North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights and Lady Knights basketball teams will be travelling to play the McCook Community College Indians and Lady Indians on Tuesday, Feb 20 at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center.
The Lady Indians are 6-21 on the season and 2-3 in the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference.
The Lady Indians are led in scoring by Aliyah Foote at 14.3 points per game. Colby Cox is next in scoring at 10.4 ppg, followed by Sam Hinkle at 10.2 ppg. Gabrielle Enloe leads the Lady Indians at 7.1 rebounds per game.
The Lady Knights are 3-20 on the season and 1-4 in the NCCAC. Allison Tichy leads the Lady Knights in scoring at 13.4 ppg. The only other Lady Knight to average in double figures is Naria Hall at 12.8 ppg. Peighton Porter leads the Lady Knights in rebounding at 8.5 rebounds per game.
Tichy is 22nd on the Lady Knights all-time career scoring list at 554 points. She is 11 points away from Leslie Stillmock at number 21 and 16 points away from number 20 Courtney Widick.
The Lady Knights defeated the Lady Indians in North Platte on Jan 31, 76-74.
The men’s game, not only is a NCCAC game, but also a Region IX South Sub-Region contest.
The Indians are 17-10 overall, 4-1 in the NCCAC, and 5-8 in the South Sub-Region.
D’Von Moore leads the Indians in scoring at 15.6 ppg, followed by Chinedu Okonkwo at 13.1 ppg. Junathean Cunningham is the third Indian to average in double figures at 10.7 ppg. Okonkwo leads the Indians in rebounding at 8.7 rebounds per game.
The Knights are 13-10 overall, 4-1 in the NCCAC, and 6-7 in the South Sub-Region.
Godfrey Rolle, who is 29th on the Knights all-time career scoring list at 856 career points, leads the Knights in scoring at 19.2 ppg. Trajan Harris is averaging 11.3 ppg for second on the Knights. Jakub Karwowski leads the Knights in rebounding with 6.1 rebounds per game.
The Indians defeated the Knights on Jan 31 in North Platte, 76-67.
Tip-off for the women’s game is at 5:30 pm, with the men’s game to follow at 7:30 pm.
ESPN 1410 will broadcast the games and on the Internet at www.northplattepost.com.
The games will also be live-streamed at www.mccindians.com. A link to the games live-streaming can be found at www.npccknights.com.