Jessica Nolan poured in 29 points as the Lassen ladies overcame an early 12 point deficit to defeat Feather River. The Lady Cougars led just 34-32 at halftime but pulled away in the second half for the eight point win. Savannah Carlo had 16 points, with Brittany Hill chipping in 14 points for the Lady Cougars. Lassen improves to 5-1 in the GVC, tied with Shasta College atop the conference standings.

Feather River’s 86-79 victory over the Lassen men snapped the Cougars winning streak at three games and dropped the Cougars to 3-3 in GVC play. The win pushes Feather River to 5-1 in the Golden Valley Conference.

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In the night’s first game, the Lassen College Lady Cougars shook off a sluggish offensive start to pull away from Feather River for a 71-55 win. Lorena Torres hit a three pointer as time expired in the first half to give Lassen a 37-29 lead at the break. Australian stand-out Jessica Nolan poured in 14 of her game high 23 points in the second half to help the Lady Cougars pull away from Feather River and earn the 16 point victory. “We played pretty well defensively.” Said Lassen head coach Mark Naraeu, “We played hard and hustled all night.” Lassen’s Oceana Johnson, Julissa Reynoso and Savannah Carlo each scored 12 points as the Lady Cougars opened the conference schedule with a win.

In the night cap, the Golden Eagles of Feather River built a double digit lead in the first half and were able to with stand a late Lassen charge, holding off the Cougars for a 98-87 victory. Feather River freshman, Archie Kovich led the the Golden Eagle attack with 26 points. Feather River led by as many as 17 points in the second half, and by ten points with under two minutes to play but Lassen would not go away, pulling to within four points with 33 seconds to play. Feather River was able to hit their free throws in the waning seconds for the final margin of victory. Lassen’s Darius Stewart, who battled not only the Feather River defense, but Feather River head coach Randy Rick as well, led all scorers with 29 points. Stewart and Rick were seen jawing at one another in front of the Golden Eagle bench during the course of the game. The loss puts Lassen at 0-1 to start GVC play while Feather River is 1-0.

While the fans from both schools had been good naturedly going at it all night long from opposite sides of the court, things nearly got ugly as a Feather River fan crossed the court to confront the Lassen fan base. Order however was quickly restored by an alert member of the Lassen College Board and Lady Cougar head coach Mark Naraeu. 

From this reporters standpoint, with the exception of the late game incident, it was a lively, raucous, mostly good spirited crowd from both schools. However, in the future, let us remember that we have fans of all ages in the stands.

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