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NPCC Knights Defeat Central in Conference Play

npcc-knightsThe North Platte Community College Knights defeated the Central Community College Raiders in a Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference game  78-47 Friday night.

The Knights started out slow  and held a 34-25 lead at halftime.

In the second half, the Knights pulled away and outscored the Raiders 44-22 to seal the win.

Knights assistant coach Ryan Glenney said, “We held them to 25.9 percent shooting from the floor in the second half.”

The Knights continued their hot free throw shooting on the season, shooting 24 for 30 from the free throw line.  Coming into this game the Knights were eighth in the nation as a team in free throw percentage with 74.4 percent.

The Knights were led in scoring by Cameron Williams, who scored 29 points.  Williams went 8 for 12 from the field with 2 three pointers and 11 for 12 from the free throw line.  Williams is now averaging  23.5 points per game and is currently fifth in the nation in scoring.

Other Knights scoring in double figures were Marco Pascolo with 11 points and Matt Thomas with 10 points.

Matthew McLeod from Brownlee was the only Raider in double-figures with 19 points

The Knights improve to 14-4 overall and 1-0 in conference play.  The Raiders drop to 3-15 overall and 0-2 in the conference.

The Knights continue on the road as they travel to Beatrice to play the Southeast Community College Storm in another Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference game.  Game may be seen on ihigh.com. Tip-off is at 4:00 p.m. CST

NPCC Lady Knights Defeat Central on the Road

npcc-knightsThe North Platte Community College Lady Knights defeated the Central Community College Lady Raiders in a key National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX Division II game, 74-58 Friday night.

The Lady Raiders jumped out to an early 11-2 lead with just under 18 minutes to go in the first half.

The Lady Knights pulled within three at half time and trailed 29-26.

In the second half the Lady Knights went on a 20-2 run to contribute to the win.

Head coach Richard Thurin said, “We played great defense and had four girls in double figures.  It was a great team effort.”

The four Lady Knights that scored in double figures were  April Stull, who led all scorers with 17 points, Aliyah Brown had 15 points and four steals, Ester Micheva had 12 points, and Sarah Mahr had 10 points. Stull and Mahr both recorded a double-double as Stull had 15 rebounds and Mahr had 11 rebounds

The Lady Raiders were led in scoring by Montrese Weller who scored 14 points.  Adrianna Beck was next in the scoring column with 13 points.  McKenna Rossmeier finished with 10.

North Platte improves to  10-7 overall and 1-0 in sub-region play.  Central drops to 9-8 overall and 0-1 in the sub-region.

The Lady Knights continue on the road as they travel to Beatrice to play the Southeast Community College Lady Storm in another Region IX Division II game.  Game may be seen on ihigh.com.  Tip-off is at 2:00 p.m. CST

Nowitzki, Mavs Split Home-and-Home with Nuggets, 97-89

Denver_NuggetsDALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points after missing a game in Denver to rest, and the Dallas Mavericks split a home-and-home set against the Nuggets with a 97-89 victory Friday night.

Tyson Chandler and Rajon Rondo were the other two Dallas starters who sat out the second night of a back-to-back on Wednesday, and their return helped as well.

Chandler had his 17th double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds, while Rondo scored just two points but had eight assists and nine rebounds while helping slow Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson early.

Arron Afflalo scored 16 to lead the Nuggets, who had to withstand a rally to beat the travel-weary and short-handed Mavericks at home after four nights off. Denver’s five-game winning streak, tied for a season high, ended in the first of four games in five nights.

No. 17 Huskers Battle Boilermakers Monday

Nebraska-Huskers-BasketballThe No. 17 Nebraska women’s basketball team takes aim at its fourth straight Big Ten win when the Huskers play host to Purdue on Monday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Tip-off between the Big Red (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten) and the Boilermakers (9-8, 2-4 Big Ten) on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set for 6 p.m. (central) with live national television coverage by the Big Ten Network with Kevin Kugler and Debbie Antonelli on the call.

Live radio coverage will be provided by the Husker Sports Network, with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch on the call on stations across the network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln, 93.3 FM in Omaha and 880 AM in Lexington. Free live audio also will be available on Huskers.com.

Nebraska is coming off an impressive 73-45 win over Penn State on Thursday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers, who had all 12 players in uniform and available to play for the first time all season, got career highs of 18 points and six three-pointers from freshman Natalie Romeo. The 5-7 guard from Martinez, Calif., played a career-high 26 minutes while making her first career start. She added three rebounds and three assists in a tremendous all-around effort.

Romeo’s outburst from long range allowed the Huskers to hit a season-high 11 three-pointers against the Lady Lions. Romeo led four Huskers in double figures, including 12 points from Tear’a Laudermill, 11 from Allie Havers and 10 from Brandi Jeffery.

Junior Rachel Theriot continues to lead the Big Red with 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. The 6-0 point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio is shooting 41 percent from three-point range and 92.6 percent at the free throw line.

