November 4, 2006
SAINTS HAVE NON-CONFERENCE WINNING STREAK SNAPPED
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Theron Wilson
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Michael Tyree
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The Seward County Community College men’s basketball team entered the final night of the Pepsi Classic with a 22-game non-conference winning streak. The Odessa Wranglers snapped the Saints streak, a streak that began in the non-conference portion of the 2004-2005 season.
Seward
County
fell 90-86 to
Odessa
in a high-tempo exciting contest with two extremely talented teams competing against each other in the final game of the Pepsi Classic, held in Liberal at the Green House. The Saints drop to 2-1 overall and
Odessa
improves their overall season record to 3-0.
Seward
County
was once again led by sophomore Theron Wilson. In the first-half,
Wilson
scored 20 points, the same amount of points he scored the previous night against
North
Lake
College
in the first-half.
Wilson
finished the game scoring a career-high 28 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor, 12-of-20 from the charity stripe and grabbing nine rebounds, with four assists and four steals.
Wilson
during the Saints first three games of the season is averaging 24 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.7 steals and 2.7 assists per game.
The Saints and
Odessa
traded leads in the first-half with
Odessa
carrying a 48-45 lead going into half-time. Overall, there were 16 ties and 15 lead changes with the largest lead of the game coming with the Saints ahead 75-67, after Michael Tyree hit a three-point field goal with 8:27 remaining in the second-half.
Tyree also posted a career-high scoring 25 points on 7-of-19 shooting from the field and 5-of-12 shooting from behind the three-point arc. Tyree leads the Saints this season with 12 three-point field goals. In addition, Tyree moves into 15th place all-time on the Saints career three-point field goals list, moving past Brett Sweeney who made 64 three’s from 2001-2003. Other leading scorers for the Saints were Bryson Hampton (eight points) and Martrelle Patterson (eight points).
The Saints recorded an uncharacteristic 26 turnovers, while
Odessa
committed 17 turnovers. The Wranglers free-throw shooting allowed the Saints to stay within reach throughout the game as Odessa shot 14-of-30 (.467) from the free-throw line.
Next up for the Saints will be another non-conference game against Northern Oklahoma-Enid College at the Green House on Friday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Community Bank is the buyout sponsor and will have free tickets available throughout the week.
22-GAME NON-CONFERENCE STREAK:
The SCCC men’s basketball team began their 22-game non-conference winning streak on Nov. 26, 2004, at the West Texas Shootout in
Odessa
,
Texas
, defeating Murray State College 69-55. The Saints finished the 2004-2005 non-conference schedule with wins over
Yavapai
College
, Fort Scott C.C., Johnson County C.C., Newman J.V. and
Frank
Phillips
College
. In 2005-2006, the Saints completed their non-conference schedule undefeated with a perfect 14-0 record. This season the Saints added wins 21 and 22 against Sterling J.V. and
North
Lake
College
before
Odessa
snapped the Saints streak on Saturday night. Coincidentally, the Saints streak began playing in
Odessa
,
Texas
, and came to an end against
Odessa
College
.
PEPSI CLASSIC BOX SCORES
Odessa 90 at. Seward County C.C. 86 (Saturday)
North Lake College 101 vs. Sterling College J.V. 49 (Saturday)
North Lake College 52 at. Seward County C.C. 88 (Friday)
Odessa 114 vs. Sterling College J.V. 50 (Friday)
Sterling College J.V. 64 at. Seward County C.C. 101 (Thursday)
Odessa 67 vs. North Lake College (Thursday)
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SCCC BASKETBALL FANS OF THE GAME
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November 4, 2006
KAMBRIE LONG
Liberal, Kansas
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November 4, 2006
BLAKE BRENNEMAN
Liberal, Kansas
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