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Purdue Takes Down Nebraska 70-64

Posted on January 12, 2014

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A.J. Hammons scored 18 points to lead the Purdue to a 70-64 win over Nebraska on Sunday.

Ronnie Johnson added 14 points for the Boilermakers (11-5, 1-2 Big Ten), who picked up their first league win. Purdue made 24 of 52 shots, including 5 of 13 shots from behind the arc.

Terran Petteway had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Ray Gallegos, Deverell Biggs each scored 10 points to lead the Huskers (8-8, 0-4), who have lost five straight.

Johnson scored a basket and two free throws to give Purdue the lead with 5:44 remaining. Later, Hammons scored close to the basket to make it 61-58. Carter scored a lay-up to make it 63-58 with 2:17 left to play.

Hammons put the game out of reach by making two free throws with 42 seconds remaining.

Area High School Wrestling Roundup January 6-11

Posted on January 12, 2014January 12, 2014

Area high school wrestling results for the week of January 6-11.

Saturday, January 11

Legend High School Duals

The North Platte Bulldogs wrestling team competed in the Legend High School Duals in Parker, CO on Saturday. The Dawgs went 3-1 on the day. North Platte beat Woodland Park 57-18 in the first dual. The Dawgs then beat Chatfield 66-18 before losing to Valley 48-13. The final dual of the day North Platte beat La Junta 42-39.

Garden County Invitational

The Maxwell Wildcats, Sutherland Sailors and North Platte’s JV team all competed in the Garden County Invitational on Saturday. The Wildcats finished third overall with 104 points, Sutherland sixth with 85 points and the Bulldogs’ JV finished 12th with 40 points. Sedgwick County won the tournament with 176 points.

Maxwell had five wrestlers place in the tournament. Ethan Lunkwitz took third at 132 pounds, Jacob Whisenhunt placed second at 160 pounds, Wyatt Strickland was third at 182 and Kameron Purdy placed fourth at 182 pounds, and Houston Crane finished second at 220 pounds.

Sutherland only had three wrestlers place but two of them won their weight class. Collin Fleecs took 1st at 132 pounds with two pins on the day; and Landan Fear took first at 182 pounds with one pin on the day. The third wrestler that placed was Zachary Blake at 170 pounds and he finished second.

And North Platte’s JV team only had one wrestler place, but he took first. Alex Murphy won all four matches by fall en route to a 126-pound first place finish.

Franklin Invitational

The North Platte St. Patrick’s wrestling team competed in the Franklin Invitational on Saturday and finished in 11th place with 58 points. Kearney-Blue won the tournament with 205 points.

The Irish had four wrestlers place in the tournament led by Nate Chrisman, who finished in second place at 120 pounds. Cody Weaver placed sixth at 113 pounds, Trey Dodson took fifth at 126 pounds and Alex Mackley placed sixth at 170 pounds.

Ogallala Duals

The Hershey Panthers and the Gothenburg Swedes both competed in the Ogallala Duals on Saturday. Hershey went 1-4 on the day with a win over Chase County and losses to Sidney, Wray, CO, Bayard and Gothenburg. Tucker Hicks and Lane Richardson led the Panthers by both going 3-0 on the day. They each had two pins as well.

Gothenburg went 3-2 at the tournament. Jayden Miller led the way for the Swedes by going 3-0 with three pins at 152 pounds.

Area High School Basketball Roundup January 6-11

Posted on January 12, 2014January 12, 2014

Below are the area high school basketball scores for the week of January 6-11.

Saturday, January 11

Boys Basketball

Papillion La Vista South 41 North Platte 40

The Dawgs jumped out to an eight-point first quarter lead but couldn’t hold it in a home loss to the Titans.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 51 Cozad 41

The Irish had a 12-point lead at the end of the first quarter and never relinquished it against the Haymakers.

Bridgeport 58 Hershey 31

No. 10 Overton 78 Maxwell 37

Brady 62 Arthur County 32

Nate Sitorius led the Eagles with 23 points and Troy Lusk and Chase Viter each scored 10 points in the win for Brady.

Mullen 73 No. 10 Wallace 62

Gothenburg 52 Centura 42

Tanner Borchardt scored 25 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead the Swedes to the win Saturday. Blake Ristine joined him in double-figures with 12 points.

