May 12, 2024

Spartan men’s conference drought continues

By CHEYENNE ROCHE
Southwestern's Bodgan Cret puts up a jump shot against Luke Brown of Northeast (Nebraska) Community college in a 77-68 loss at home Wednesday. Cret had eight points in the matchup.

Southwestern's Bodgan Cret puts up a jump shot against Luke Brown of Northeast (Nebraska) Community college in a 77-68 loss at home Wednesday. Cret had eight points in the matchup. (CNA photo by CHEYENNE ROCHE)

The Spartans’ drought in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference continued Wednesday as Northeast (Nebraska) Community College came to town and found a 77-68 win over the Spartans.

Cold shooting hampered the Spartans who found only 34.8% of shots from the field.

Fatih Huyuk and Kyren Angelo led the Spartans in shooting, finding 19 and 17 points, respectively. Angelo opened the game with a 3-pointer to start scoring.

The Spartans struggled to contain guard Amaire Perkins who put up 25 points for the Hawks.

The Hawks went into the half with a 7-point lead, outscoring Southwestern 38-31. But the lead didn’t come until down the stretch. With just over five minutes remaining in the half, the Spartans trailed only one point after 15 minutes of back-and-forth leads.

After a seven-point, two minute scoring run by Northeast, the Spartans would trail for the remainder of the bout.

Patrick Worrell had a game-high 14 rebounds while Huyuk added 10. Southwestern continued to rain down 3-point attempts, but sunk only eight out of 34 attempts.

Northeast found their first conference victory against the Spartans, jumping to 5-5 and 1-3.

After falling to Ellsworth 78-53 on the road Saturday, the Spartans fell to 5-8 overall and 0-4 in the ICCAC. Southwestern will look to break the four-game losing streak after Christmas as they have a 13-day game break.

SOUTHWESTERN (68) — Totals — (FG FT PTS) 23 14-27 68. Fatih Huyuk 7 5-12 19; Kyren Angleo 5 4-8 17; Donnary Fontenot 3 3-4 12; Bogdan Cret 3 0-0 8; Rickie Wright 3 0-0 6; Patrick Worrell 1 2-2 4; AJ Doctor 1 0-0 2. 3-point goals — 8 (Angelo 3, Fontenot 3, Cret 2).

NORTHEAST, Neb. (77) — Totals — (FG FT PTS) 30 10-17 77. Amaire Perkins 10 2-4 25; Jacob Martin 5 4-6 15; Vincent Garrett 5 0-0 11; Bryson Faines 4 2-3 10; Luke Brown 2 0-0 5; Bryan Rolle 2 0-0 4; Ben Hammond 1 0-1 3; Chase Williams 1 0-0 2; Jaxon Claussen 0 2-2 2. 3-point goals — 7 (Amarie 3, Hammond 1, Garrett 1, Martin 1, Brown 1.)

Cheyenne Roche

CHEYENNE ROCHE

Originally from Wisconsin, Cheyenne has a journalism and political science degree from UW-Eau Claire and a passion for reading and learning. She lives in Creston with her husband and their two little dogs.