INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE/APRIL 2, 1991

 

 

Streak To Silver

Game One. Just 24 hours ear-
lier, Carrie Carlsen had been at
precisely the same spot in the
Cariboo College gym, rising from
a banquet table to accept her All-
Canadian Award prior to the
CCAA basketball championships.

Now the spot where she stood
with the ball was three-point ter-
ritory at the top of the key. It was
the same spot where ball-hawking
defenders from Mohawk had
twice stripped Carlsen of the ball
— the kind of defence which had
lifted the Hamilton team to a 62-59
lead with just 15 seconds to play. It
was near the spot where she had
missed a three-pointer just mo-
ments earlier.

But this time Carlsen unfurled a
perfect shot, making the most sig-
nificant basket in Royals women’s
basketball, to send the game into
overtime at 62-62.

“It just felt ecstatic,” said
Carlsen. “The shot I had missed
earlier had actually felt smoother,
so | knew if l set up without a
defender around me I could make
ih

Three Royals Named

| All-Stars

| Dre playing less than one
half in the championship
game due to a knee injury, guard
Lorraine Denis was one of three
Douglas College players
selected as All-Tournament stars
during the CCAA championship
tournament. Also selected were
teammate Carrie Carlsen and
men’s forward Werner Knopp.
Carlsen, also selected as an
All-Canadian before the tourna-
ment, led Douglas College :
scorers in all three games.
Knopp was leading scorer in -
two games and was among the
team’s leading rebounders. &

 

Royals’ Carrie
Carlsen collects two
of her 20 points
against Mohawk
College.

 

 

 

 

 

After that, with four Mohawk
starters having fouled out, the
overtime was no contest. Carlsen
notched a layup after just seven
seconds, Lorraine Denis added
two more off steals, and the Royals
marched past the Mountaineers 73-

While the three-pointer marked
the game’s most dramatic play, the
smartest play was the timeout
called by Royals coach Richard
Norman with 11:22 remaining and
his team trailing 56-44. His tactic:
the Mountaineers lacked depth

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The Long Road Back

Game One. They sport Hoosier-style brushcuts, come from a place
called Caronport, Saskatchewan — which is 15 miles west of a place
called Moose Jaw — and because they play for a bible college, some say
there’s something uncanny about the way their shots drop when they
really need them.

Those shots were especially uncanny in the opening round of the
CCAA nationals as the Briercrest Clippers dropped not one, but two
three-pointers in the dying seconds to force overtime (78-78) and then
double overtime (89-89) against the Douglas Royals. Both times the
anointed shooter, who definitely made the most of his three-of-five three-
point conversions, was guard Richard Sabbaugh. In the second over-
time, Briercrest’s foul shooting prevailed as the Clippers posted a 98-97
win.

“T’ve never been in a double overtime game and after the loss we were
feeling about as low as we’ ve ever been this year,” said Royals coach
Steve Beauchamp. As bad as losing in double overtime was, the Royals
felt even lower after twice battling back from 10-point deficits in the
second half.

“T really thought we were going to win. The way we kept coming

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