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NPHS Wrestling: Southwest Invite results

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Southwest Invite Results for North Platte

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Joel Niles (10-18) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Breckin Sauvage (Oberlin) 18-14 won by fall over Joel Niles (North Platte) 10-18 (Fall 1:06)
Cons. Round 1 – Isaac Goshert (Arapahoe) 24-12 won by major decision over Joel Niles (North Platte) 10-18 (MD 15-1)
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Skyler Geier-Dodson (29-15) placed 4th and scored 11.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Skyler Geier-Dodson (North Platte) 29-15 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Skyler Geier-Dodson (North Platte) 29-15 won by decision over Trevor Brown (Southern Valley) 22-17 (Dec 5-3)
Semifinal – Jeremy Larson (Brady) 40-4 won by fall over Skyler Geier-Dodson (North Platte) 29-15 (Fall 1:48)
Cons. Semi – Skyler Geier-Dodson (North Platte) 29-15 won by fall over Anthoney Williams (Republic County) 11-8 (Fall 0:38)
3rd Place Match – Kaleb Talkington (Republic County) 28-5 won by fall over Skyler Geier-Dodson (North Platte) 29-15 (Fall 3:08)

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Treyton Nichols (8-12) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Treyton Nichols (North Platte) 8-12 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Joel Priest (Hitchcock County) 27-8 won by fall over Treyton Nichols (North Platte) 8-12 (Fall 1:57)
Cons. Round 2 – Curtis Hansen (Republic County) 9-19 won by fall over Treyton Nichols (North Platte) 8-12 (Fall 2:53)
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Alex Rodriquez (21-20) place is unknown and scored 7.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Alex Rodriquez (North Platte) 21-20 won by fall over Erwin Flores (Rawlings County, Ks) 9-8 (Fall 2:53)
Quarterfinal – Cory Carlson (Sutton) 40-4 won by fall over Alex Rodriquez (North Platte) 21-20 (Fall 1:01)
Cons. Round 2 – Alex Rodriquez (North Platte) 21-20 won by fall over Wyatt Muths (Wauneta-Palasade) 1-28 (Fall 0:40)
Cons. Round 3 – Jacob Kerns (Southwest) 16-10 won by fall over Alex Rodriquez (North Platte) 21-20 (Fall 3:11)

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Jordan Schultz (17-15) placed 3rd and scored 14.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Jordan Schultz (North Platte) 17-15 won by fall over Gunnar Sheetz (Republic County) 9-17 (Fall 1:28)
Semifinal – Joe Hinrichs (Sutton) 39-3 won by fall over Jordan Schultz (North Platte) 17-15 (Fall 1:35)
Cons. Semi – Jordan Schultz (North Platte) 17-15 won by decision over Eddie Hanson (Rawlings County, Ks) 15-9 (Dec 8-5)
3rd Place Match – Jordan Schultz (North Platte) 17-15 won by fall over Zeik Florea (North Platte) 14-19 (Fall 0:49)

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Breckyn Brown (12-23) place is unknown.

Quarterfinal – Joe Hinrichs (Sutton) 39-3 won by fall over Breckyn Brown (North Platte) 12-23 (Fall 0:15)
Cons. Round 1 – Breckyn Brown (North Platte) 12-23 won by fall over Gunnar Sheetz (Republic County) 9-17 (Fall 4:31)
Cons. Semi – Zeik Florea (North Platte) 14-19 won by fall over Breckyn Brown (North Platte) 12-23 (Fall 0:23)

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Zeik Florea (14-19) placed 4th.

Quarterfinal – Zeik Florea (North Platte) 14-19 won by fall over Eddie Hanson (Rawlings County, Ks) 15-9 (Fall 3:21)
Semifinal – Shawn Anderson (Southern Valley) 29-11 won by fall over Zeik Florea (North Platte) 14-19 (Fall 0:48)
Cons. Semi – Zeik Florea (North Platte) 14-19 won by fall over Breckyn Brown (North Platte) 12-23 (Fall 0:23)
3rd Place Match – Jordan Schultz (North Platte) 17-15 won by fall over Zeik Florea (North Platte) 14-19 (Fall 0:49)

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Luke Rathjen (10-23) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Luke Rathjen (North Platte) 10-23 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Andrew Hubert (Republic County) 24-12 won by decision over Luke Rathjen (North Platte) 10-23 (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 2 – Luke Rathjen (North Platte) 10-23 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Josh Paisley (Cambridge) 22-23 won by major decision over Luke Rathjen (North Platte) 10-23 (MD 14-3)

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Dominique Vieyra (4-15) place is unknown.

