North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights women’s basketball team sent the two sophomores, Madisyn Francis, from Houston, Texas, and Nahatabaa Nacona, from Chinle, Ariz., out in style with a 76-49 victory over the Lamar Community College Lopes, Friday at the McDonald – Belton Gymnasium.

The Knights outscored the Lopes 17-10 in the first quarter.

The Knights opened up the second quarter on a 13-4 run to take a 16 point lead at 30-14.  They led the Lopes, 32-21, at halftime.

The Knights started the third quarter on a 10-5 run to take a 42-26 lead.  The Lopes cut the Knights lead to 12 at the end of the third quarter, trailing the Knights 51-39.

In the fourth quarter, the Knights outscored the Lopes, 25-10 to seal the win.

The Knights improve to 5-21 on the season.

They were led in scoring by Emily Joseph, from St. Petersburg, Fla., with 19 points. Nacona added 18 points and Francis had 16 points.

Nacona led the Knights with 10 rebounds and Katie Cox, from New Port Richey, Fla., had nine boards.

The Lopes drop to 2-27.  They were led in scoring by LaZaria Roby with 14 points. Hanna Diaz added 11 points.

Lana Skripkina had nine rebounds to lead the Lopes.

The Knights Women’s next game still to be determined. Should Central beat Southeast on Monday night the Knights would host Southeast on Wednesday. If Southeast gets the win over Central then the Knights will travel to Southeast on Wednesday.

 

For the men, the North Platte Community College Knights defeated the Lamar Community College Lopes on sophomore night, 88-59.

The Knights, with the score tied at nine, went on a 35-12 run to take their biggest lead of the half at 44-21.  They led at halftime, 45-27.

The Knights are 22-3 on the season and 9-2 in the Region IX South Sub-Region.

They were led in scoring by Ilya Tyrtyshnik, from Kiev, Ukraine, and Luke Christen, from Mullen, with 16 points.  Courtney Murrell, from Carrollton, Texas, finished with 14 points and Tim Johnson, from Arlington, Texas, added 10 points.

Sophomore Nelo Nducuia, from Maputo, Mozambique, had seven rebounds to lead the Knights.

The Lopes were led by Jubrile Belo, with 20 points.  Belo also had seven rebounds to lead the Lopes.

Jake Haertl added 13 points.

The Knights travel to Western Nebraska to close out the regular season.

Game time is at 8:30 p.m.