The Western Nebraska Community College men’s and women’s basketball team will take on Region IX rivals Casper College Saturday night in Blue and Gold Night Feb. 10.
The evening festivities will include free Cougar blue and gold megaphone with a popcorn purchase. It will also be Girls Scout night, as well as the Scottsbluff High Drill Team will perform with the youngsters from the drill team’s afternoon drill clinic during the men’s game.
The basketball games will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the women’s contest followed by the men’s game. The WNCC women enter the contest at 20-1 and ranked No. 9 in the nation. Both WNCC teams lost to Casper two weeks ago. The women fell 58-54, while the men lost in overtime 92-87.
The women’s contest has sub-region complications on hosting the Region IX tournament. The women need to beat Casper by at least five points to hold the tiebreaker over Casper if the teams tie. Then, the Cougar women need to go to Western Wyoming Community College on Feb. 17 and win to host the regional tournament in March.
The Cougar men, on the other hand, need a win to stop a skid where they lost three straight contests, including the last time they played at Cougar Palace Jan. 31 against Eastern Wyoming College 76-71.
After Saturday's contest, the Cougar women will have one home game remaining, Feb. 20 against Northeastern Junior College, while the Cougar men will have two home games -- Feb. 17 against North Platte Community College and Feb. 20 against Northeastern Junior College.
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