Girls Basketball

North Platte 58 Papillion La Vista South 42

Kaitlynn Harvey scored 18 points to lead North Platte in the victory and Jessy Hunt rebounded from a broken nose Friday night to score 12 for the Lady Dawgs. Allison Sawyer also scored in double-figures for North Platte with 13.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 61 Cozad 25

Toni Caudillo led the Lady Irish with 17 points, Bree Saner added 16 and Brittany Lawrence was also in double-figures with 14 in the St. Pat’s win.

No. 3 Hershey 52 Bridgeport 19

The Lady Panthers held Bridgeport scoreless in the first quarter and the defense didn’t allow too much after that in the win.

Overton 56 Maxwell 44

The Lady Wildcats led for four points at halftime but only scored 15 second-half points in the loss.

Sutherland 56 Perkins County 28

Morgan Simpson and Kaley Stokey each scored 16 points for the Lady Sailors in the win. Stokey also had seven steals for Sutherland.

Brady 50 Arthur County 30

Sidney Widick led the Lady Eagles with 10 points and four steals as Brady improved to 10-1 with the win.

Wallace 63 Mullen 56

Centura 46 Gothenburg 38

Regan Geiken scored 11 points for the Lady Swedes in the loss.

Friday, January 10

Boys Basketball

North Platte 47 Kearney 37

With “Let’s play football,” chants coming from the Kearney student section North Platte pulled away in the fourth quarter to get the win. Drew Callaghan led the way for the Dawgs with a game-high 19 points. Shane Mauch also finished in double-figures with 10 points.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 67 Perkins County 30

The Irish improved to 9-0 with the win.

McCook 44 Hershey 27

Elwood 71 Maxwell 41

Gothenburg 51 Sutherland 28

The Swedes got a balanced scoring effort with nine players scoring in the game. Tanner Borchardt led the way with 10 points and 15 rebounds. Tyler Fear led the Sailors in the loss with a game-high 17 points.

No. 10 Wallace 67 Arthur County 17

Girls Basketball

Kearney 51 North Platte 27

A 30-5 run by Kearney in the second half doomed the Lady Dawgs. Kelsey Stithem led all scorers for the Lady Bearcats with 17 points. Jessy Hunt and Kaitlynn Harvey each scored seven to lead North Platte. The Dawgs had 28 turnovers in the loss.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 57 Perkins County 22

The Lady Irish didn’t score in the fourth quarter but come away with a dominant win.

No. 3 Hershey 48 McCook 39

Trailing by three at halftime the Lady Panthers dominated the second half against the Lady Bison to get the win.

Gothenburg 41 Sutherland 38

The Lady Swedes earned the home victory behind Regan Geiken’s 14 points and Emily Franzen’s 11 points. The Lady Sailors finished with three players in double-figures. Sam Staggs scored 13, Kaley Stokey finished with 12 and Jalyne Schuster scored 10.

Tuesday, January 7

Boys Basketball

Sutherland 49 Sandhills/Thedford 48

Sutherland outscored Sandhills/Thedford 15-10 in the fourth quarter for a one-point 49-48 win. Tyler Fear had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead the Sailors.

No. 10 Wallace 55 Medicine Valley 49

10th-ranked Wallace remained undefeated with a 55-49 win over Medicine Valley. Landon Swedberg had 21 points and Colin Swedberg scored 20 for the Wildcats.

McCook 42 Gothenburg 35

Tanner Borchardt scored a game-high 17 points and pulled down 19 rebounds for the Swedes in the loss.

Girls Basketball

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 60 Hayes Center 22

No. 8 Sandhills/Thedford 53 Sutherland 41

Sam Staggs scored a team-high 25 points for the Lady Sailors in the loss.

Medicine Valley 38 Wallace 29

Gothenburg 49 McCook 46

Regan Geiken scored a game-high 31 points to lead the Lady Swedes to victory.

No. 5 NPCC Knights Escape Eastern Wyoming

Posted on January 11, 2014January 11, 2014

Torrington, WY – The No. 5 North Platte Community College men’s basketball team (14-0, 6-0 South Sub-Region) continued their road swing on Saturday evening as they escaped Torrington, Wyo. with a victory 79-69 over the Eastern Wyoming College Lancers (8-8, 0-5 South Sub-Region).

