RIVERTON, Wyo. -- The Western Nebraska Community College had one of their best games of the year both offensively and defensively in stopping Central Wyoming College 73-51 Saturday at Riverton, Wyo.
The win was the Cougars' 12th straight win and it was a 10-0 run to end the first half that sparked the Cougars to remain unbeaten on the season.
"We got down early and the score was tied with about five minutes left in the first half, and then we went on a 10-0 run to finish the half," WNCC coach Dave Harnish said. "Going up 10 at halftime and playing on their home court was key for us. We then came out the first five minutes of the second half and got up by 16 or 18 points, which I thought was important. We then kept that 20 point lead the rest of the second half. This was a good win on their home court. They are a good team."
What really impressed Harnish the most is how the team came back from a horrible shooting night on Friday in a win against Colorado Northwestern Community College when they shot around 33 percent and made just one shot outside the paint area.
Against Central Wyoming, the team shot 50 percent from the field and had one 3-pointer.
The other thing that impressed Harnish was his team's defensive mentality, where they built a double digit lead at halftime and kept the lead in double digits through the final 20 minutes.
"We play great defense, but we have to get better offensively and shoot the ball better," he said. "Tonight, we did that tonight. There is no question we are excited to be 12-0 and we have two games at home to finish the semester and try to be 14-0. We certainly have to be pretty excited about that. We want to go back home and finish out the year undefeated."
WNCC ran out to a 30-20 lead at intermission and kept excelling offensively and defensively by out-scoring a good Central Wyoming Rustlers team 43-31 in the second half.
The Cougars had three players finish in double figures, led by Carolina Alves with 17 points. Samantha Sanders also popped in 15 points, while Thais Pinto finished with 10 points.
The Cougars also out-rebounded the Rustlers 45-33. ChaCha Ofoegbu led the team with seven boards.
Harnish said the players are excited to be 12-0 on the season.
"It is encouraging and it was a good win," he said. "The kids are excited about it. it was a good win on somebody's home court. we played we."
WNCC, 12-0, will be back in action this weekend when they host the Lady Cougar Holiday Classic Thursday through Saturday. WNCC will face Colby Community College on Thursday and then take on Trinidad State Junior College on Friday. Saturday's single game will have Trinidad facing Colby.
WNCC (12-0) 30 43 -- 73
Central Wyo. 20 31 -- 51
WESTERN NEBRASKA
Samantha Sanders 15, Shelby Campbell 8, Tiffany Moorer 4, ChaCha Ofoegbu 7, Carolina Alves 17, Brittany Macey 2, Darachia Johnson 3, Leona Garrett 7, Thais Pinto 10.
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