanders continues to sparkle at the defensive end and was very solid in the floor game garnering 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.

                         Picture by Jill Welch    
                                                 Sophomore Shannon Dumond          
                                                                                           
      Lady Cougars host league leading Muskegon on Wednesday in the last regular season home game for the women.  It will be Sophomore night and Valley's two lone sophomores will be honored before the contest.  Game time is 5:30 pm.

     The balance of the schedule can be found on the schedule page of the KVCC women's basketball site.  Click on the link below for more info.



Schedule Page