Saints face big challenge in game against Lane Saturday

The MHCC women’s basketball team took another hit Saturday as they fell 74-54 to Linn-Benton in Albany, bringing their overall record to 2-16.

As usual, the women’s small group of sophomores proved to be a valued asset to them, performances of which included Hannah Mocaby’s 11 points and nine total rebounds and Sadie Jenks, who

had one of her best offensive performances of the year, scoring 15 with a 56 percent shooting percentage.

Not to be outdone by the upperclassmen, freshman Sydney Mendoza was the second highest scorer on the team with 13 points. Mendoza also had two steals in the game.

Overall, the team, which has struggled all season long to get its offense up and running, had one of its better shooting percentage games of the month, finishing with 35 percent.

Though the Saints played as consistently as they have been in the last couple weeks, with 49 total defensive stops, Linn-Benton managed to put up 29 points off MHCC turnovers.

The Saints will host their first game in a week on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Lane. The Titans are currently ranked second in Southern Region (20-1 overall), dropping just one game in regional play

against No. 1 Clackamas (17-3).

The last time the teams played, the Saints were routed 87-43.

On Wednesday, the Saints will take on Portland Community College (2-15 overall) at 5:30 p.m.The Saints have seven regular season games left until Southern Region playoffs, which begin Feb. 25.