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Cougars gaining respect
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the Carillon
The Cougars are showing they are for real
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Bryden Wright tries to jump over Simon Fraser’s Emmanuel Unaegbu to reach the net.
- photo by Sean Flotre
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After a miserable preseason and splitting two games with the Brandon University Bobcats, the men’s basketball team defeated the Trinity Western University Spartans, who were ranked as the tenth best team in the CIS. The Cougars also defeated the visiting Simon Fraser University Clan this past weekend at the CKHS, moving the team into a tie for first in the Great Plains Division with Brandon.
“We feel that we’ve turned the corner a bit and that we have proven to ourselves that we can beat good teams if we play hard, rebound the ball and do things like that,” said Cougars head coach James Hillis.
“Confidence is a big thing and we didn’t have any in the preseason cause it seemed like we lost every game we played. We’re confident right now.”
The confidence showed from the tip-off of each game this weekend. For the first time this season, the Cougars didn’t spot their opponents a lead and the team wasn’t forced to play catch-up in the team’s 87-77 win over the Spartans and 81-74 victory over the Clan.
“I don’t think we had everyone focused,” said starting fourth-year guard Joel Hunter of the earlier games in the season. “This time we made sure we brought energy and the guys on the bench picked us up when things weren’t going well.”
One of those players who picked up the pace was second-year post Adam Huffman, who was a red shirt for the team last year. The six-foot-seven Kinesiology major was a perfect three for three from the field with seven rebounds and two assists in his 14 minutes of action against Trinity Western.
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Tai Tuisamoa tries to split the Clan defence for a layup.
- photo by Sean Flotre
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“He was outstanding,” said Hillis. “If we can get that performance out of him here and there throughout the season, a meaningful contribution from him at the post position, that’s huge for us cause we don’t have a lot of depth there.”
Another part of the Cougars’ success this weekend was the team’s shooting from the three-point line. The Cougars sunk 12 three-pointers against the Spartans and made five more against the Clan, making over a third of their attempts in each game.
“We’ve got guys that can shoot and if a guy’s got a wide open look at three, then I want him to take it,” continued Hillis. “Shooters are psychologically fragile and they have to shoot the ball with the confidence that they aren’t going to get yanked because they took a shot.
“All you have to make is 33 per cent from the three-point line to have the same points per possession value as a two-point shot. So, as long as we’re making a third of them then we’re happy.”
The area that concerns the Cougars the most after this weekend is their rebounding. The Clan dominated the Cougars on the glass after the Cougars had a solid performance against Trinity Western in that area of their game.
“Simon’s a bigger team than Trinity and that’s why they have the advantage on the boards,” explained Hunter. “We need to concentrate on sending five guys to the defensive glass.”Hillis, however, isn’t too concerned with the rebounding results from the Simon Fraser game. “That’s something that we have to continue to improve, but you don’t see too many teams rebound like Simon did.”
The Cougars will now defend their 3-1 record in Winnipeg against the host University of Manitoba Bisons (2-2) this weekend, but leaving the confines of the CKHS is a concern for Hillis.
“We had a tough time on the road last year and we haven’t been on the road a lot this year,” he said. “And when we have been on the road, we’ve lost. So, we have to find a way to win on the road.”
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