The first round of the men’s Region IX tournament is complete after four more reams captured wins on Saturday.
The Eastern Wyoming College Lancers opened the day against Sheridan College and despite a 25-point effort from Ryan Wilson, the Lancers came up short to the Generals, falling 76-72 in a game that went down to the final minute.
In other first round contests on Sunday, Western Wyoming converted eight 3-pointers in ousting Laramie County 81-69, while Northeastern Junior College came back from a second half deficit to sting Central Wyoming 74-69. The nightcap saw North Platte comeback from a 31-24 halftime deficit to defeat Northwest College 67-63.
Sunday’s quarterfinals will have Otero facing Sheridan at 1 p.m., Miles Community College meeting Western Wyoming at 3 p.m., Casper taking on Northeastern Colorado at 6 p.m. and Western Nebraska Community College taking on North Platte at 8 p.m. Also, during halftime of the WNCC men’s contest, the state champion Scottsbluff boys basketball team will be recognized.
The winners advance to the semifinals on Monday at 6 and 8 p.m. with the championship game on Tuesday.
The Sheridan and Eastern Wyoming contest was a battle all night. The two teams hooked up in a one-point Sheridan win a week ago in both team’s regular season finale and Saturday it was the same kind of heated contest.
The Generals bolted to a 37-30 halftime lead and led around the double digit mark a couple times in the second half. But, the Lancers had plenty of fight as they battled back to take a couple late leads on a clutch bucket by Jarett Upchurch to give the Lancers a lead late.
Also coming up with some big baskets late was Ryan Wilson with a huge 3-pointer and Matt Rosenbaum.
The Lancers shot 50 percent from the field for the game and connected on nine 3-pointers while shooting 19 of 23 from the free throw line. Sheridan was even hotter from the field, making 56 percent of their shots and connecting on eight 3-pointers.
The difference in the game was rebounding, where the Generals out-rebounded the Lancers 34-14. EWC was led on the boards by Prescott Williams with four rebounds, while Khion Sankey and Ron Mvouika each had seven for the Generals.
Four Lancers finished with double figures. Wilson led the way with 25 points, including sinking six 3-pointers. Rosenbaum and Upchurch each had 14 points, while Williams had 12 points.
First Game
EWC 30 42 – 72
Sheridan 37 39 – 76
EWC
Prescott Williams 12, Jarett Upchurch 14, Ryan Wilson 25, Slade Spoonhunter 7, Matt Rosenbaum 14.
SHERIDAN
Khion Stankey 15, Jermaine Lippert 3, Robert Heyer 15, Ron Mvouika 6, R.J. Leverette 6, Lamont Prosser 8, Wayne Bradford 13, Victor Bermudez 8, Brandon Pines 2.
Second Game
Western Wyoming 41 40 – 81
Laramie County 31 35 – 66
WESTERN WYOMING
Iam Matos 15, Craig Tucker 12, DJ Stennis 13, Sam Wunderli 8, Matheus Ribeiro 2, Greg Meachem 8, Lindsey Johnson 10, Eric Rippetoe 1, Danilo Toskovic 12.
Laramie County
Bruno Machedo 8, Charles Cooks 14, LeMel Hamberg 5, Philip Freeman 11, Julien Chiera 10, Ude Ifeanyichulowu 9, Rodrigo Silva 9.
Third Game
Central Wyoming 38 31 – 69
Northeastern Colo. 30 44 – 74
CENTRAL WYOMING
Devion Pearson 13, Ali Sabra 7, Malachi Roberts 14, Armani Flannigan 12, Preston Easton 11. Braden Wright 4, James Johnson 8.
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
Joe Charles 17, Ray Riley 3, Anthony Crenshaw 5, Donthe Lucas 20, BJ Dunbar 5, James Stukes 5, Jevon Hall 2, Steven Liebert 13, Bobby Lebsock 4.
Fourth Game
North Platte 24 43 -- 67
Northwest Wyo. 31 32 -- 63
NORTH PLATTE
Joe Swift 6, Nick Tomsick 13, Ben Wilson 19, Reath Jiech 14, Jack Kraemar 1, Darian Doleman 4, Aboubacar Casse 10.
NORTHWEST WYOMING
Guilherme Carabagiale 5, Zach Stanley 3, Jeffrey Solarin 6, Junior Coleman 13, Konner Frey 5, Chris Hansen 22, Diego Pasos 9.
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