WNCC men fall to Trinidad State

WNCC men fall to Trinidad State
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January 20th, 2024 | WNCC Sports Information

The Western Nebraska Community College men’s basketball team started hot, but then Trinidad State went on a 12-2 run to earn the 85-69 South Sub-region win Friday night. 

The Cougars dropped to 1-1 in conference play while Trinidad State moved to 2-0.  

WNCC has little time to relax as they face Otero College Saturday afternoon in another conference contest. Otero fell to Northeastern Junior College 70-68 Friday night. 

Friday night was a night where the Cougars started strong but then Trinidad heated up. WNCC led 14-10 early on a JJ Harris 3-pointer. WNCC led 16-15, but that was the last time they would lead as Trinidad went on a 16-4 run to lead 31-20.  

WNCC cut the deficit to five at 35-30 on a Harris triple, but Trinidad’s Lateef Patrick buried two 3-pointers to lead 41-32 at halftime. 

The second half saw WNCC hit the first bucket after halftime by Stephen Ovia, but Trinidad ran off 10 straight to lead 51-34. WNCC never could get the score back to single digits as Trinidad was too tough. 

WNCC shot 38 percent for the game and were 7-of-29 from behind the arc. Trinidad was blistering hot from the field, shooting 64 percent and the Trojans mad 11-of-20 3-pointers. 

Trinidad won the rebound battle 40-31. 

WNCC had just two players in double figures. Willie Wilson led the way with 14 points while Harris had 12. Harris had a double-double in the game as he also had 13 rebounds. 

Trinidad had three in double figures with Patrick finishing with 28 points and six 3-pointers. Keliese Frye had 14 points while Titus Washington had 10 points.  

Trinidad               41 44 – 85 

WNCC                 32 37 – 69 

TRINIDAD 

Keliese Frye 14, Amir Reaves 9, Lateef Patrick 28, Titus Washington 10, Kenyon Elliott 3, Finn Lilly 8, Jalen Spencer 8, Wahkil Lopez 2, Devin Davenport 3. 

WNCC 

JJ Harris 12, Maurice Walker 8, Anthony Simo 4, Danilo Glisovic 3, Nazir Griffin 2, Willie Wilson 14, Travis Easterly, Jr., 9, Stephen Ovia 5, Elijah Burney 4, Daniel Bula 8.

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