January 22, 2007                    

Watts, Loe spark Tigers' 71-51 road win

Getting 23 points from freshman Sanijay Watts and 20 points from sophomore James Loe, the Cowley College men’s basketball team picked up a 71-51 win at Highland on Saturday.

The Tigers led 34-26 at the end of the first half and were never threatened in the second half as they opened their lead to 50-37 on a three-pointer by Loe with 10 minutes remaining, and led 59-41 after a basket by Watts with 6:10 left to play.
After leaving Arkansas City at 5 a.m. Saturday morning, Cowley head coach Brian Jackson was happy to see his team cap the long day with a win.

“It was a tough day, but we did enough to get a win,” Jackson said.

Watts, who was named the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Player of the Week, added six rebounds and four steals to go along with his game-high 23 points. Larry Cox added 10 points and four rebounds, while Joe Harvey chipped in with seven points, seven rebounds, and four steals.

The Tigers held Highland to 33.3 percent shooting and forced the Scotties into 21 turnovers. Jewel Carter’s 15 points led Highland. The loss drops the Scotties’ record to 5-12 overall and 0-5 in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division.

The win improves Cowley’s record to 10-8 overall and 4-2 in the Jayhawk East. The Tigers, who are in a four-way tie for second place in the conference, will play at conference leading Coffeyville (15-3 overall, 5-1 Jayhawk East) Wednesday at 8 p.m.

“They have been one of the better teams in the state for the past five or six years so it is going to be a good test for us on the road,” Jackson said. “We are going to have to compete every possession and play hard for 40 minutes.”

Box score:
Cowley (71): Sanijay Watts 10-17 3-4 23, Matt Muncy 2-5 1-2 5, , Joe Harvey 3-9 1-2 7, Eric Hammond 1-7 0-1 3, James Loe 6-13 5-5 20, Larry Cox 4-8 2-2 10, Ludovic Dovonou 1-3 1-1 3, Nikola Grbicic 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Blackburn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 27-62 13-17 71.

Highland (51): Josh Wilmes 2-9 6-9 10, DeWayne Wright 2-7 1-3 6, Jewel Carter 6-16 0-1 15, Angelo Huffman 1-1 0-0 2, Jordan Bradberry 3-6 0—0 6, Sterling Jackson 1-4 0-0 3, Mahershal Simonet 2-10 1-2 6, Max Brammell 0-0 0-0 0, Johnathen Graham 1-1 1-2 3. Totals: 18-54 9-17 51.

Three-pointers: Cowley 4-15 (Cox 0-1, Harvey 0-2, Hammond 1-6, Loe 3-6), Highland 6-19 (Wilmes 0-2, Jackson 1-2, Simonet 1-7, Wright 1-2, Carter 3-6). Rebounds: Cowley 36 (Harvey 7), Highland 42 (Wilmes 7). Assists: Cowley 7 (Loe 3), Highland 6 (Wilmes, Wright 2). Turnovers: Cowley 11, Highland 21. Total fouls: Cowley 24, Highland 18. Fouled out: none. Technicals: Graham