Western Nebraska Community College’s Raul Delgado finished with two career highs and the Mike Peltz had a triple double as the Cougars dunked their way to an 124-69 win in the first day of the Cougar Classic at WNCC’s Cougar Palace. Delgado was red hot Friday evening, collecting two career highs with 35 points and making six three-pointers. His previous highs came during his senior year in high school when he had 34 points and five 3-pointers.
Delgado, as humble as he is, said his teammates deserve much of the credit.
“This was my high point game and it all came along because my teammates helped me get those points,” he said. “I was shooting well because we work every day on our shooting and shooting percentage.”
Another Cougar who also had an outstanding contest was Peltz. Peltz finished the night with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists, and Delgado said when Peltz steps on to the floor, his main goal is to help his teammates. “Mike is a great point guard. He is one of the best point guards I have played with,” he said. “He is strong and he looks to run the offense. If you are open he looks to throw the ball to you. He doesn’t care how much points he scores, all he cares about is the team. He is a great point guard and he is doing good things for us.”
WNCC took control of the contest as Du’Vaughn Maxwell had two of the team’s game-high 14 dunks in the opening four minutes as WNCC led 11-0. Delgado then went off, scoring seven of the team’s next 10 points, including two eye-popping dunks for a 25-4 lead. The Cougars rolled to a 56-31 halftime lead. The second half turned into a dunkfest early on as Maxwell and Marko Kovacevic had back-to-back dunks early on and the Cougars went on a 29-5 run in the first six minutes of the half for a commanding 85-36 lead. During that scoring streak, Delgado and Maxwell each collected three dunks.
WNCC finished the contest with 14 total dunks, seven in each half. Maxwell had six, Delgado had four, Kovacevic had two and Motley and Mason Smith each had one.
Delgado said this team can put on a show for the fans.
“We are a team that is really long [reach] and athletic. We have a lot of sophomores with a lot of leadership,” he said. “Fans want to see a show and we want to see the gym full like back in the day. Last year there wasn’t a lot of people coming so we want to bring that excitement back in the gym.”
And, Delgado said, this team can be explosive on the offensive end. “We have a good team and we have a lot of shooters,” he said. “We have a good post, a good point guard, and we just shoot the ball really well. We don’t have a problem scoring. The offense just comes along as long as we go hard offensively and keeping the fans happy.
The Cougars also lit it up from the outside, finishing the contest nailing 10 of 17 3-points shots. Delgado had six on the night, while Sabastian Suarez had three. WNCC outrebounded the Bravehearts 51-18, led by Peltz’ 10 rebounds and Maxwell and Kovacevic with eight each. The Cougars also dished out 38 assists in the contest. WNCC had four players finish in double figures. Delgado had 35 followed by Maxwell with 24, Suarez with 13 and Peltz with 12. Oglala Lakota had three players in double digits, led by Willie Zephier with 31 points and seven treys. Tyson Heart had 19 points and Spur Pourier had 14 points.
In the opening contest of the Cougar Classic, Lamar Community College defeated Little Big Horn College 106-56. The Runnin’ Lopes had four players in double figures, led by Malcolm Brooks with 18. Little Big Horn was led by Treat Hollis with 21 points.
Tournament action continues Saturday as Lamar takes on Oglala Lakota at 5:30 p.m. followed by WNCC facing Little Big Horn College at 7:30 p.m.
First Game
Little Big Horn 25 33 – 58
Lamar C.C. 66 40 – 106
LITTLE BIG HORN
DJ Marlow 8, Cody Clark 2, Treat Hollis 21, Trent Hollis 11, Colin Tyrone 4, Justin Tolbert 12.
LAMAR C.C.
James Bove 2, Mohanned Musleh 2, Will Bunton 9, Malcolm Brooks 18, Trey Beverly 2, Preston Rayburn 13, Kenny Peters 2, Matt Sherriff 9, Sam Sykes 6, Drew Herig 9, De’Angelo Craig 12, Joel Brokenbrouigh 6, Shore Adenekan 16.
Second Game
Oglala Lakota 31 38 – 69
WNCC (3-0) 56 68 – 124
OGLALA LAKOTA
Josh Mousseaux 2, Willis Zephier 31, Tyson Heart 19, Spur Pourier 14, Russell Running Hawk 3.
WNCC
Tahir Little 6, Mike Peltz 12, Allen Beck 4, Alfonso Jurado 5, Du’Vaughn Maxwell 24, Mason Smith 4, Raul Delgado 35, Sebastian Suarez 13, Marko Kovacevic 8, Terrance Motley 8, Marcus Johnson 5.
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