The Knights got off to a hot start to open up an 18 point lead in the early going of the first half. The Lancers would not go quietly and battled back to allow the Knights to only take a 39-30 lead into the locker room.

The Lancers came out firing in the second half and continued their hot play to take a one point lead over the Knights with eight minutes to play. The Knights would turn up the pressure on the Lancers and use an 18-4 run to take a 13 point lead with four minutes remaining. The Knights would hold on to preserve the 10 point victory.

“I am proud of our guys for finding a way to win,” said head coach Kevin O’Connor. “Give Eastern Wyoming a ton of credit, they really played well tonight. It is good to get two road wins after such a long break over Christmas.”

The Knights were led by sophomore Ethan Montalvo who finished with a game-high 19 points. Tim Simmons (17 points), Marco Pascolo (16 points) and Cameron Williams (14 points) were also in double-figures for the Knights. Mark Hall and Jonathan Doss each had 13 points to pace the Lancers.

“Our defense really stepped up to help us win,” said Simmons. “Also we really shared the ball well and found each other in the right spots.”

North Platte starts the year with seven straight road games as next week the Knights travel to Cheyenne, Wyo. to take on Laramie County Community College (12-6, 3-2 South Sub-Region) at 8 p.m. CST, Beatrice to take on Southeast Community College (14-5) at 7:30 p.m. and Columbus to take on Central Community College (14-2) at 3 p.m. The Knights are next at home on Wednesday January 29 to face McCook Community College (11-4, 3-1 South Sub-Region) at 7:30 p.m.

Huskers Take Down Quakers, 30-9

Posted on January 11, 2014

Lincoln, Neb. – The No. 8 Nebraska wrestling team completed a weekend sweep at the Devaney Center after notching a 30-9 victory over Penn in front of 2,746 fans on Saturday night during the “Tumble and Rumble” event.

Ranked grapplers Jake Sueflohn (No. 6 at 149) and Robert Kokesh (No. 4 at 174) led seven Huskers who posted victories against the Quakers during the dual, which occurred simultaneously with the women’s gymnastics meet against Northern Illinois.

Sueflohn pinned Andrew Lenzi in 4:53 in the sixth match of the dual to earn his third fall of the season. Kokesh picked up his eighth fall of the season, pinning Zach Agostino in 4:50 in the ninth match of the night.

Prior to Sueflohn’s win, NU held a 10-6 advantage over Penn at the halfway point of the dual, winning three matches and falling in two. Collin Jensen (HWT), No. 9 Tim Lambert (125) and Shawn Nagel (133) strung together three consecutive Husker victories during that stretch.

Jensen won a 9-3 decision over Steven Graziano after Spencer Johnson dropped a 7-2 decision at 197 pounds in the opening bout. Lambert continued the momentum with a 15-3 triumph over Jeremy Schwartz before Nagel, making his first dual start of the season, notched a 6-3 decision over Ken Bade.

At 157 pounds, junior James Green improved to 21-0 on the season with a 19-4 technical fall over Ray Bethea. Green, a two-time All-American, earned his third technical fall of the 2013-14 campaign.

No. 14 Austin Wilson fell by a 3-2 decision to Casey Kent at 165 pounds before Kokesh and 184-pounder TJ Dudley capped the Husker victory.

Dudley, the No. 15 wrestler in InterMat’s poll, trailed No. 12 Lorenzo Thomas, 4-2, after two periods before giving up a two-point near fall in the third period. Trailing 6-2, Dudley managed a reversal and two near falls of his own before tacking on a riding time point for a 9-6 win.

Nebraska improves to 8-0 on the season and earns its fourth 30-point performance of the 2013-14 campaign.

The Huskers return to the Devaney Center next weekend to host No. 3 Iowa on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The dual is set to air live on Big Ten Network. For ticket information, visit Huskers.com or call 1-800-8-BIGRED.

