DOUGLAS The Central Arizona College womens basketball team withstood a second-half rally by Cochise College to post a 63-56 victory on Saturday night.
The third-ranked Vaqueras (19-1, 11-0 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) increased their 39-24 halftime lead to as many as 24 points early in the second half. The host Apaches (12-9, 6-5), however, began turning up the pressure on defense and hitting shots on offense to reduce their deficit to as few as six before the Vaqueras were able to hold on for the seven-point win.
We started making mistake after mistake, and they started pressuring us, Central Arizona coach Denise Cardenas said. We really got rattled. The place was going crazy.
The Vaqueras committed 17 of their 25 turnovers in the frenetic second half.
Too many turnovers down the stretch, Cardenas said. I am glad we got out of here with the win, and Im glad were done with this place for the year. Its a tough place to play, even going back to when I was a player. Crazy things happen at Cochise.
Tamara Phillip led Central Arizona with 23 points and eight steals, and she also grabbed five rebounds.
Brea Townsend and Katrina Salinas scored 11 points each for the Vaqueras, while Townsend added six rebounds.
Central Arizona also got eight points from Katrina Ottesen, five points from Alice Pitts, two points each from Paris Webb and Tafara Phillip, and one point and eight rebounds from Shanice Butler.
Ashley Mitchell led Cochise with 19 points.
They played hard, Cardenas said about the Apaches. I give them a lot of credit.
I was talking to their coach (Laura Hughes). She asked me how were able to take everybodys best shot. That happens a lot.
We have to wear our jerseys with pride and stand strong when we go into other teams gyms and also when we play at home. We want to keep our tradition going. We just have to work hard every time out.
The BVI Girls then took on their USVI counterparts in an exhibition game that went the way of the visitors 26-23 despite some good all round performances by Bianca Brewley and Joy Victor.The USVI seemed to have the game sewn up when with less than 4 minutes to go they were ahead 20-15 after a foul from Shaliqua Fahie and a successful free throw [read more]
The BVI Girls then took on their USVI counterparts in an exhibition game that went the way of the visitors 26-23 despite some good all round performances by Bianca Brewley and Joy Victor.
The USVI seemed to have the game sewn up when with less than 4 minutes to go they were ahead 20-15 after a foul from Shaliqua Fahie and a successful free throw.
Lareisha Martin then popped in a 2 pointer to make it 20-17 and Victor, who missed a 3 point attempt moments earlier, picked up a pass from Brewley and sank a 2 to make it 20-19 with 2:12 left on the clock.
The BVI surged forward and launched shot after shot on the USVI basket, but conceded another score to the USVI until Brewley scored to make it 22-21. A turnover and a Victor foul gave the USVI a 23-21 lead from the free throw line and another visit following a Fahie foul increased their lead to 3 points at 24-21.
Brewley sank another 2 to make it 24-23 and a steal and burst to the paint from Victor was pulled up short when she was adjudged to have travelled. With the clock ticking below 13 seconds remaining, the shouts from the coach to give away a foul were met, but the ploy backfired as the USVI sank both attempts to make it 26-23.
At the buzzer, Brewley launched an attempted 3 to send the game into overtime, but it hit the rim and bounced away to give the USVI the victory.
Brewley finished with 10 points, Victor 7 and Fahie 4, whilst for the USVI M. Mike scored 11, A. Richardson 5 and T. Lake 4.
Womens basketball, coached by Denise Cardenas, went 31-3, reaching the semifinals of the NJCAA tournament. Cardenas notched her 100th career victory early in the season, and CAC went 20-0 against Arizona Community College Athletic Conference opponents.Tamara Phillip and Katrina Ottesen were selected to the All-America team. Phillip (second team) averaged 13.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.4 steals. Ottesen (third team) averaged 15.1 points and made 84 of her 224 three-point attempts (37 [read more]
Womens basketball, coached by Denise Cardenas, went 31-3, reaching the semifinals of the NJCAA tournament. Cardenas notched her 100th career victory early in the season, and CAC went 20-0 against Arizona Community College Athletic Conference opponents.
Tamara Phillip and Katrina Ottesen were selected to the All-America team. Phillip (second team) averaged 13.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.4 steals. Ottesen (third team) averaged 15.1 points and made 84 of her 224 three-point attempts (37.5 percent). Brea Townsend averaged 11.2 points, and Katrina Salinas averaged 10.3.
List of Central Arizona College athletes who received scholarships to attend four-year colleges in 2012-13: Womens basketball (5)
Katrina Ottesen (Colorado State), Katrina Salinas (Bowling Green), Alice Pitts (Dixie State), Tamara Phillip (Albany or Texas-Pan America), Tafara Phillip (Albany or Texas-Pan American)
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Central Arizona College womens basketball team is going to the NJCAA tournament semifinals for the first time in three years, after beating New Mexico Junior College 61-56 on Wednesday March 21, 2012.
The Vaqueras were helped in tremendous fashion by a defense that held New Mexico Junior College to four points in the final 512 minutes of the quarterfinal game. Virgin Islander Tamara Phillip was a crucial ingredient for the Vaqueras to claim victory [read more]
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Central Arizona College womens basketball team is going to the NJCAA tournament semifinals for the first time in three years, after beating New Mexico Junior College 61-56 on Wednesday March 21, 2012.
The Vaqueras were helped in tremendous fashion by a defense that held New Mexico Junior College to four points in the final 512 minutes of the quarterfinal game. Virgin Islander Tamara Phillip was a crucial ingredient for the Vaqueras to claim victory.
The third-seeded Vaqueras forged on with a 61-56 victory over the sixth-seeded Thunderbirds at the Bicentennial Center. Todays (March 23) semifinal opponent (4 p.m. Arizona time) is second-seeded Hutchinson, Kan. (35-0), which downed No. 10 Walters State, Tenn., 62-46.
It wasnt as pretty as we would have liked it to be, but weve got two wins (in the tournament) without all of our pieces clicking, CAC coach Denise Cardenas said. We were due for a Final Four. The kids have worked hard, and they deserve it.
After slicing CACs lead to 53-52 on Honor Duvalls basket with 5:27 remaining, NMJC did not score again until Teonna Campbells field goal with 53 seconds to play. The Thunderbirds missed six shots and committed a turnover during that crucial stretch.
The Vaqueras (31-1) went ahead 56-52 on Brea Townsends fourth three-pointer of the game with 4:59 left. Townsends free throw made it 57-52 with 3:21 remaining.
September Offutts basket with 38 seconds left off an assist from Katrina Ottesen following the Virgin Islands Tamara Phillips steal put the Vaqueras up 59-54, and Katrina Salinas made two free throws with 27 seconds remaining to secure the victory.
Salinas scored 11 points, Phillip had eight, Ottesen scored seven and Shanice Butler had five for the Vaqueras, who shot 35 percent from the field (21 of 60).
There were six lead changes and two ties in the first half. Centrals largest lead was three points (8-5 and 23-20). Perezs three-pointer two seconds before halftime, gave NMJC its second five-point lead.
The Vaqueras tied it 29-29 early in the second half on baskets by Salinas and Phillip and Offutts free throw, then went ahead 31-29 on Offutts basket with 17:40 to play.
Central overcame 23 turnovers, which the Thunderbirds converted into 14 points. The Vaqueras scored just four points off 14 NMJC turnovers.
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