Trojan women clinch spot in playoffs; first since 2008
Patrick Okocha, II
Issue date: 2/26/10 Section: Sports
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The NWAACC Championship Tournament will take place March 6-9 at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, WA.
The Trojans played determined and hungry to make the tournament as they took a commanding 38-21 halftime lead over Peninsula. They continued their dominance through the second half with a final score of 70-43.
While, the Trojans assisted on 20 of their 62 field goals, they also turned the ball over 30 times. With the playoffs approaching the Trojans will need to sharpen their offense and allow for the fewest amounts of mistakes possible.
"We need to work hard and play as we know we can, if we do that, then we will do well" said freshman guard Ashley Hagood.
The Trojans began the season with a bit of inconsistency as they began the season 4-6 through the first 10 games.
"We played four or five teams, that were ranked in the NWAACC. They weren't easy teams" said Head Coach Chet Hovde
The Trojans picked up their play in league going 11-3 through their first 14 games. "In preseason all of it was coming together and fine tuning. We had a lot of good athletes but we were still learning how to play together with each other." said sophomore guard Morgan Thomas.
The Trojans must improve on their three-point shooting if they want to continue to be a successful up-tempo-styled team. The Trojans have shot 411 three-point shots this year and connected on only 104 of them. That is a 25 percent average and will not get it done against the upper-echelon teams like Skagit Valley and Bellevue College.
"We need to look inside and work inside out," said Hovde. "We must make sure that the player's with the higher shooting percentages are the ones shooting the outside shots."
They will also need to value the ball more as they have over 100 more turnovers than assists.
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