Plainsmen Split Past Two Games
As conference play continues on for the Plainsmen, they find themselves at .500 in the conference with a 4-4 record. At 8-12 overall this season, Northeastern needs to pick up the pace before the Region IX tournament rapidly approaches. This past week NJC faced McCook Community College on the road and took the loss, but made a solid comeback winning a tight match as usual with North Platte CC. Northeastern faces Otero College for the second time in the past month on Tuesday the 8th in La Junta and then makes the trip down to Trinidad to battle the Trojans on Friday the 11th. Tip off for both games are slated for 7pm. Both Otero and Trinidad are in 1st and 2nd place in the Region IX south, so the Plainsmen need to come up with a couple big wins to keep up in the conference.
McCook, Neb...
(Game Recap 2/5) Plainsmen vs. McCook CC = Loss 83-76
1st Half - Close battle between both teams. NJC leads at halftime 37-32.
2nd Half - McCook's offense was too much for the Plainsmen. NJC losses 83-76.
Breakdown: NJC couldn't keep up the momentum in the 2nd half as the Indians ran away with the game in the 2nd half. Injuries have limited the playing time for a couple sophmores. Sterling native Axel Henry led the Plainsmen in scoring finishing with 18 points. Freshman Obi Agbim followed up for NJC with 17 points along with sophomore Jared Adams who scored 14. Northeastern was out rebounded by McCook and ended the game with more turnovers. NJC shot well from the field at 48.1%, but was not enough to out do McCook CC who shot 50.8%.
Sterling, Colo...
(Game Recap 2/6) Plainsmen vs. North Platte CC = Win 70-68
1st Half - North Platte was steadily scoring with decent defense. NJC was losing at halftime 34-26.
2nd Half - Several lead changes in the 2nd half and NJC overcame the score deficit. NJC wins 70-68.
Breakdown: In what is always a tight battle against North Platte was just that again for the Plainsmen. In a hard fought home game, NJC was able to make a 2nd half comeback and played through several lead changes to walk away with the win. Northeastern was just shy of setting a new offesnive rebound record with 28, two shy of the record 30 back in the 60's. Latrell Jones came off the bench and had a huge game with 20 points and 13 rebounds for the double-double. Obi Agbim had 17 points, most of which were in the 2nd half. Sophomore Quincey Jewett had a monster game on the boards recording 18 and scoring 10 for the double-double. Axel Henry also put up 10 points. NJC again struggled from behind the arc shooting 25%.
