Mt. Hood women lose to Chemeketa Storm

The Saints women’s basketball squad suffered a 13-point loss to the Chemeketa Storm Wednesday night, 59-46. The defeat dropped Mt. Hood’s overall record to 3-13 overall (0-2 in league play).

MHCC kept pace with the Storm in the first half, grabbing a one-point halftime lead at 21-20, but in the second half Chemeketa proved too much to handle as it outscored the Saints 39-25.

The Saints found solid production from their freshmen as Kiera Stokes provided 12 points and four rebounds and Kelsea Baton added 10 points. Madison Weaver, also a freshman, scored four points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

For a second game, Mt. Hood was missing its leading scorer and rebounder, Marley Yates, but she will be back in action on Saturday.

Saints freshman point guard Jesse Morris, who finished with six points and four assists, gave her thoughts on the loss to Chemeketa. “They were beatable, and we just didn’t play like we should have,” she said. “We’re missing a couple players, so that didn’t help.”

Morris continued, “We had good spurts when our energy was up and I think that was good, but we need to just keep that for a full 40 minutes. We can work on being more consistent and work on our defense.”

The Wednesday loss followed a frustrating 71-35 point defeat to SW Oregon last Saturday, in Coos Bay.

Up next for Mt. Hood are the Lane Titans, 14-4 (1-1 in league play. Tip-off is 2 p.m. Saturday at Lane Community College in south Eugene.