COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS NOTEBOOK: COC WOMEN TALENTED, BUT FRESHMEN ABOUND.Byline: Scott Magoloff Daily News Staff Writer The talent is bountiful Bountiful, city (1990 pop. 36,659), Davis co., N central Utah; inc. 1892. It is a residential suburb N of Salt Lake City with some farming and floral nurseries; machinery and motor vehicles are produced. Bountiful was settled by Mormons in 1847. for Greg Herrick. It's just that that ability rests within 10 freshman bodies on his College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team, which has only two sophomores. Emerging from the Cougars' rampant youth and some early inconsistencies, sophomore Stephanie Wasserman - herself a struggling freshman for COC See chip on chip. last year - is showing signs of leadership. ``After one of our games (last weekend) I told her she did a really good job and she said, `Coach, I get it now,' '' Canyons assistant coach Harlan Perlman said, referring to Wasserman's season-high 15 points in COC's 71-63 victory over Valley on Dec. 5. ``She was always a skilled player, but when we asked her to do things (last year), she wanted to do something else. It was very frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: ,'' Perlman continued. ``But she's much more complete now, and I don't think her development is even close to over.'' So what has Wasserman discovered? ``(In college), you have to go to a certain spot for things to work,'' she said. ``In high school, we could do more what we wanted - it was more loose.'' What helped her to decipher head coach Greg Herrick's offensive system was an impromptu summer clinic with former Cougar cougar: see puma. cougar or puma or mountain lion or panther Species (Puma concolor) of large, graceful cat that lives in a wide variety of habitats in the Americas, from southern Alaska to Patagonia. stars Zevette Mitchell and LaCresha Clark. Wasserman said extensive pick-up and summer-league games alongside the two former Western Conference MVPs fostered a better understanding. ``It gave me more confidence,'' Wasserman added. Through six games, Wasserman has made the most 3-pointers (nine of 35, 26 percent) on the team and is the fourth-leading scorer, averaging 8.2 points per game. She is second on the team in assists (21) and is one of five players to reach double figures in steals (11). ``She's hit some big 3-pointers for us,'' Herrick said. ``She's been very flexible, playing some point and some (shooting guard The Shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. ). Her defense has improved since last year - she's made an impact.'' Whatever effect she has on COC's season, Wasserman is hopeful that it will lead to a better end result than last year, when Perlman said the players felt it was their ``birthright'' to make a return trip to the state championship game, in which the 1996-'97 team went down in defeat to Ventura College Ventura College is a California-state funded community college located in Ventura, California. Established in 1925, the college has a 112-acre campus with an enrollment of 13,000 students. The college is part of the Ventura County Community College District. . ``Last year the team had the expectation of just doing like (the '96-'97 team) and going back to state,'' Wasserman said. ``This year, we just want to do our own thing and go to state.'' The Cougars (5-1) face Barstow College at 5 p.m. today. |
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