Champ. Round 1 – Josh Paisley (Cambridge) 22-23 won by fall over Dominique Vieyra (North Platte) 4-15 (Fall 1:33)
Cons. Round 1 – Dominique Vieyra (North Platte) 4-15 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Dominique Vieyra (North Platte) 4-15 won by fall over Riece Haines (Dundy County-Stratton) 1-11 (Fall 2:33)
Cons. Round 3 – David Waterman (Oberlin) 11-19 won by fall over Dominique Vieyra (North Platte) 4-15 (Fall 0:33)

Knights BBall: Women fall in CO, Men steal a win

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Sterling, CO – It was a late night for North Platte Community College basketball in Sterling Colorado, but ultimately a good one. The women played perhaps their most complete game to date in a losing effort to NJC while the Men had their mettle tested and squeaked out a victory to stay with just one loss on the season.

The women were up first against a very good NJC team (11-4) at home but from the opening tip you could tell that this was going to be a different game for the Knights.

The first quarter featured a lot of time on possessions as both teams were feeling each other out. NJC made the first substitution in the game after about 3 mins of play when they replaced all five of their starters in an effort to jump-start the offense. North Platte was playing excellent defense and was starting to affect the NJC Plainswomen.

The Quarter ended with NJC holding on to a 15-12 lead. Leading the way for the Knights was center Angel Richards who has been battling injury for much of the start of the season.

NJC found their stride at the start of the second when they rattled off a quick 8-2 run prompting a time out by first year head coach Jeff Thurman. After the time out the Knights were able to find a small groove on offense but struggled with the inside out game by NJC. The Knights were outscored 25-13 in the quarter and were down 40-25 at the half. Emily Joesph and Nahatabaa Nacona lead the way for the Knights with 5 points each.

At the start of the third quarter you could tell the Knights were determined and came out with intensity. Teams traded buckets and with 6:45 left in the quarter the Knights took a time out with the score 48-32. Everytime NJC scored a basket the Knights would come down and match, neither team able to go on a run. Another time out at 4:03 left by NJC with the score 52-36. NJC was still in control but the Knights would not go away. NJC would find its groove on offense and finish the third on a 17-8 run to take a 69-44 lead going into the final frame. Late in the third the Knights would lose starting guard Madisyn Francis to injury.

The Plainswomen would be too much for the Knights in the fourth as the team, beset by injuries, would just run out of gas in Sterling. The final score 81-54. The Knights now have almost a week off before taking on Southeast, a division game, at home on Monday Jan 28th.

The nightcap was a game that would go down as one of the best this season for the Knights. The Knights have, for whatever reason, always struggled with the Northeastern Plainsmen (they came into the game with a 36-71 overall record against the Plainsmen). Last time these two teams met it took two overtimes to determine the winner. Tuesday nights game would not disappoint.

NJC would come out guns blazing and show they were not afraid of a Knights team that came in with only one loss on the season. 8 points later the Knights took a quick time out as they looked a bit shell shocked.

That feeling wouldn’t last as the Knights stormed back out of the time out behind guard Ilya Tyrtyshnik who started raining shots from the three point line (5/5 in the first half for 15 points). A flurry of offense would follow and the Knights would jump into a double digit lead and extend it to twelve 26-14 forcing a time out from NJC with 12:03 left in the half.

The rest of the half would belong to the Knights, they were able to get any shot they wanted, at the rim or from distance. The biggest lead of the half was with four minutes left that saw the Knights up by 18, 48-30. NJC would grab some momentum headed into half time as they scored the final six points of the half including a half court shot to beat the buzzer. The score at the half stood at 48-36.

With all the momentum NJC had a feeling they were in the game and it showed. They came out and got the first five points in the second half to cut the lead to seven which got a quick time out from Head Coach Kevin O’Connor.

Whatever he said to his team worked as they came out of the time out with renewed focus and went on a 6-0 run of their own to push the lead back into double digits.

From there the teams would stay fairly even. NJC would hold the slight advantage and with 8:56 left on the clock would take a time out down by six 63-57. The next three minutes would be disastrous for the Knights. NJC would get some support from the home crowd who could feel a momentum swing coming and over those three minutes NJC would go on a 10-3 run to retake the lead 67-66 with six minutes to play. They had come from 18 points down to snatch the lead from the Knights.

