'06-07 GIRLS' BASKETBALL PREVIEW OUTSIDE CHANCE OAKS CHRISTIAN, LED BY CLARK AND CARLISLE, WILL DEPEND ON PERIMETER GAME.Byline: KEVIN CONNELLY Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News There will be times this season when all Don McMaster can do is scratch his head. The Oaks Christian of Westlake Village girls' basketball coach will want to scold SCOLD. A woman who by her habit of scolding becomes a nuisance to the neighborhood, is called a common scold. Vide Common Scold. his team for taking a series ill-advised shots, but he will instead just bite his tongue. That's all you can do, really, when your backcourt is made up of Michelle Clark and Chelsea Carlisle -- a 3-point shooting tandem that has defied basketball logic like the trigger-happy Phoenix Suns have in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= . Clark and Carlisle combined to shoot 443 3-pointers last season, while making 34 percent. Clark, who has signed a letter of intent with Purdue, was 77 of 236 from beyond the 3-point line last season. Carlisle, a junior, was 71 of 207. With those two leading the way, Oaks Christian enters the season ranked No. 5 in the area by the Daily News. Only two players on the team are taller than 5-foot-8, so the Lions will again rely heavily on a perimeter game that could prove to be the most dangerous in the area. ``There are times we will not be hitting our shots,'' said Clark, whose Lions were 21-10 last season while advancing to the Southern Section Div. IV-AA final. ``But there will be other times when we can't miss. When we get in that flow, it we hard for any team to stop us. ``Our weakness is definitely our height. You can't teach that. But we have the ability to knock off to cease, as from work; to desist. - De Quincey. To force off by a blow or by beating. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. To leave off (work, etc.). See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock teams that are a lot taller because we can outshoot out·shoot tr.v. out·shot , out·shoot·ing, out·shoots To shoot better than (another): a pistol that easily outshoots others in its class; a basketball player who outshot all others on the team. them on any given night.'' Case in point was during the divisional final last March, when Oaks Christian faced a heavily favored Marlborough of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. team that featured three 6-footers. Even more daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin , one of those players was Abi Olajuwon Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon (born July 6 1988), is an Nigerian-American female college basketball player for the Oklahoma Sooners. Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon. -- a dominant post player, and the daughter of NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born Akeem Abdul Olajuwon on January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). . The Lions trailed by four points at halftime, then took a 47-40 lead in the third quarter after hitting 6 of 8 3-pointers in the period. Oaks Christian connected on 11 3-pointers in the game, but lost their shooting touch in the final minutes and ultimately lost 63-58. It was a learning experience that Oaks Christian insists will pay dividends this season. ``That Marlborough game was a major stepping stone for us,'' Carlisle said. ``It was a really tough game to lose because we were right there at the end, but it showed us that we can hang with anybody. ``Michelle and I really like to shoot, and we expect to do that quite a bit this season.'' Although much of the same is expected from Oaks Christian on the court, this season will have a dramatically different look. The Lions have moved up to Div.II-AA after a realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of the Southern Section playoff system. They have also moved from the Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. to the Tri-Valley, where they figure to contend with defending champion Oak Park for the league title. Both teams finished undefeated in league last season, making it difficult to determine the clear favorite this time around. They will meet twice in the regular season, including a Feb. 3 showdown at Oak Park High that will likely determine the league champion. It is no secret how Oaks Christian plans to win that game -- or any other game, for that matter -- as the Lions will continue with their run- and-gun style of play. ``This is the season we've all been waiting for,'' Clark said. ``We're excited because coach McMaster gives us the freedom to try and outshoot teams. We have a bad taste in our mouths right now from last year, and we plan to end this season on a much better note.'' Who knows if that will be the case. But one thing remains certain: The Lions will sure be fun to watch. kevin.connelly@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Oaks Christian players Chelsea Carlisle, left, and Michelle Clark combined to attempt 443 3-pointers last season. They made 34.3 percent. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer Box: LOCAL HEROES |
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