No. 8 Nebraska 30, Penn 9
Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Neb.
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014
Attendance: 2,746

Official Results
197: Frank Mattiace (PENN) by dec. over Spencer Johnson (NEB), 7-2 (PENN 3, NEB 0)
HWT: Collin Jensen (NEB) by dec. over Steven Graziano (PENN), 9-3 (NEB 3, PENN 3)
125: #9 Tim Lambert (NEB) by major dec. over Jeremy Schwartz (PENN), 15-3 (NEB 7, PENN 3)
133: Shawn Nagel (NEB) by dec. over Ken Bade (PENN), 6-3 (NEB 10, PENN 3)
141: Jeff Canfora (PENN) by dec. over Colton McCrystal (NEB), 5-2 (NEB 10, PENN 6)
149: #6 Jake Sueflohn (NEB) by pin over Andrew Lenzi (PENN), 4:53 (NEB 16, PENN 6)
157: #3 James Green (NEB) by tech. fall over Ray Bethea (PENN), 19-4 (NEB 21, PENN 6)
165: Casey Kent (PENN) by dec. over #14 Austin Wilson (NEB), 3-2 (NEB 21, PENN 9)
174: #4 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by pin over Zach Agostino (PENN), 4:50 (NEB 27, PENN 9)
184: #15 TJ Dudley (NEB) by dec. over #12 Lorenzo Thomas (PENN), 9-6 (NEB 30, PENN 9)

NPCC Lady Knights Fall at Eastern Wyoming

Posted on January 11, 2014

Torrington, WY – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball team (7-7) fell Saturday afternoon to the Wyoming College Lady Lancers (9-7) in Torrington, Wyo. 77-59 despite 14 points from Jordan Dickerson.

The game started with neither team being able to gain a significant advantage. Through the first 10 minutes neither team was able to gain any more than a one point advantage as the two teams traded baskets. The second 10 minutes was a different story as the Lady Lancers extended their pressure to gain a lead by as many as 15 points before taking a 12 point lead into the locker room 41-29.

In the second half the Lady Knights were able to battle back and cut the deficit to six points, but were never quite able to get over the hump to earn a lead against the Lady Lancers. Dickerson connected on four of eight 3-pointers for her team high 14 points. DaVontaye Merritt also chipped in a double-double as she finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Freshman April Stull finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.

Kara Babola led the Lady Lancers with 15 points while Jordan Nelson had 13 points and Courtney Dollison had 12 points.

?”We shot the ball well from the outside tonight,” said assistant coach Nolan Collins “but we need to get tougher on defense to become a more competitive, complete team.”

The Lady Knights stay on the road for the majority of January as they have four more road games before returning to the friendly confines of McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on January 28 to face the York College JV. Next week the Lady Knights take on Southeast Community College on Friday January 17 at 5:30 p.m. and Central Community College on Saturday January 18 at 1 p.m.

Huskers Look to Bounce Back at Purdue

Posted on January 11, 2014January 11, 2014

The Nebraska basketball team looks to rebound after a difficult loss to Michigan on Sunday, when the Huskers travel to Purdue for an important Big Ten matchup.

Tipoff is set for 11:01 a.m. at Mackey Arena and the game will be carried nationally on BTN (Ch. 610 on DirecTV, Chs. 439 and 9500 on Dish; Chs. 2, 1333 on Time Warner Cable) with Chris Denari and Shon Morris on the call. The game will also be available online and on mobile devices on BTN2Go.

Sunday’s game will also be carried across the state on the 27-station Husker Sports Network with Kent Pavelka and Matt Davison calling all of the action, including flagship stations KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln and KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha (complete list of affiliates is on page five of the game notes). The game can also be heard on Huskers.com and is available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android devices, as well as Sirius and XM Radio.

The Huskers (8-7, 0-3 B1G) battled Michigan to the wire, but were unable to get the go-ahead basket in the final seconds of a 71-70 loss against Michigan Thursday night. Derrick Walton Jr. hit a driving basket with 23 seconds left to give the Wolverines a one-point lead. The Huskers had two chances in the final seconds, one on a drive by Terran Petteway and a tip in from Leslee Smith just before the buzzer, but both shots rolled out and Nebraska suffered its first loss at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Nebraska shot a season-high 53.1 percent against Michigan after shooting just 33 percent in losses at No. 22 Iowa and No. 3 Ohio State and out-rebounded the Wolverines, 26-20, but were done in by 13 turnovers which led to 21 Wolverine points.

If Nebraska is to get its first Big Ten win of the season on Sunday, the Huskers will need to continue to rebound well. Entering Big Ten play, Nebraska was out-rebounded by 2.4 boards per game, while the Huskers have turned that around in conference action, grabbing 2.3 caroms per game more than their opponents.

