The North Platte Community College Knights lost to the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagles on Wednesday night 86-67 in a National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX South Sub Region game.

The Knights started the game out with a 10-3 lead.  The Golden Eagles rallied to take a nine point halftime lead.

The Golden Eagles shot well from the floor shooting 61.4 percent from the field compared to the Knights shooting 43.3 percent.

The Knights, now 20-7 and 10-4 in sub-region play were led in scoring by Matt Thomas with 24 points.  Thomas shot six for seven behind the three-point line.  Marco Pascolo added 12 points and CJ Polk ended with 11 points.

The Golden Eagles, who are 20-9 on the season and 10-5 in the sub-region were led in scoring by Kamari Robinson who had a game high 26 points.  Robinson was perfect from the floor shooting 11 for 11.  Darian Fernandez scored 19 points and Spencer Svejcar added 14 points for the Golden Eagles.

The loss drops the Knights into second place in the South sub-region behind Northeastern Junior College.

The Knights return to the court on Friday Feb 20 when they host Southeast Community College.  The game has been designated as “elementary night.”  All elementary students who wear their school’s t-shirt along with their family will be admitted free.    It is also “Girl Scout Night”.  All girl scouts that are in uniform and their families will be admitted free.  The game may be seen on www.coachesaid.com .   Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. CST.