GARRETT SCORES 26 IN NORTHEAST LOSS TO SOUTHWESTERN

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College men's basketball team hosted Southwestern Community College Wednesday night at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk. The Hawks dropped the showdown by a final score of 80-75.

Northeast (3-10, 0-6 ICCAC) had three different scorers reach double figures as Vincent Garrett (Lincoln, Neb.) had 26 points, Bryson Faines (Lincoln, Neb.) tallied 14 and Chase Williams (Omaha, Neb.) put in 10 points of his own. Garrett also had 12 rebounds to notch another double-double to add to his stellar season as the Hawks will shift their focus to a trip to Sioux City, Iowa against Western Iowa Tech Community College on Saturday.

STAT SHEET:

Vincent Garrett (Lincoln, Neb.): 26 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST

Bryson Faines (Lincoln, Neb.): 14 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST

Chase Williams (Omaha, Neb.): 10 PTS, 2 AST, 2 STL

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

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

"I thought we started well," Clark said. "We had a few days of practice before the game and had a good gameplan going in. Credit to Southwestern. They have a couple of good players that they kind of lean on. They had their points. We had a chance late. Shot selection is one of those things where we have to take the shots that we work on. I was proud of the guys. I'm proud of the way that they fought and battled. I credit the guys. Learn from this game and move forward."

Clark on turning the page to WIT on Saturday:

"They got us last year there," Clark said. "We're looking at getting back on track and doing what we do. We are going to come back to practice tomorrow and work on defense on controlling the ball up top. They are going to shoot the ball well and we are going to have to defend. We have to hang our hat on defense. We can't guarantee that we are going to shoot very well every night, but we can guarantee that we are going to play tough defense."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will make a short trip next for a showdown with Western Iowa Tech Community College at 3 p.m. Saturday in Sioux City, Iowa.

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