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Cloud County Men's Basketball to Play Fort Hays Tech Northwest on Saturday

Kuel Akot
Kuel Akot

The Cloud County Community College men's basketball team returns home to face Fort Hays Tech Northwest on Saturday, February 1 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference play. Tip from Arley Bryant Gymnasium is set for 4 pm, and the game will be streamed live on the T-Bird Sports Network.

Cloud County is coming off a 90-84 road loss to No. 22 Barton on January 29. Cloud County was led by freshman forward Elidjah Savane who had 29 points and 10 rebounds for his eleventh double-double of the season, including his fifth consecutive double-double performance. Savane added five steals and three assists. Freshman guard Kuel Akot chipped in 18 points with three treys, while redshirt freshman guard Keyon Garrett-Miller finished with 15 points and four assists.

With the loss, the T-Birds sit at 10-11 on the year and 4-11 in conference play. Cloud County has lost three straight since last beating Pratt at home, 84-74, on January 18.

Fort Hays Tech Northwest has won back-to-back games and three of its last four to sit at 7-12 overall and 5-10 in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference action. In the first meeting between the two teams this season, Akot made a three-pointer with 0.8 seconds left, helping Cloud County pick up a nail-biting 87-86 win on November 30 in Goodland, Kansas. Both teams shot the ball well in the tightly-contested affair, with Cloud County having the edge at 53.3 percent to 49.3 percent. The T-Birds shot 11-of-23 (47.8 percent) from deep, while Fort Hays Tech Northwest went 3-of-12 (25.0 percent). Fort Hays Tech Northwest was 13-of-17 (76.5 percent) from the free-throw line, while Cloud County went 12-of-17 (70.6 percent). Helping Fort Hays Tech Northwest stay in the game was 52 points in the paint compared to 40 for the T-Birds. Fort Hays Tech Northwest also tallied 26 points off turnovers.

Cloud County has won five of the last six games in the series. The T-Birds also have a five-game winning streak at home against Fort Hays Tech Northwest.