Warriors drop two games but still tied for third
02/11/2008
On Thursday, the Warriors were held to six field goals in first half and shot a dismal 20% from the field as Ottawa took a 34-15 lead into halftime. In the second half, the Warriors finally got things going with eight minutes to play when they cut the lead to nine but Ottawa responded with a Matt Green three pointer and pushed the lead back to eleven. Sterling was unable to get any closer as they dropped their fourth KCAC game of the season.
The Warriors were led in scoring by junior Jonathan Woods with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Junior Mac Stephenson added thirteen points towards the cause.
On Saturday, the Warriors started much better and trailed only by five at halftime. But both teams struggled shooting in the first half shooting 31%. In the second half, the Warriors outscored Southwestern 28-25 but could not get over the hump and eventually fell 48-46.
Sterling was led in scoring by Chad Friess with 20 points.
Despite dropping both games Sterling is still tied for third place with Southwestern and Friends University. Sterling (14-10, 9-5) will host Bethel College on Thursday and Kansas Wesleyan University on Saturday. Sterling will be honoring their seven seniors prior to the game against KWU.
(Photo's courtesy of Grayson Graves)