athletics
Basketball Teams Tip Off Season Play
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he 2014-2015 Connors State College basketball season is well underway. During pre-season practice, both teams tore up the road traveling to scrimmages, in hopes that they would be well prepared for this season’s tip-off. COWBOY BASKETBALL Through the first eight games of the basketball season, the Connors State Cowboys have posted a 7-1 record and are ranked 27th in the National Junior College Athletic Association rankings as they enter Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference play. The lone Cowboys loss was to Region II member Arkansas Baptist on the road in Little Rock, Arkansas, 84-83. Despite the one loss, Cowboys Head Coach Bill Muse is encouraged by the play of his squad thus far.
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“We have played well at times, but we still have a lot of work to do going into conference play,” said Muse. “Our offense needs to pick up and we need to play better defense. “Our conference is one of the strongest in the country and it won’t be easy to reach the Region II Tournament in March. Several teams can win the conference and since we are the defending champions we will have a bulls-eye on our backs. We know what is ahead.” Ronnie Boyce leads all scorers, averaging 20.9 points a game. Boyce is a 6-4 sophomore guard from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Four other Cowboys are also scoring in double-figures during the early going of the season. Phabian Glasco, a 6-7 sophomore from Tulsa who transferred to Connors from
the University of Central Arkansas is averaging 16.3 points an outing. He is also the Cowboys leading rebounder with 10.4 caroms a game. Corlbe Ervin, a 6-3 guard from Oklahoma City is scoring 15.4 points a game and is joined by Deven Simms, 6-5 guard from St. Louis, who is averaging 12 points a game and Arlando Cook, 6-9 forward from St. Louis, Missouri, is draining 11.4 points a contest. Just missing double-digit scoring is Kayshaune Spencer, 6-1 sophomore guard from Toronto, Canada, who is averaging 9.7 points a game. COWGIRL BASKETBALL First year head coach Rusty Laverentz has led the Connors State Cowgirls to a 4-2 record, just one victory away from last season’s five-win year.