The Clark Faculty males’s basketball staff clinched a playoff beth with win over Southwestern Oregon on Saturday.
However the Penguinis missed an opportunity to place a stranglehold on the Northwest Athletic Convention South Division title with losses to Umpqua on Monday and Portland on Wednesday.
Clark (10-5) sits one-half recreation behind first-place Portland (11-4) coming into the final week of the common season. However the Penguins will want some assist because the Panthers personal the tiebreaker gained each video games towards Clark within the common season. Lane (10-5) is lurking in third place.
Males’s basketball
RECORD: 18-8, 10-4, 2nd in NWAC South.
Theo McMillian (Camas Excessive) scored 19 factors and Jackson Esary (Kalama Excessive) added 18 factors because the Penguins beat Southwestern Oregon, 78-64, Saturday to clinch a playoff berth. McMillan additionally had 9 assists.
Esary (18.0 factors per recreation) and McMillian (17.9 factors) are Clark’s main scorers.
That win got here after a 82-64 loss to Portland on Wednesday during which the Panthers outscored the Penguins 48-28 within the second half. Esary scored 19 factors and McMillan added 16 factors for Clark.
The Penguins started the week Monday with an 81-68 loss to Umpqua, which snapped a five-game win streak.
THIS WEEK: After making up a postponed recreation towards Linn-Benton on Monday, Clark ends the common season at residence Wednesday with a 7:30 p.m. towards towards Chemeketa (3-12, 8-19).
Ladies’s basketball
RECORD: 13-14, 5-9, seventh in NWAC South.
The Penguins returned to profitable methods with consecutive victories over Portland on Wednesday and Southwestern Oregon on Saturday.
Emily Peabody hit a 3-pointer on the buzzer to ship an exhilarating 74-73 win over Portland. That got here after Kaylee Foster put the Panthers forward 73-71 with a 3-pointer with six seconds to play.
Peabody, a freshman from Spokane, scored a career-high 37 factors and shot 6 for 8 from 3-point vary.
On Saturday, the Penguins rallied for a 65-61 win over Southwestern Oregon for his or her third win in 4 video games. Clark trailed 52-46 coming into the fourth quarter however opened the quarter on a 16-3 run.
Ella Botnar, a freshman from Portland, led the Penguins with 22 factors and 12 rebounds. It was her fourth double-double of the season.
THIS WEEK: The Penguins conclude their season at residence Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. towards Chemeketa (19-9, 8-7).