From there it was a dog fight. The Knights never allowed NJC to get more then a three point lead from there on out. Teams would trade blow after blow with big shots from Courtney Murrell (25 points, 6 rebs) leading the way for the Knights.

Da’May Jones would be sent to the free throw line for the double bonus with 9.9 seconds left and the Knights down 78-77. Jones would show why he is an 83% shooter from the free throw line, making both and pushing the Knights into the lead 79-78. A final shot from NJC would fall short and they would foul Tim Johnson on the rebound. Johnson would make 1 of 2 and the Knights would steal a win on the road 80-78.

The Knights improve to 14-1 on the season and now await a Western Nebraska team who just fell out of the national rankings on Jan 15th. That game will be Friday Jan 25th in North Platte. Tip Off at 7:30.

NPHS Wrestling: John Higgins invite

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John Higgins Invitational Results for North Platte

Team Scores
1 Hastings                                     199.5
2 Lexington                                  182.0
3 Scott Community                     153.5
4 Sidney                                        144.5
5 Cozad                                         128.5
6 McCook                                      89.5
7 Adams Central                          88.0
8 Holdrege                                    80.5
9 North Platte                               70.5
10 Gering                                       66.5
11 Gothenburg                               45.0
12 Holyoke                                     35.5

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Brock Little (23-16) placed 6th and scored 7.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Brock Little (North Platte) 23-16 won by fall over Albert Stone (Gering) 13-15 (Fall 1:15)
Semifinal – Ean Bailey (Lexington) 23-7 won by fall over Brock Little (North Platte) 23-16 (Fall 5:31)
Cons. Semi – Brandon Roberts (Scott Community) 10-5 won by decision over Brock Little (North Platte) 23-16 (Dec 5-2)
5th Place Match – Talyn Campbell (McCook) 20-11 won by fall over Brock Little (North Platte) 23-16 (Fall 2:31)

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Darian Diaz (35-1) placed 1st and scored 27.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Darian Diaz (North Platte) 35-1 won by fall over Brandon Carpenter (Holdrege) 8-14 (Fall 2:14)
Quarterfinal – Darian Diaz (North Platte) 35-1 won by fall over Corbyn Sattler (Cozad) 16-20 (Fall 5:12)
Semifinal – Darian Diaz (North Platte) 35-1 won by tech fall over Corben Libich (Gothenburg) 21-13 (TF-1.5 5:08 (21-3))
1st Place Match – Darian Diaz (North Platte) 35-1 won by decision over Nate Rocheleau (Gering) 25-3 (Dec 7-3)

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Raymen Riley (5-14) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Raymen Riley (North Platte) 5-14 won by fall over Jacob Janssen (Holdrege) 8-15 (Fall 5:02)
Quarterfinal – Justus McDaniel (Scott Community) 10-2 won by tech fall over Raymen Riley (North Platte) 5-14 (TF-1.5 4:50 (18-2))
Cons. Round 2 – Raymen Riley (North Platte) 5-14 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Malachi Hood (Adams Central) 21-15 won by decision over Raymen Riley (North Platte) 5-14 (Dec 4-0)

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Santana Morin (4-12) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Cameron Kort (Adams Central) 29-6 won by major decision over Santana Morin (North Platte) 4-12 (MD 14-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Santana Morin (North Platte) 4-12 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Tate Felber (McCook) 7-6 won by tech fall over Santana Morin (North Platte) 4-12 (TF-1.5 3:32 (16-0))

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Luke Rathjen (10-21) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Kaleb Pohl (Cozad) 29-10 won by decision over Luke Rathjen (North Platte) 10-21 (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Luke Rathjen (North Platte) 10-21 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Jesus Trejo (Holyoke) 12-10 won by fall over Luke Rathjen (North Platte) 10-21 (Fall 1:35)

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Cash Arensdorf (29-7) placed 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Cash Arensdorf (North Platte) 29-7 won by fall over Jackson Phelps (Hastings) 10-20 (Fall 4:37)
Semifinal – Cash Arensdorf (North Platte) 29-7 won by decision over Brady Robb (Sidney) 30-6 (Dec 3-2)
1st Place Match – Riley Kopf (Lexington) 25-2 won by fall over Cash Arensdorf (North Platte) 29-7 (Fall 0:41)

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Gavyn Brauer (21-17) placed 3rd and scored 14.0 team points.

