January 19, 2010

Cowley uses team effort to blast Labette 82-57

Posting five players in double figures and getting scoring from 11 players, the Cowley College men’s basketball team picked up its third straight win with an 82-57 victory over Labette Monday at W.S. Scott Auditorium.

Cowley used a 22-0 run that was capped by back-to-back dunks by Lance Russell and Dominick Cornelius to lead 26-3 with 8:20 left in the first half. The Tigers’ lead would grow to 36-9 following a basket by Julio Rosario and Cowley would go into halftime with a 43-21 advantage.

The Tigers would lead by as many as 29 points on two separate occasions in the second half and Labette never got any closer than within 22 points of the lead.

The win improves Cowley’s record to 12-7 overall and 6-1 in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division.
“This was a good team victory,” Cowley head coach Tommy DeSalme said. “Overall, our bench and team energy was good.”

Russell scored 11 of his team-high 13 points in the first half, while Tyrus McGee made up for a poor shooting night (5-of-17) to still finish with 12 points, seven assists and five rebounds.

Freshman Kelton Marshall had one of his best performances of the season as he finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and six blocked shots. Cornelius added 10 points and five rebounds, and Jordan Lankster came off the bench to hit all four of his shots from the floor and finish with a season-high 10 points.

“We had different people step up and Jordan showed signs of how athletic he is,” DeSalme said.
Garland McArthur led Labette with 20 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. The Cardinals are now 6-11 overall and 1-4 in the conference.

Labette shot just 28.8 percent and turned the ball over 19 times in the defeat.

Cowley, which is in a tie with Neosho County (5-0 Jayhawk East) for first place in the conference, will look to stay atop the conference standings when they play at Fort Scott Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Greyhounds are 3-14 overall and 0-5 in the Jayhawk East.

Although Fort Scott is only 2-7 at home, five of the seven losses have been by seven points or fewer.
“They are always tough at home,” DeSalme said.

Wednesday’s game can be heard on KSOK Radio 95.9 FM.

Box score:
Labette (57): Chris Nelson 1-9 3-4 5, Garland McArther 7-19 6-8 20, Larry Barber 2-8 4-7 8, Gabe Crumpley 1-4 1-2 3, Nathan Dawson 0-2 1-2 1, Kyle Reed 3-6 0-0 9, Randall Conley 2-6 1-2 5, Gary Cooper 0-0 0-0 0, Alonzo Haywood 1-5 0-0 2, Travis Dupree 1-4 0-0 2, Daniel Lopez 1-3 0-0 2. Totals: 19-66 16-25 57.

Cowley (82): Canon Fields 3-4 2-2 8, Lance Russell 5-9 2-2 13, Tyrus McGee 5-17 2-3 12, Dominick Cornelius 4-8 1-2 10, Kelton Marshall 5-7 1-2 11, Caprest Rhone 1-3 1-3 3, Kalub Long 0-1 0-0 0, AJ Barber 0-2 0-1 0, Brent Schuck 1-3 0-0 2, Julio Rosario 1-1 0-0 2, Joseph Wakefield 2-3 1-2 6, Michael Copeland 1-3 3-4 5, Jordan Lankster 4-4 2-4 10. Totals: 32-65 15-25 82.

Three-pointers: Labette 3-9 (Barber 01, Crumpley 0-2, Reed 3-4, Conley 0-1, Haywood 0-1), Cowley 3-12 (Russell 1-2, McGee 0-4, Cornelius 1-1, Marshall 0-1, Barber 0-1, Schuck 0-1, Wakefield 1-2). Rebounds: Labette 39 (McArthur 13), Cowley 40 (Marshal 8). Assists: Labette 7 (Conley 4), Cowley 22 (McGee 7). Turnovers: Labette 19, Cowley 13. Total fouls: Labette 23, Cowley 21. Fouled out: none. Technicals: none.