The North Platte Community College Knights defeated by the Southeast Community College Storm 72-44 Friday Night at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.

The win improved the Knights record to 21-7 and broke a three game losing streak. The Knights are undefeated in the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference with a 5-0 record in conference play.

The Storm started out the scoring on a three-pointer by John Swift to take a 3-0 lead.  It would be the only lead for the Storm for the rest of the night.  Marco Pascolo hit a three pointer and CJ Polk made a field goal and free throw to give the Knights a 6-3 lead.

The Knights led by as much as 23 in the first half with 2:08 to play 38-15.  The Knights held a 40-20 halftime lead.

In the second half it was more of the same.  The Knights went on a 20-6 run to lead 60-26 with 11:30 to play.  The Knights maintained a 30 point or more lead throughout the rest of the game until the last minute to take a 28 point victory.

The Knights were had a balanced scoring attack led by CJ Polk and Tyree Peter with 12 points each.  Matt Thomas and Riley Rice added 11 points.  Rice had a double-double by adding 10 rebounds.  Thomas and Cameron Williams each dished out 3 assists.

“We played well as a team tonight” Knights assistant coach Ryan Glenney said.

The Storm dropped to 11-17 on the season.  They were led in scoring by Josh Stroud.  Alex Davis grabbed 6 rebounds.

The Knights travel to Sterling, Colorado to play Northeastern Junior College on Saturday, Feb 21.  The winner of the game will control their own destiny in obtaining the number one seed for the South sub-region of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX.   Coming into tonight the Knights have a 10-4 sub-region record and trailed Northeastern who had an 11-3 record.  Northeastern was upset at home by Eastern Wyoming 76-73, giving them four losses in the sub-region.  Tip-off is at 8:30 p.m. CST and may be viewed via the Northeastern Junior College live stream on www.njcaatv.com .