Quarterfinal – Gavyn Brauer (North Platte) 21-17 won by fall over Tristan Ahrendt (Sidney) 14-10 (Fall 0:46)
Semifinal – Damen Pape (Hastings) 32-0 won by tech fall over Gavyn Brauer (North Platte) 21-17 (TF-1.5 2:17 (18-0))
Cons. Semi – Gavyn Brauer (North Platte) 21-17 won by decision over Kody Hahn (McCook) 13-15 (Dec 6-2)
3rd Place Match – Gavyn Brauer (North Platte) 21-17 won by decision over Conner Wescoat (Cozad) 31-9 (Dec 7-6)

NPHS BBall: Girls sink Islanders, Boys fall late

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North Platte, NE – The Lady Bulldogs improved to 6-6 on the season and the boys team dropped to 2-10 after Grand Island came to town a day early to avoid weather. The Islanders were slated to play the Bulldogs on Friday the 18th but the threat of freezing rain and slick roads prompted both teams to play a night earlier on the 17th.

The Grand Island girls came out with intensity as they were looking for their first win on the season, things started hard for the Lady Bulldogs as Grand Island started the game making shots from all over the court and playing good defense. The Dawgs would finish the first quarter behind GISH 13-8. During the break Coach Hammond seen emphasizes a few points and telling his team to take care of the ball.

From there it would be all Bulldogs, they would take the first lead of the game 14-13 with 5:08 remaining off of a Gracie Haneborg free throw. The Dawgs would outscore GISH 14-4 in the 2nd and hold a 22-17 point lead at halftime.

The second half for the Dawgs was impressive as they came out playing full-court press and started to get into the heads of the Grand Island girls. Both the Haneborg girls would have and an impressive quarter as Gracie put in 5 points, Callie would add 4 and the Dawgs would increase their lead to 10 after three quarters of play, 34-24.

The Fourth quarter was all about holding the lead for the Bulldogs. Grand Island went to a system early in the 4th where they started to foul the Bulldogs in an attempt to stop the clock and get possessions back. The downfall of that strategy was Abbie Hedgecock who went 8/8 from the free throw line in the quarter (12/13 for the game) and put things out of reach for GISH.

North Platte came away with the win 44-30, Abbie Hedgecock lead the way with 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Dawgs. The Bulldogs next welcome in Fremont on Saturday the 19th.

The Bulldog Boys would come up next taking on a GISH (4-9) that struggled against a Class A schedule themselves. Like the girls game previous Grand Island would jump out to an early 9-4 lead taking the Bulldogs by surprise. Coach Kaminski would let the guys play through the opening salvo by GISH and would tie things up with a Max Hays 3pt shot with five minutes left in the first. The Bulldogs would clamp down on defense for the rest of the quarter and would push their lead to 16-11 on another Max Hays 3pt shot, he would end the quarter with 9. The Dawgs would have the 16-14 lead after one-quarter of play.

The second quarter saw teams trade baskets for the first 5 1/2 minutes. The score stood at 22-20 in favor of the Dawgs when GISH took a timeout with 4:25 left. Coming out of the time out each team found a groove on offense and would end the 2nd with the same two-point North Platte lead, 30-28. Jack Mohr for the Dawgs was in double digits with 11 points at the half.

Third Quarter the Dawgs would come out guns blazing. They would push their lead to six points with 3:35 left in the third and then a big Kiya Kramer three-pointer would make it a nine-point lead with 3:15 to go. GISH would take time out to try to compose themselves and it looked like the momentum was all Bulldogs. The timeout, however, proved to be all the Islanders would need, they would rattle off a 10-0 run to end the third quarter and North Platte would hold on to a one-point lead 42-41.

That would set up a close fourth quarter. The teams would trade the lead a few times over the first couple of minutes but GISH had the momentum going from the run that ended the third. They were on an extended 18-2 run that started back in the third when Coach Kaminski called a time out with 4:32 left in the game. The Bulldogs couldn’t find their footing on defense at the end of the game behind a flurry of offense from GISH standout Much Biel (34 points, 7 reb) and they would fall to the Islanders 54-47.

Boys will play in the nightcap on Saturday night against Fremont that will follow the girls game.

Tip off of the girls game will be 5pm.

NSAA news: Bowling and Girls wrestling close to a reality

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Coming up in April the NSAA Representative Assembly will have the opportunity to add two new sports in the winter: Girls wrestling and Bowling.

Last year the Assembly got close to giving the 60% needed to pass to make bowling a sport, there were concerns on how the schedule was going to be structured and what the playoffs would look like. It looks like the NSAA heard those concerns and have made the proper changes. NSAA executive director Jay Bellar said the most recent proposal “addresses many of the issues people had last year.” During the 2017 fall high school bowling club season, the proposal states approximately 900 student-athletes competed on high school club teams around the state.

