BUCS SWEEP PARIS DOUBLEHEADER

WOMEN

PARIS, Texas – Blinn College women’s basketball controlled the game for the majority of the time against Paris Junior College and picked up a commanding 68-39 victory Dec. 6 in Paris, Texas.

The Buccaneers put together quite possible their best performance of the season and were able to improve their conference record to 3-1 and overall at 8-4. Blinn came out fast and held a 35-18 lead at the half.

Katelynn Johnson led Blinn with 20 points with the help of six 3-pointer with five of those coming in the first half. Shakera Barnes had 13 points, Ashley Cherry had 10 points and Chant Lewis finished with eight points in the victory.

“What makes Katelynn (Johnson) a great player is that she can shoot the ball deep,” said Blinn head coach Jeff Jenkins. “She can also shoot a 3-pointer off the dribble and she isn’t one of those players that has to have their feet set to shoot it.”

Every player got a chance to play in the solid team victory over Paris. Blinn was able to outscore Paris 33-21 in the second half.

“That was good defense for us,” Jenkins said. “I am proud of them because that is as good as we played so far.”

Bilnn will try to keep its winning ways going as they return home on Dec. 8 for a game against Southwestern Christian College at 5:30 p.m.

MEN

Blinn College men’s basketball proved they could finish on the road as it turned a small halftime deficit into a 74-58 victory over Paris Junior College Dec. 6 in Paris, Texas.

Paris held a 29-28 lead at the break over Blinn but the Buccaneers did a much better job of limited the second chances for Paris. With the better effort blocking out, Blinn outscored Paris by 17 points to improve its conference record to 2-1 and overall record to 9-2.

“We came out in the second half and I thought our guys showed a lot of energy,” said Blinn head coach Scott Schumacher. “We were able to jump on them and build up our lead pretty quick.”

Morris Dunnigan was a big reason for the turnaround as he scored all 17 of his points in the final 20 minutes to lead the way. Ja’Cardo Hawkins had 16 points, Revey Norton had 10 points, Lionheart Leslie finished with nine points and Jalan McCloud had eight for the Buccaneers as did Vicktor Arnick.

“Morris (Dunnigan) really stepped up and played his best game of the year,” Schumacher said. “He attacked the basket, made some 3-pointers and made his free throws.”

Blinn was able to execute their game plan more in the second half at a top level and that helped create a solid second half to Blinn College.

“This is the best game that we have played this year,” Schumacher said. “We didn’t have a lull in the game and we just kept playing.”

Blinn will host its next conference game on Dec. 10 against Panola College at 7:30 p.m.

 For more information, visit www.buccaneersports.com.

(Story courtesy: Jake Gordon, Blinn Information)

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