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Show Page B2 Thursday, January 22, 2004 Times Newspaper fff to a) ssaurtt T-wolves improve to 2-0 in Region VII LANDON OLSON Times Sports Editor awesome. Amber Nielsen on her team's 11-0 run Timpanogos coach Hubert louder says his team still dex'sn't know if it's very good, but looking at the stats it'd lie easy to argue and conclude otherwise. The Timberwolves are currently 11-3. having already surpassed last season's urTT, nine win total, and are off to a 2-0 start in That WaS the region and tied for the top spot. Their latest victory came Friday night at home against Lone Peak, when they used a big second quarter run to open up the game and claim a .r)9-47 win. Hut still, the team has Ix'on having to learn what it's like to be dominant in a game. "Sometimes, when we get ahead, we think, 'Wow, are we really ahead? Why should we be ahead this far, lecause we haven't ever lcen before?m Louder said. Then all of the sudden they get to thinking they're not going to win, but then they finally pull it down and calm down enough and end up winning the game." And that's exactly how the story line of their game against Ime Peak went. In the first quarter, the teams were back-and-forth, exchanging the lead and finishing the quarter deadlocked dead-locked when Timpanogos' Kristen Ixuder hit a free throw in the final second to tie the game at 13-13. But in the second, things took off for the T-wolves once they started trapping the Knights. Louder sparked things with a 5-footer, then a Timpanogos steal resulted in a 5-foot baseline jumper by Jennifer Harris. Second later, Louder grabbed another steal and scored on a layup, then the T-wolves' stole it again, this time with Liz Thomsen feeding Amber Nielsen for a layup. 99 session Lone Peak turned the ball over again, and Harris made them pay, drilling a 3 from the top of the arc to cap an 11-0 run in the first 1:30 of the quarter. That was awesome," Nielsen said of the run. "Coach Louder said to let them get the ball in then trap and put the pressure on. The trap worked good. They threw the ball away. We let them make the mis takes. Timpanogos was able to take a 36-24 lead into the half, but Lone Peak began to inch back into the game in the second half As T-wolf center Candice Martin had to watch from the bench after picking up her fourth foul in the second quarter, the Kniehts tried to DounH t.hp hall Monique Schauerhamer and Shana Burgess. "We felt going into this game, their post players, Burgess and Schauerhamer, were the strengths of this team," Louder said. "We felt that if we could somehow kind of control them a little bit we might be able to pull out a victory." Even missing Martin and playing a somewhat ad hex; lineup, the Timberwolves controlled the inside, fore-' ing the Knights to the perimeter where they started to knock down their shots. "Some of their outside shooters shot the ball better than I thought they would, so they stepped up when they had pressure on the post players," Louder said. At the end of the third, the Timberwolves still held a 10-point edge, 44-34, but things looked perilous early in the fourth. Whitlie Murdoch tried to pull Lone Peak back in the game, scoring six quick points for the Knight to cut the lead to six, 46-40, but down the stretch the T-wolves were able to hit from the line and Still unable to get into their offense, on the next pos- hold on defense, managing to pull out the win. continued on Page B4 - If..',- it ?rr$ A Si f 1 ' x " Lri f ; -ijsS vr photo by Landon OlsoitTimex Newspaper Timpanogos sharpshooter Jennifer Harris tries to take the ball up against Lone Peak's Marl Larson early In Friday's game. mtmm mm Mssm 1 51 HJ - t MAKE AN OFFER! NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED! Management will be on site TO APPROVE ALL reasonable offers THESE ARE THE FINAL DAYS! 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Kristen Louder 12, Kay Hal 6, Mandy Vatora 5, Candice Martin 4, Liz Thomsen 4, Amber Nielsen 3, Dara Grab 2 Cheteey Brown 1 Totals: 17 14-25 51. PL Grove Francom 17, Giles 10, Sargent 8, Fotu 7, Carr 2. Totals 16 9-21 44. 3-pont shots Timpanogos 3 (Harris, Louder Vafora); PI. Grove 3 (Sargent 2 Francom). Mountain View 58, Pleasant Grove 32 The Bruins kept a grip on part of first place in the region, handing the Vikings their second straight loss. Mountain View's starting five dominated in Friday's game, as Lora Mitchell lead the team with 16 points, while Ashley Cheesman notched 14. PI. Grove 11 9 3 9 32 Mtn. View 10 17 12 19 58 PI. Grove Sargent 18, Giles 10, Francom 4, Fox 2. Totals 13 2-6 32 Mtn. View - Lora Mitchell 16, Ashley Chessman 14, Amy Mack 10. Tiara Bowman 9. Mallary Gillespie 9. Totals 26 1-3 58. 3ioint shots - PI. Grove 4 (Sargent 4); Mtn. View 5 (Mack 2, Gillespie 2, Bowman). Boys' scores Timpview 72, Timpanogos 56 In a Utah County battle, Timpanogos fell behind early and despite a fourth quarter rally, couldn't come back. Mac Nelson led the Timberwolves with 11 points, while Matt Pinegar had 24 for Timpview, including four 3s in the Jan. 13 game. Timpanogos 14 13 6 23 56 Timpview 21 16 20 15 72 eTr!) " ?' Yeats 7-K Wakey 6. Wes Snel r?T JLne9af 24' ar Mites 14' Bran Carter 11, Craig Swixltehursl 6 HoMh shots -Tpanogos 5 (Nelson, Norton, Halls, Yates, Burr); Trmpview 5 (Phegar American Fork 60, Orem 51 After a five-point first Quarter the TW-o n j ... . . ' o WLUUU I. ICLilV, despite outsconng American Fork the rest oft the way on Jan. 13 in the Delta Center. Mike Hales had 11 points for Orem while Craig Cusick picked up 10. Orem was able to get plenty of players involved though, as seven other Tigers scored in the game. Orem 5 12 12 22 51 AF 23 11 4 22 60 Orem Mike Hales 11, Craig Cusick 10, Kai Kamoe 8, Bryan Gonzalez 6 Atex Cal 5 Bfcke Johnson 4. Tanner Lamb 3. Lyndon Plothow 2, 7 AF - Rick Shotl 21, Clayton Searte 17 Brenan Davis 1,, B$L StS 'Z 4 David Obenl. Totals 21 15-23 60. ' 3-potrt snots Orem 4 (Kamoe 2, Cusck, Hates); AF 3 (Dave 2, R. Shoff). Orem 47, Taylorsville 40 In their final non-region game, the Tigers picked up a big win against Taylorsville on Friday. Craig Cusick had a game-high 21 points as the Tigers improved their record to above .500 at 7-6 Mike Hales added nine while Tanner Lamb continued his solid play with seven. Taytorsvill 10 6 14 10 40 Orem 7 13 16 1147 Omm - Craig Cusick 21, Mike Hales 8. Tanner Umb 7, LynoVjn Ptothow 4 Ak Cal 4 Bryan Gonzalez 2. Totals 13 19-2S 47. ron "otnew 4, Akw Cal 4, 3-poW snots TaytorswHe 3 (Tauta 3), Oem 2 (Cusick 2). |