GARRETT CONTINUES TO IMPRESS FOR NORTHEAST SATURDAY IN COUNCIL BLUFFS

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The Northeast Community College men's basketball team hit the road Saturday for a matchup with Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Hawks dropped the ICCAC matchup by a final score of 86-80.

Northeast (7-17, 4-13 ICCAC) was led in scoring by Vincent Garrett (Lincoln, Neb.) as the sophomore put in 25 points. Garrett leads the ICCAC in points per game as he is averaging 20.8 points during 24 contests this season. Garrett's last 10 performances have included point totals of 25, 27, 14, 38, 31, 21, 22, 24, 20 and 16 as he has taken the ICCAC by storm this season. The Hawks also had 25 points off the bench in the showdown with the Reivers.

The regular season standings are still in flux throughout the ICCAC as the Hawks will need a victory on Wednesday night against Ellsworth Community College and a loss by Southwestern Community College against Iowa Western to qualify for the Region 11 Tournament.

STAT SHEET:

Vincent Garrett (Lincoln, Neb.): 25 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST

Luke Brown (Hobart Australia): 17 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST

Sunny Singh (Queens, N.Y.): 9 PTS, REB, AST, STL

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Men's Basketball Coach Josh Clark on how the afternoon played out:

"We need to have more urgency to start," Clark said. "The first three minutes were great, then we Iowa Western dictate everything we did and played with no urgency. We played well out of the half and had a chance to make the run but just couldn't get over the hump and had foul trouble."

Clark on what his sophomores have meant to him with Sophomore Night next:

"Can't thank the sophomores enough for the precedence they have set for the future of Hawks basketball," Clark said. "I love each other one of them for the men that they've become and they great things they're going to do in the future."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will battle Ellsworth Community College at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk. Sophomores Chase Williams (Omaha, Neb.), Vincent Garrett (Lincoln, Neb.), Luke Brown (Hobart, Australia), Jaxon Clausen (Wausa, Neb.), Bryson Faines (Lincoln, Neb.) and Collin Nick (Lincoln, Neb.) will all be honored as part of Sophomore Night.

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