North Platte – The No. 13 North Platte Community College men’s basketball team (23-4, 11-4 South Sub-Region, 4-1 NCCAC) closes out their regular season by hosting a Region IX opponent and a Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference opponent. The Knights first host the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagles (17-10, 8-6 South Sub-Region) on Wednesday Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. to close out their Region IX South Sub-Region slate. The last regular season game of the year for the Knights is Saturday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. as the Knights welcome NCCAC foe, the Southeast Community College Storm (19-9, 0-4 NCCAC) to McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.

The Knights host Laramie County on Wednesday at 7 p.m. looking to avenge their first loss of the season to the Golden Eagles. The Knights fell 78-82 in Cheyenne, Wyo. on Jan. 15 despite 28 points from Ethan Montalvo and 21 points from Cameron Williams. Deshon Portley led the way for the Golden Eagles as he finished with 26 points.

The Knights have assured themselves of at least the number two seed in the upcoming Region IX Tournament that will be held March 1-5.

North Platte then closes out the regular season on Saturday Feb. 22 as Southeast Community College comes to town. The Storm are a NCCAC opponent and a win would clinch the conference our-right for the Knights for the third straight year and ninth title in ten years. The Knights defeated the Storm on Jan. 17 in Beatrice 83-68 behind a career-high 40 points from Ethan Montalvo.

The Knights currently lead the NCCAC with a 4-1 record. McCook Community College is in second place with a 3-2 record with Central Community College in third place with a 3-3 record and Southeast is fourth with a 0-4 record. McCook and Southeast square off on Friday before the Storm head to North Platte for the Saturday game.

Both games will be live streamed by Coaches Aid. A link to the broadcast can be found by going to www.npccknights.com and clicking on the “Live Video” link.