Nebraska will also need a strong effort from their backcourt, as Ray Gallegos, Tai Webster and Deverell Biggs combined for 30 points on 11 of 19 shooting in Thursday’s loss to the Wolverines.

Purdue (10-5, 0-2 B1G) has been off since an 82-79 loss at Minnesota last Sunday, as the Boilermakers look to avoid their first 0-3 Big Ten start since 2005-06. The Boilermakers, who are 8-1 at Mackey Arena this season, are led by Terone and Ronnie Johnson, as the brothers combine for 25.3 points and 6.2 assists per game. In addition, sophomore center A.J. Hammons averages 8.6 points and a team-best 7.1 rebounds per contest.

No. 5 NPCC Knights Knock Off Cougars Friday

Posted on January 11, 2014January 11, 2014

Scottsbluff – The No. 5 North Platte Community College men’s basketball team (13-0, 5-0 South Sub-Region) traveled to Cougar Palace to take on the Western Nebraska Community College Cougars (10-7, 2-2 South Sub-Region) and emerged with a hard fought victory 75-68.

The game was back and forth in the first quarter as both teams struggled to find an offensive rhythm leading to 31-31 tie at half as sophomore Ethan Montalvo was held to only 2 points. The Knights played ten players in the first half as they struggled through foul trouble.

In the second half, the Knights were more aggressive and attacked the Cougars. Montalvo was able to get to the free throw line 10 times and made eight to get himself going. Two threes from the corner gave Montalvo a game high 18 points. The Knights were able to seal the game from the free throw line to preserve the victory.

“The coaches encouraged me to keep shooting,” said Montalvo “they have confidence in me. I thought our team dug deep in the win and we really came together.”

The Knights also got 11 points from freshman Marco Pascolo and a double-double from freshman Aireon Porter who finished with 10 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks. Western Nebraska was led by Youssoupha Kane who finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Tyler Crosbie (13 points), Brandon Morley (13 points) and Diane Mitchell (12 points) were all in double figures for the Cougars.

“I am very proud of our team’s effort,” said head coach Kevin O’Connor. “We continue tomorrow with a very good Eastern Wyoming College.”

The Knights travel to Torrington, Wyo. tomorrow to take on the Eastern Wyoming College Lancers (8-7, 0-4 South Sub-Region) at 5 p.m. CST.

North Platte starts the year with seven straight road games as next week the Knights travel to Cheyenne, Wyo. to take on Laramie County Community College (12-5, 3-1 South Sub-Region), Beatrice to take on Southeast Community College (14-5) and Columbus to take on Central Community College (14-2). The Knights are next at home on Wednesday January 29 to face McCook Community College (11-4, 3-1 South Sub-Region) at 7:30 p.m.

Lancers Hold Off Tri-City 5-3

Posted on January 11, 2014January 11, 2014

KEARNEY, Neb. – The Omaha Lancers (24-6-4) got revenge on Friday night, defeating the Tri-City Storm (12-18-2) 5-3. The Lancers suffered a 2-1 loss on Wednesday at the hands of the Storm, their in-state rivals.

Storm forward Joel L’Esperance scored his team leading 18th goal, while also assisting on a tally by linemate Garrett Gamez. The third member of Tri-City’s top line, Chris Wilkie, made the most of a promotion in the lineup, picking up two assists.

After 19 minutes of scoreless hockey in the opening period, the Lancers broke through first when defenseman Connor Light got a puck through Storm netminder Jacob Johansson to make it 1-0 with exactly one minute remaining in the frame.

But Tri-City picked up an equalizer 29 seconds later and the teams headed into the locker room for the first intermission tied at 1-1. Dan Labosky scored the first of the night for the Storm, banging a puck past Lancers’ netminder Hayden Hawkey for his third goal of the season. The goal was set up by Labosky’s linemates Austin Poganski and Nolan Aibel.

The Storm had the momentum going into the intermission, but Omaha took it back in the opening minute of the second, when Tyler Vesel scored his league leading 26th goal to make it 2-1. Vesel capitalized on a rebound off a shot by defenseman Tucker Poolman and had his seventh tally against Tri-City this season.

Gage Hough found the back of the net at 7:16 of the second to push the Lancers’ lead to 3-1, before the Storm got themselves back in the game on a goal by L’Esperance.

