WNCC men capture road win over LCCC

WNCC men capture road win over LCCC
(WNCC Sports Information)
November 24th, 2021 | WNCC Sports Information

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Western Nebraska Community College men’s basketball team scored 51 second-half points in posting an 86-79 win over Laramie County Community College Tuesday evening in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

WNCC moved to 6-2 on the season while LCCC dropped 5-5.

The win saw a huge comeback in the second half for the Cougars. WNCC trailed at halftime but outscored the Golden Eagles 51-41 to get the 7-point win.

“I have been here for five years and this place has always been a tough place to play,” head coach Billy Engel said. “They have always given us fits here and for whatever reason, Laramie County always plays with a ton of confidence here and makes a bunch of shots. Our guys had to really battle to pull this one out tonight.”

WNCC started strong in the first half, jumping out to a 22-8 lead behind a Rodney Sawyer 3-pointer and dunk followed by a Carter Brown old-fashioned 3-point play and then back-to-back buckets by Them Koang.

After that, LCCC went ahead and led at halftime 38-35.

The second half saw WNCC score the first six points to take a 41-38 lead. After LCCC tied the game at 44-44, WNCC took a 48-44 lead on a Agwa Nywesh bucket. The Cougars would not trail again the rest of the way, building a 9-point lead at 62-53 on back-to-back Sawyer buckets with 7:53 to play.

LCCC came back to slice the lead to five points at 74-69 on a dunk and then later with 31 seconds to play, cut it to six at 81-75. But WNCC hit 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch for the win.

The Cougars were 16-of-20 from the charity stripe in the win while LCCC was 29-of-35

WNCC shot 53 percent from the field and buried six treys. Nywesh had two 3-pointers while Brown, Sawyer, Biko Johnson, and Chancelor Johnson each had one.

WNCC also won the rebound battle against the taller Golden Eagles 39-31. Biko Johnson had eight boards while Nywesh and Sawyer each had six.

WNCC was led in scoring by Sawyer with 21 points while Koang finished with 19. WNCC also received 15 from Biko Johnson and 14 from Nywesh.

WNCC, 6-2, will off until next weekend when they travel to Gillette, Wyoming, for a 3-day tournament against teams from Montana and North Dakota. Where they will face Dawson on Friday, Williston State on Saturday and Miles on Saturday.

The Cougars will then wrap up the first semester with a home contest against Laramie County on Dec. 14.

WNCC                   35 51 – 86

LCCC                      38 41 – 79

WNCC
Them Koang 19, Rodney Sawyer 21, Mamadou Sow 2, Biko Johnson 15, Carl Thorpe 4, Agwa Nywesh 14, Carter Brown 6, Chancelor Johnson 3, Dimitrije Nikolic 2.

LCCC

Derrick Harden 14, Xavier McCord 24, Nolan Causwell 6, Jaedon Bradley 2, Arion Lewis 7, James Munlyn 2, Ben Hageman 4, Max Reyes 20.

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