Red Raven Men's Basketball Pull Away in Second Half, Defeat Neosho 86-71

Red Raven Men's Basketball Pull Away in Second Half, Defeat Neosho 86-71

Coffeyville Community College Red Raven Men's basketball team defeated the Neosho County Panthers 86-71.

The win moves the Red Ravens overall record to 16-9 along while pushing their KJCCC conference record to 12-9.  The 12-9 conference record has the Red Ravens tied for fourth in the fourteen team conference.

This game was close, until it wasn't.  The teams were tied at 37 at halftime, but in the second half the Red Ravens were able to put away the Panthers with some timely hot shooting.  The Red Ravens shot 4/8 (50%) from three and 20/33 (60%!) overall in the second half.  That high percentage shooting quickly got Coffeyville the lead and Neosho was not able to keep up.

Statistical leaders for the Red Ravens included an excellent night from sophomore forward Jordan Taylor (27 points on 5/9 three pointers). Others included sophomore forward Greg Poleon (17 points), sophomore forward Tedrick Wolfe (13 points and 10 rebounds) and freshmen guard Travis Washington (11 points and 5 rebounds).

Coffeyville will hit the road for a game at Colby to take on the Colby Community College Trojans on Thursday, February 16th.  Tip-off for the game is scheduled for 8:00 pm.