Senior forward Emily Cady has added 12.8 points, a team-best 9.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game as one of the Big Ten’s most versatile players.

Purdue comes to Lincoln with a 9-8 overall and a 2-4 Big Ten mark trying to avoid its fourth consecutive loss. The Boilermakers are coming off a 65-56 home loss to Wisconsin, which followed a 24-point loss at Maryland on Jan. 8 and a 14-point setback at Iowa on Jan. 11.

#17 Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 6.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 12.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 11.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 8.0 ppg, 6.8 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 17.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Off the Bench
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 6.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg
5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 6.0 ppg, 2.1 rpg
22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.6 ppg, 0.4 rpg
30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 0.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg
12 – Emily Wood – 5-5 – Fr. – G – 0.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg
11 – Esther Ramacieri – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg
50 – Darrien Washington – 6-2 – Fr. – F – High School
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (254-145); 25th Season Overall (449-285)

Purdue Boilermakers (9-8, 2-4 Big Ten)
32 – Whitney Bays – 6-2 – RSr. – F – 15.0 ppg, 10.6 rpg
23 – Liza Clemons – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 8.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg
1 – Ashley Morrissette – 5-9 – So. – G – 11.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg
24 – Andreona Keys – 5-10 – Fr. – G – 5.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
25 – April Wilson – 5-7 – Jr. – G – 8.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Off the Bench
13 – Bridget Perry – 6-2 – So. – G – 9.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg
10 – Hayden Hamby – 5-7 – Jr. – G – 4.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg
4 – Torrie Thornton – 6-0 – Jr. – F – 3.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg
22 – Bree Horrocks – 6-5 – Fr. – C – 2.0 ppg, 1.1 rpg
21 – Erica Moore – 6-2 – Fr. – F – 0.8 ppg, 0.5 rpg
5 – Justine Hall – 5-10 – Fr. – G – 0.4 ppg, 0.4 rpg
Head Coach: Sharon Versyp (Purdue, 1989)
9th Season at Purdue (192-96); 15th Season Overall (309-161)

St. Pat’s Boys and Girls Earn Top Seeds in SPVA Tournament

SPVAThe brackets for the SPVA boys and girls basketball tournaments were released Friday and North Platte St. Patrick’s is the top seed in both tournaments.

The SPVA used the NSAA points system to determine the seeding for the tournament and the St. Pat’s boys with a 10-1 record had 45.73 points at seeding time. St. Pat’s will host eighth-seeded Maxwell in the first round of the tournament at 7:00 pm Monday. Maxwell comes into the tournament with a 5-7 record.

Hershey is the fourth-seed in the 2015 tournament and will host No. 5 Perkins County at 7:00 pm Monday. The Panthers are 4-8, while the Plainsmen at 5-6. Sutherland is the No. 7 seed and will travel to second-seeded Chase County for a 6:00 pm tip-off Monday. The Sailors are 2-8 on the season and the Longhorns are 8-3.

The higher seeded team hosts the first round games then the tournament moves to North Platte Community College. The bracket for the boys tournament can be seen below.

The Lady Irish from St. Pat’s are 10-2 on the season and earned the No. 1 seed with 44.17 points. St. Pat’s will host eighth-seeded Perkins County at 7:00 pm on Tuesday. St. Pat’s beat the Plainswomen 57-22 on Friday, January 9. Perkins County is still looking for its first win at 0-10.

Hershey is the No. 4 seed in the girls tournament and will host No. 5 Sutherland at 6:00 pm Tuesday. The Lady Panthers are 6-6 and the Lady Sailors are 4-7, but Sutherland beat Hershey 45-29 on Tuesday. Maxwell is the No. 7 seed and will travel to No. 2 Kimball to play at 7:00 pm Tuesday. The Lady Wildcats are 6-6 on the season and Kimball is 6-4.

The higher seeded team hosts the first round games then the tournament moves to North Platte Community College. The bracket for the girls tournament can be seen below.

SPVA BOYS BBALL BRACKET 2015

SPVA GIRLS BBALL BRACKET 2015

Former Knight Montalvo, Gant lead Texas State past South Alabama 82-71

Ethan Montalvo with the NPCC Knights in 2014
Ethan Montalvo with the NPCC Knights in 2014

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Emani Gant scored a career-high 22 points on 11-of-14 shooting to lead Texas State to an 82-71 win over South Alabama on Thursday night.

Kavin Gilder-Tilbury, who made 7 of 11 field-goal attempts, added a career-high 16 points for Texas State (10-5, 4-2 Sun Belt). Ethan Montalvo scored 14 and D.J. Brown 12.

Ken Williams hit a 3 with 18:10 left to pull South Alabama (4-12, 2-4) within three, but Montalvo hit a pair of 3-pointers during a 15-3 run which made it 55-41 about 5 minutes later.

The Jaguars trailed by double digits the rest of the way.

South Alabama shot 54 percent from the field and made nearly twice as many free throws (27) as Texas State attempted (15), but it wasn’t enough.

