GARRETT STRONG WITH 19 POINTS IN HAWKS LOSS TO RAIDERS

COLUMBUS, Neb. – The Northeast Community College men's basketball team traveled Tuesday night to Columbus, Nebraska for a matchup with Central Community College. The Hawks dropped the clash by a final score of 94-76 and will now shift their focus to conference play this weekend.

Northeast (4-3) had another fantastic performance from Vincent Garrett (Lincoln, Neb.) as the freshman was both one point and one rebound away from a double-double with 19 points and nine boards. Garrett has now scored double-digit points in five of the seven Hawks contests this season. Northeast forced the Raiders into 19 turnovers compared to just nine from the Hawks and were able to score 21 points off of turnovers in the showdown. Ben Hammond (Norfolk, Neb.) was 2-for-2 from beyond the three-point line and 3-for-3 from the field with nine points on the night.

STAT SHEET:

Vincent Garrett (Lincoln, Neb.): 19 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL

Amaire Perkins (Sanford, Fla.): 11 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL

Ben Hammond (Norfolk, Neb.): 9 PTS, AST, STL

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Men's Basketball Coach Josh Clark's evaluation of the evening:

"When the shots didn't drop early it hurt us," Clark said. "We kind of got into a funk. We were hoping shots were going in, and they weren't. We responded in the second half, but I wish the first half was like the second. We are a tale of two halves right now. After the first half we are digging out of a hole. The second half we come out and played tough. Our defense disrupted them in the second half tonight."

Clark on hosting the defending Region 11 Champion Lakers next:

"I think we match up well with them," Clark said. "Talent-wise we are on par with them. They are coming into our gym and if we play like we are capable of we have nothing to worry about, but we can't play like we did tonight."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will clash with No. 12 Iowa Lakes Community College at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk.

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