{"id":6736,"date":"2017-11-30T19:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T03:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6736"},"modified":"2017-12-15T15:16:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T23:16:17","slug":"close-end-wolves-finish-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/close-end-wolves-finish-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Close until the end, the Wolves finish strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Simson Garcia | Sports Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nov. 23 home game against Humboldt State showed plenty of change-of-pace action. With 11 lead changes and six ties, the Wolves managed to get the last basket near the rim, downing the Lumberjacks 64-62. <\/span>
\n<\/span>The Wolves came in undefeated, and three games in have averaged 77 points, which is much attested to their balanced offense.<\/span>
\n<\/span>When the \u2018Jacks visited, a tightly knit back-and-forth game almost put their undefeated mark in jeopardy.<\/span>
\n<\/span>This was evident in the first quarter when several lead changes ensued. The \u2018Jacks looked to swing the momentum in their favor by presenting a three-point threat. The Wolves stood firm with a strong defense, a key factor late, to end the quarter down 13-12. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Defense, along with hustle plays and scrappiness for every rebound, kept the game close. Then, it was the Wolves turn at the lead going into halftime up one, 25-24.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Guard play from both teams was also a highlight, as senior Shelby Snook went head-to-head opposite Humboldt\u2019s Tyla Turner. Snook made 7 out of 11 field goals totaling 15 points, while Turner shot 6 out of 20 totaling 14.<\/span>
\n<\/span>As the teams continued to trade baskets into the fourth, it came down to the final seconds. With the score at 62, senior forward Savannah Heugly scored the go-ahead off a tightly contested lay-up attempt, putting the Wolves in front, 64-62. In waning moments, the Lumberjacks\u2019s game-tying attempt was stuffed by Wolf senior guard Sydney Azorr’s clutch block that ended the game.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Now at 4-0, the Wolves soon begin conference play where they’ll protect home court once again against Saint Martin’s on Nov. 30. Tip-off begins at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The Nov. 23 home game against Humboldt State showed plenty of change-of-pace action. With 11 lead changes and six ties, the Wolves managed to get the last basket near the rim, downing the Lumberjacks 64-62. The Wolves came in undefeated, and three games in have averaged 77 points, which is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1030,"featured_media":6737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}