Howard Hawks mens Basketball team dominates Southwest Junior Varsity
For a team playing on back-to-back nights, the Howard College Hawks showed no signs of fatigue. Wednesday night the Hawks handed the College of the Southwest junior varsity a 112-64 whipping. at Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.
Sure it was a win over a Division III junior varsity team, but it came off the heels of a 69-57 win over a highly regarded Ranger JC team in Ranger Tuesday night.
"This game tonight was a lot of fun," said Howard coach Scott Raines. "It gave us a chance to give all the kids playing time. A lot of these kids don't get to play that much and it gave them time to get in rhythm."
Howard was in rhythm from the start, clearing outclassing their smaller opponents. COS held the lead one time, Jessie Martinez made a three to give the visitors a 3-2 advantage a minute into the game. D'Mari Wiltz then collected two steals, leading to four points and Howard never looked back. When Markell Hood made two free throws with 12;11 left in the half, Howard had built up a 29-8 lead. The Hawks went into halftime leading 62-31.
Wiltz was the catalyst in Howard's success, handing out 10 assists. The sophomore guard from New Orleans also contributed two steals. Reaping the benefits were his teammates who saw everybody on the roster score at least four points. Leading the way was Jacoby Bishop who scored 21 points , including 5 of 9 from the three point line. In fact, six Hawks scored in double figures .
"You know maybe they (Hawks) weren't super intense this. You just don't want them to lose their minds. Concentrate. We wanted them to concentrate on toughness and defending well," Raines said.
Raines said the win over Ranger was big. "Ranger went to the Final Four last year. The last three years they've went far in the tournament," said Raines. "We got off to a bad start (against Ranger. But went up by two at halftime. We took care of business in the second half and got the win."
Howard, now 5-0 for the season, will play again Friday at 2 p.m. against Trinity Valley College in Plano.
COS - Harlan Gilbert 1 0 2; Ceasar Fernandez 3 2 10; AJ Lackley 2 2 6; Jessie Martinez 3 0 7; Jermeiah Vigil 1 1 3; Tristen Moore 5 4 15; Jayden Terrell 1 1 3; Zaid Hernandez 3 0 9; Javier Arocho 1 2 4; Tarren Barrola 0 2 2; totals 29-58, 15-19 64.
HOWARD - Rahkiem Petterson 6 2 15; D'Mari Wiltz 2 0 4; Jacoby Bishop 8 0 21; Ciro Baeza 5 0 11; Bonny Udoh 5 0 10; Markell Hood 4 1 9; Ognjen Lacmanovic 4 2 13; Morrison Hsu 4 0 9; Nestor Dyachok 6 3 16; Milos Kovacevis 2 04; totals 46-78, 7-10, 112
Individual leaders
Rebounds - HC 32, (Dyachok 6, Petterson 5, Bishop 5, Udoh 5); COS, 13 -( Terrell 3); Assists - HC (Wiltz 10, Hsu 3); COS (Virgil 3); Steals - HC (Hsu 3,) COS (Terrell 2); Three Pointers - HC (Bishop 5, Lacmanovic 3); COS - Hernandez 3, Fernandez 2).
HALFTIME - Howard 65, COS 31.