[11/3/2012] GILLETTE,
Wyo. -- Willie Mangum and Charles Ward combined for 75 points, but it wasn't
enough as the Western Nebraska Community College men's basketball team fell in
overtime to Sheridan College 107-104 Saturday at Gillette, Wyo.
WNCC
head coach Russ Beck said his team did everything right to get back in the game
and had chances to win, but the Generals made the final bucket to win the game.
"After
battling back from 17 points down early in the first half to make it a game we
took a five point lead in late in the second half," Beck said. "A
late Sheridan run tied the game and Sheridan had the ball with the shot clock
off. A Cougar defensive stop forced overtime."
Beck
said the five minute overtime period was intense.
"In
overtime, it once again came down to a tie with Sheridan with the ball and the
shot clock turned off," he said. "After running the clock down,
Sheridan's Ron Mvoulka took a three over a contested hand and hit the three
with .9 tenths of a second left in the game. After a timeout for WNCC, the full
court desperation shot was unsuccessful."
The
Cougars played without sophomore Tahir Little, who was out with an injury.
Still, Beck praised how hard his team played in the game.
"We
sure could have used his [Tahir's} defense," he said. "I loved how we
competed."
The
Cougars had plenty of top performances, but nothing that Mangum and Ward
accomplished. Mangum lead the Cougar players with 38 points, while Ward
finished with 37 points.
Also
for the Cougars, Quantee Cooley had nine points, Chad Calcaterra had six
points, Rich Williams had five points, and Youssoupha Kane had eight points.
Cody
Johnson pulled down nine rebounds to lead the team, while Kane had five
rebounds.
It
doesn't get any easier for the Cougars as they will take on last year's
national champions South Plains College on Tuesday on the road.
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