The forward was in the perfect spot to find a rebound after Hawkey saved a shot attempt by Wilkie. Defenseman Kevin Kerr picked up the second assist on the goal.

The Storm had cut the lead to one goal, but Omaha responded just 22 seconds later. Defenseman Matt Nelson beat Johansson for his sixth goal of the season and the Lancers were ahead 4-2 and took their two-goal advantage to the third period.

Once again the Storm made a comeback bid, finding the back of the net at 2:26 of the final period. L’Esperance found Gamez on a rush and the Chino Hills, Calif. native made a beauty of a move to beat Hawkey for his third goal of the season.

Penalties cost Tri-City late in the game and the Lancers capitalized on a 5-on-3 advantage to make it 5-3. Hough got his team some much needed insurance at 8:07 of the third, scoring his second goal of the game and putting things out of reach for the Storm.

Omaha was 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Storm went scoreless in four man-advantage chances.

Hawkey made big saves to keep his team in the game and finished with 37 stops, as Tri-City outshot Omaha 40-30. Johansson made 25 saves for the Storm in the loss.

Tri-City is back in action on Saturday night as the Sioux Falls Stampede return to Kearney for a 7:05 p.m.game.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Christian Horn and Nick Hutchison, along with defensemen Cutler Martin and Nolan Gluchowski.…

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period
Omaha – Connor Light (Tyler Hynes) 19:00
Tri-City – Dan Labosky (Austin Poganski, Nolan Aibel) 19:29

2nd Period

Omaha – Tyler Vesel (Tucker Poolman) 0:38
Omaha – Gage Hough (Jake Randolph, Tyler Vesel) 7:16
Tri-City – Joel L’Esperance (Chris Wilkie, Kevin Kerr) 10:32
Omaha – Matt Nelson (Jake Henderson) 10:54

3rd Period

Tri-City – Garrett Gamez (Joel L’Esperance, Chris Wilkie) 2:26
Omaha – Gage Hough (power play)

PENALTIES

1st Period
Tri-City – Chase Berger – (Hooking), 2 min, 1:44
Omaha – Anthony Angello – (Roughing), 2 min, 8:47
Omaha – Nash Worden – (Hooking), 2 min, 13:55

2nd Period
Omaha – Anthony Angello – (Head Contact), 2 min, 12:00

Omaha – Jimmy Schuldt – (Tripping), 2 min, 17:00

3rd Period
Tri-City – Tory Dello – (Cross-Checking), 2 min, 6:34
Tri-City – Kevin Kerr – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 7:03
Omaha – Louie Rowe – (Roughing), 2 min, 10:22
Tri-City – Sean Lang – (Roughing), 2 min, 10:22
Tri-City – Drew Mayer – (Roughing), 2 min, 12:53
Tri-City – Patrick Curry – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 12:53
Omaha – Tyler Hynes – (Roughing), 2 min, 12:53

Power Play

Omaha – 1/4

Tri-City – 0/4

Shots

Omaha: 11, 13, 6 = Total: 30

Tri-City: 10, 16, 14 = Total: 40

Saves

Omaha – Hayden Hawkey – 37/40

Tri-City – Jacob Johansson – 25/30

NPCC Lady Knights Defeat Doane JV at Home

Posted on January 11, 2014January 11, 2014

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball team (7-6) defeated the Doane College JV Lady Tigers by a score of 64-42. The Lady Knights came out firing as they jumped out to an 11-0 lead to start the game.

The Lady Knights dominated the first half as they took a 39-19 lead into the locker room. The second half was more of the same as the Lady Knights never let the Lady Tigers gain any momentum.

Sophomore Courtney Widick led the way as she finished with 14 points. Sophomore Jordan Dickerson was also in double-figures with 10 points.

“We played well to earn the victory,” said head coach Richard Thurin. We had nine girls score and we played good defense.”

The game Friday was the first game broadcast live at North Platte Community College by Coaches Aid and ASBN. A link to watch the archived game can be found here for $9.99 and a list of all the events that will be broadcast live can be found here.

North Platte returns to action tomorrow as they travel to Torrington, Wyo. to take on the Easter Wyoming College Lady Lancers (6-7) at 3 p.m. CST. The game is a double-header with the men.