The other sport the Assembly is looking at is adding girls wrestling. Girls wrestling passed in four of the six districts, and the sport appears to have even stronger support looking at a survey of wrestling coaches conducted by the NSAA. Of the 139 coaches who responded, 118 were in favor of the NSAA proposal of adding a separate girls division and girls state championship.

Bellar said 144 girls in the state took the Optimum Performance Calculator assessment to participate in high school wrestling this year competing against boys. Bellar mentioned that if the numbers were there they would be open to adding girls wrestling.

The proposal right now would start as soon as the 2019-20 season and would call for just one division throughout the state. According to the NSAA there is enough room during the state championships to add the girls format.

Knights: Women fall to Northeast

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North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights women’s basketball team was defeated on Monday night by the Northeast Community College Hawks, 89-45.

Madisyn Francis, from Houston, Texas, was the lone player to score in double figures with 13 points.  Nahatabaa Nacona, from Chinle, Ariz., added nine points.

Katie Cox, from New Port Richey, Fla., had nine rebounds to lead the Knights and Francis added seven rebounds.

Irene Sanz led the Hawks and all scorers with 20 points.  Two other Hawks also scored in double figures.  Lauren Hunstad had 15 points and Blake Mann added 12 points. Three of the Hawks had seven rebounds.

The Knights, now 2-13 on the season, are in action on Friday night, when they travel to Trinidad, Colo., to play Region IX Division I opponent, Trinidad State Junior College.

Knights BBall: Women comeback falls short, Men continue to win

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North Platte, Ne – Knights basketball is finally back after almost a month break for the holidays.

The Women played their first game back on Friday the 11th (they were scheduled to play a game against York earlier in the week before it was cancelled) and the Men had their second game back after the break as both teams took on Central Community College.

The Women would have their first look at one of the teams they would need to go through to win the region in the matchup. Things started out all Raiders as they jumped on the Knights with an 8-0 run to open the game. The Knights were getting good looks at the rim but shots just would not fall for the Knights. Central would have a 14-2 lead after one quarter of play.

The second looked much like the first as Central would jump out of the gate again, starting the quarter with an 8-2 that would prompt a time out from Head Coach Jeff Thurman. Whatever Coach Thurman said to the team worked as the Women then went on a 10-3 run out of the time out. North Platte would outscore Central 21-15 in the quarter to go into halftime down just six; 29-23. Emily Joesph came alive in the 2nd scoring 12 points while playing good defense.

With all the momentum the Knights would come out hot in the second half and with 7:50 left in the third they would take their first lead of the game. Madisyn Francis got involved in the scoring as she put in 8pts to lead the Knights in the frame. Again the Knights would outscore Central Community College 21-12 and would take a three point lead into the fourth; 44-41.

That would set up a great fourth quarter of basketball. North Platte would continue its momentum and start the quarter off on a 12-8 run to go up by as much as seven at one point. Central would not go away behind the play of Monica Brooks, the 6’0″ forward from Oklahoma the Raiders were able to come back and retake the lead. The Raiders would get a few key stops down the stretch and edge out the Knights 68-62.

Leading the way for the Knights was Emily Joesph who had 23 in the contest along with 3 rebounds. Madisyn Francis also scored in double digits with 15 points.

The Women next play on the 14th as they travel to Norfolk to take on Northeast.

After the Women’s game was through the Men took to the court looking to keep rolling after playing the night before in Hastings.

The Men looked slow to start the game letting Central jump out to a 7-0 lead which got a quick time out from head coach Kevin Oconnor. He lit the fire under the men as they came out of the time out and rattled off 11 points to take the lead 11-9.

From there the teams spent the next few minutes trading the lead with neither team able to really get a leg up on the other one. Finally the Knights were able to break through when Ilya Tyrtyshnik the forward from the Ukraine found his shot and knocked down two big three point shots. From there the Knights were able to get some distance and pull away from the Raiders taking a 41-24 lead into half time.

The second half was all North Platte as they came out and showed why they are perfect this year at home and have only one loss on the season. Tyrtyshnik continued his hot shooting (he would end the game with 22 points) and help keep the game out of reach. Center Nelo Nducuia from Mozambique would corral 11 rebounds before fouling out and the Knights would improve to 11-1 on the season, getting the win 74-59.

The Men play next on Friday as they travel to southern colorado to play Otero and Trinidad.

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