Kalamazoo Valley Women's Basketball

February 22, 2008    KVCC (70) vs. Glen Oaks (54) in Centreville, MI
 

Coach's comments: 
     "Sloppy." Commented KVCC Coach Ron Welch.  "But, it's a win on the road in conference play and we'll take it."
      In a game that didn't have a great deal of meaning for either club, the level of play got a little shoddy at times, but the Lady Cougars, who had sown up third place in the Western Conference before the beginning of the week were the first team to really pull it together and finished the game going away for their 16th win of the year.
      With starting guard Ericka King limited because of a "tweaked" ankle, someone had to step up.  Enter Jenison freshman Alicia Jesnek.  All she did was lead the Cougars in scoring with 16 points on 5 of 7 shooting (3 of 5 from three) and 4 of 5 from the charity stripe. "AJ did a nice job tonight of playing within herself." praised the Cougar mentor.  "WE all know what a good offensive player she is and she has made solid strides in all phases of her game. She really battles when she's on the floor. Perhaps this will be the game that really propels her to the next step and begins to form some consistency in her game.  That will be good for us - and good for her!"

                                                       Photo by Joanne
                                                                                            Alicia Jesnek explodes for 16!
                                                                                           
      Sophomore Shannon Dumond was her usual, steady self and ended with 15 points, 5 assists and 2 steals while freshman post player Jeannie Closson recorded her 18th double double on the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds.  Caitlin Krull just missed a double double with 8 points and 10 rebounds. "Once we got in 'sync', we played pretty well. I think that the kids knew there wasn't much at stake, but we're trying to teach them that every time you lace 'em up and cross that line you have to play with effort.  I'm glad we woke up in time." concluded Welch.
  
        
   Duey for a lefty lay up in transition.                                                                   Closson sizes it up from short corner
          
 
      #3 seed Lady Cougars will host an MCCAA first round game in Cougar Arena against #6 seed Ancilla College on Monday night, February 25th. Game time is 7:00 pm in Kalamazoo.  The winner of that game will advance to a game at #2 seed Muskegon on Wednesday the 27th at 7:00 pm for the right to advance to the MCCAA Final Four for a 1:00 pm game at Mott CC in Flint against the winner of a game between Schoolcraft College and St. Clair County CC on Wednesday.  The MCCAA Championship game will be played in Flint at 1:00 pm on Saturday March 1st.

     More information on Conference tournament match ups can be found on the schedule page of the KVCC women's basketball site.  Click on the link below for more info.



Schedule Page