The Dakota College Men's Basketball Team traveled to Wahpeton on Friday and Saturday to participate in the Baymont Inn Classic at NDSCS. They came away with a split defeating Anoka Ramsey and falling to Ellsworth CC.
On Friday, the Jacks used a run in the middle of the second half to come back from a 12 point deficit in a 91-86 win over Anoka Ramsey College (MN). DCB jumped out to a quick start, up 9-2 early before a run allowed the Golden Rams to take a brief two point lead. A quick 8-0 run would give the Jacks a 22-16 lead in the middle of the first half. This is when things started to get a bit hairy for them, ARC would proceed to outscore Dakota College by 12 the rest of the half, taking a 40-34 lead into halftime. For the first half neither team lit it up, with ARC shooting 42% and DCB 39%. The Golden Rams also held the advantage at the line 8-2.
In the second half it was back and forth to start, but a run by Anoka would give them their biggest lead of the game at 12, 67-55 with about 9:00 to go. This is when the DCB defense took over, as the pressure of full court man and the 1-2-2 press proved to be to much to handle, forcing 13 turnovers in the second half. The Jacks would win the second half 57-46. For the game, Brian Egejuru led with 20 points, while JJ Morris added 18, Eric Elliott 13 ,and Philip Lee 10. Kenric Twine would have a solid game with nine points and a game high 10 rebounds. For the game the Jacks shot 44% from the field and hit 9-three point shots.
In game two on Saturday, it was Ellsworth CC (IA) that came calling. In this game it was Ellsworth who controlled the game early and held on throughout the half. There would only be two lead changes in the first half, with DCB's biggest lead being four. It was a 42-36 Panther advantage at the half. In the second half ECC hit the first three of the half for the game's biggest lead, 45-36. From this point the teams would be back and forth, with the Jack's forcing a number of ties and five lead changes. Defensively the team got back in but offensively it was a struggle again as countless "gimmes" were left off the board.
In the end the advantage at the charity stripe proved to be the difference, as ECC held a 22-6 advantage. For the game DCB shot 41% compared to 45% for ECC. The Jacks did hit 10 threes, and again forced 20+ turnovers with 22. Leading the way was Philip Lee with a career high 24 points on 9-12 shooting, including 4-6 from three. Morris added 17, with Egejuru adding 11 and seven assists.
On the season DCB is 6-2, and will host Concordia College JV at 8 pm on Monday.
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