December 4, 2006                    

Cowley men beat NEO, go 1-1 at Jayhawk Shoot-out

The Cowley College men’s basketball team bounced back from a 73-52 loss to Barton County on Saturday to defeat Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College 72-59 Sunday at the Jayhawk Shoot-out in Coffeyville.

The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Tigers and improved their record to 5-6 on the season.

Against NEO, Cowley built a 30-20 halftime lead by holding the Golden Norsemen to 28.6 percent shooting in the game’s first 20 minutes of play. Cowley maintained a double-digit lead throughout the majority of the second half thanks to going 19-of-26 from the free-throw line.

Freshman Nikola Grbicic led Cowley with 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the floor. Santwon Latunde (pictured) added 17 points and seven rebounds, while James Loe came off the bench to finish with 11 points and eight rebounds.

The Tigers held a huge advantage on the boards as they out-rebounded NEO 45-26 and allowed the Golden Norsemen to grab just one offensive rebound.

Dominique Gaines led NEO with 25 points. The Golden Norsemen struggled from the three-point line, making just 6-of-26 attempts. NEO is now 6-6 on the season.

Against Barton County on Saturday, Cowley shot just 33.9 percent in the defeat. Latunde was the lone Tiger to score in double figures as he finished with 11 points and eight rebounds.

Ivan Evans led Barton County with 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the floor. The Cougars made 9-of-16 three-point attempts as they improved to 10-0 on the season.

Cowley will complete its non-conference schedule when they play at Brown Mackie Wednesday at 6 p.m. The contest will be the Tigers’ final game prior to Christmas break.

Box score from Saturday:

Barton County (73): Antowine Lamb 1-2 0-0 2, Omar Johnson 4-6 12, Scott Schneider 2-3 0-1 4, Matt Green 0-1 0-0 0, Antonio Triplett 0-2 0-0 0, Blaine Clark 3-4 0-0 9, Chris Jackson 2-6 0-0 4, Jason Schneider 1-1 0-0 3, Wagner Bueno 0-2 0-0 0, Danhue Lawrence 1-4 4-4 6, Jon Pike 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Pyle 3-7 0-0 9, Ivan Evans 8-11 4-5 22, Thiago Cordeiro 0-1 2-4 2. Totals: 25-50 14-20 73.

Cowley (52): Sanijay Watts 2-6 0-0 4, Matt Muncy 1-5 0-0 2, Larry Cox 3-7 1-2 7, Ludovic Dovonou 3-4 0-0 6, Joe Harvey 2-4 1-1 5, Damen Harris 1-6 0-0 2, Eric Hammond 0-4 1-4 1, Tommy Williams 1-4 0-0 3, James Loe 2-6 0-0 6, Nikola Grbicic 2-3 1-2 5, Tyler Blackburn 0-0 0-0 0, Santwon Latunde 3-10 5-7 11. Totals: 20-59 9-16 52.

Three-pointers: Barton 9-16 (Johnson 0-1, S. Schneider 0-1, Clark 3-3, Jackson 0-3, J. Schneider 1-1, Pyle 3-4, Evans 2-3), Cowley 3-19 (Watts 0-1, Muncy 0-1, Cox 0-1, Harvey 0-1, Harris 0-2, Hammond 0-3, Williams 1-4, Loe 2-6). Rebounds: Barton 32 (Johnson, Evans 7), Cowley 33 (Latunde 8). Assists: Barton 17 (Johnson 7), Cowley 13 (Loe 3). Turnovers: Barton 16, Cowley 18. Total fouls: Barton 13, Cowley 22. Fouled out: Hammond. Technicals: none.

Box score from Sunday:

Cowley (72): Watts 0-1 0-0 0, Muncy 2-5 2-2 6, Dovonou 1-7 0-1 2, Harvey 2-8 2-2 6, Harris 1-1 0-0 2, Hammond 2-5 2-6 6, Williams 1-2 1-2 4, Loe 1-8 8-8 11, Grbicic 7-8 4-5 18, Latunde 6-10 5-6 17. Totals: 23-55 24-32 72.

NEO (59): Joe Morgan 1-2 0-0 2, Fernando Filho 0-1 0-0 0, Dominique Gaines 6-18 11-14 25, Malcolm Miller 2-6 2-2 7, John Boyd 3-5 2-2 10, Michael Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Tremaine Luellen 3-10 0-1 6, Reggie Mathis 1-4 2-4 5, Tulio Cobos 1-2 2-4 4, Jorge Parra 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 19-27 59.

Three-pointers: Cowley 2-12 (Muncy 0-2, Harvey 0-1, Hammond 0-3, Williams 1-2, Loe 1-4), NEO 6-26 (Morgan 0-1, Filho 0-1, Gaines 2-8, Miller 1-3, Boyd 2-3, Luellen 0-5, Mathis 1-4, Cobos 0-1). Rebounds: Cowley 45 (Loe 8), NEO 26 (Cobos 5). Assists: Cowley 10 (Grbicic 3), NEO 4 (Gaines 2). Turnovers: Cowley 14, NEO 14. Total fouls: Cowley 23, NEO 26. Fouled out: Latunde, Gaines, Boyd, Luellen. Technicals: none.