Texas State converted 15 offensive rebounds into 17 second-chance points and scored 26 off of 19 South Alabama turnovers.

Williams led the Jaguars with 23 points.

Kaminsky helps No. 7 Wisconsin beat Nebraska 70-55

Nebraska-Huskers-BasketballMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frank Kaminsky scored 22 points in his return from a concussion that sidelined him a game to help No. 7 Wisconsin beat Nebraska 70-55 on Thursday night.

Kaminsky was 4 of 5 from 3-point range and 7 of 11 overall after missing the Badgers’ loss at Rutgers on Sunday night. In the first half, Kaminsky blocked Leslee Smith from behind on a drive to the basket, gathered the loose ball, sprinted the length of the court and floated an alley-oop to Sam Dekker.

It was the first full game for the Badgers without starting point guard Traevon Jackson, who injured his ankle Sunday. Bronson Koenig filled in well with 11 points for the Badgers (16-2, 4-1 Big Ten). Nigel Hayes scored 13 points, and Dekker added 11.

Terran Petteway led Nebraska (10-7, 2-3) with 27 points. He had 20 in the first half.

No. 17 Nebraska handles Penn State 73-45

Nebraska-Huskers-BasketballLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Freshman guard Natalie Romeo scored a career-high 18 points, including a career-best 6 of 11 3-pointers, and No. 17 Nebraska beat Penn State 73-45 on Thursday to win their third straight.

Tear’a Laudermill had 12 points and a career-high five steals, Ali Havers scored 11, Brandi Jeffrey 10, and Emily Cady had six assists and eight rebounds for the Cornhuskers (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten Conference), who never trailed and shot 11 of 29 from 3-point range.

Candice Agee scored 13 and Kaliyah Mitchell had 12 rebounds and four steals for the Nittany Lions (3-14, 0-6).

Romeo scored two 3-pointers amid a 14-2 run and Nebraska led 29-15 after Jeffrey hit back-to-back 3s. Romeo hit her third 3 and the Cornhuskers led 38-22 at halftime.

Romeo hit three 3s early in the second half for a 56-32 Nebraska lead, then Rachel Theriot made consecutive jumpers for a 60-36 lead and the Cornhuskers cruised.

NPCC Basketball Teams Travel to Play Southeast

npcc-knightsThe North Platte Community College Knights and Lady Knights play the Southeast Community College Storm Saturday, January 17 at the Truman Center Gymnasium in Beatrice.

Both games are Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference games.  The women’s game is also a Region IX Division II game.

In Region IX Division II there are three teams: North Platte, Southeast, and Central.  The Division II tournament championship will be hosted by the number one seed, against the winner of the number two and number three seeded teams.

The Knights play Central Community College the night before.

The Lady Knights are 9-7 overall for the season.  They are led in scoring by sophomore April Stull of Sweeny, Texas with a 16.4 scoring average.  Stull also leads the team in rebounds with 8.9 rebounds per game and in blocks with 1.5 blocks per game.

The Lady Storm, 9-6 on the season, are led in scoring by Breanna Grant, who is averaging 10.2 points per game.  Chelseah Savage is just under averaging double figures with 9.9 points per game.  Veshae Wilkinson leads the Lady Storm in rebounding with 6.6 rebounds per game.

In the men’s game, the Knights come into the game with a 13-4 record.  They are led by sophomore Cameron Williams from Omaha South.  Williams is averaging 23.2 points per game.  Other Knights in double figures are Shyquinn Dix, a freshman from Stamford, CT, averaging 12.3 points per game, and Marco Pascolo, a sophomore from Udine, Italy, averaging 11.8 points per game.

Pascolo also leads the team in rebounding with 7.8 rebounds per game.

The Storm, 7 -11 overall, has two players averaging in double figures. John Swift is averaging 10.8 points per game and Altez Davis is averaging 10.4 points per game.  Davis also leads the Storm in rebounding with 6.8 per game.

Tip-off for the Women’s game is at 2:00 p.m. The Men’s game is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

The games may be viewed on ihigh.com.

Carlino’s 3 helps Marquette beat Creighton 53-52

Creighton-Jays-BasketballMILWAUKEE (AP) — Matt Carlino scored 19 Wednesday night and hit the game-winner on a pull-up 3 with 11 seconds left to lift Marquette past Creighton 53-52.

Marquette (10-6, 2-2 Big East) took possession trailing by two points after Will Artino’s travelling violation for Creighton (9-9, 0-5) with 21 seconds left. Carlino dribbled from the right wing off a screen to get free near the top of the key.

Carlino also had a 17-foot jumper off the dribble that pulled Marquette within 52-50 with 53 seconds left.

Duane Wilson added 17 points for the Golden Eagles, who led by 13 late in the first half. Creighton had back-to-back 3s in the final minute to cut the deficit to 28-21 at the break.

Rick Kreklow scored 13 and Toby Hegner 10 to lead the Bluejays, who pulled back in front midway through the second and led 50-46 on Kreklow’s 3 with 2 minutes left.

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