The Odessa College men’s basketball team has some work to do.
Playing its first home game this season, the Wranglers ran away to an easy 81-55 victory against Utah State Eastern on Friday at the OC Sports Center.
It wasn’t quite that simple, however, as Odessa College head coach Kris Baumann pointed out afterwards.
“We had too many turnovers in the first half and I thought some of our (mistakes) were unforced,” he said. “Now their zone will do that to people early in the season, get you out of sorts.
“I thought we played better in the second half. That’s a good team over there; they just beat the No. 2 team in the country.”
Dontrell Hewlett led the fifth-ranked Wranglers (7-1) with a game-high 16 points.
Anthony Marshall added 14 points and a game-high five assists. Khalil Haywood had a game-high seven rebounds.
Odessa College saw 13 of its 14 players score.
“I was happy,” Baumann said. “Just looking at the stats, I thought Rome (Marshall) made some baskets and I thought Dontrell Hewlett was outstanding.
“He just played really, really well. I thought his energy was very good; he was really good in our press.”
Gbenga Olubi had 12 points to lead Utah State Eastern, with Dyson Lighthall adding 11 and Kevin Bethel 10 in the loss.
The Wranglers will face Cochise College at 4 p.m. Saturday in their second game of the tournament.
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Elijah Elliott and Jaja Sanni each finished with 13 and Bakari LaStrap chipped in 12 to the victory.
Josh Nwankwo and Logan McLaughlin each had 14 points for New Mexico JC, with Cameron Kimble adding 12 and Jeremiah Cherry 11 in the loss.
Blinn College will face Midland College at noon Saturday, with New Mexico JC meeting Utah State Eastern at 2 p.m. at the OC Sports Center.
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Christian Villegas finished with 17, Doug Young added 14, Jaden Henderson 11 and Xavier White chipped in 10 to the victory.
Tyreese Watson scored a game-high 22 to lead the Apaches, with Stephen Byard and Oscar Cluff each finishing with 17 in the loss.
Odessa College 81, Utah State Eastern 55
Wrangler Shootout
Friday, OC Sports Center
UTAH STATE EASTERN
Gbenga Olubi 4-15 4-6 12, Noah McCord 0-2 1-3 1, Jael Vaughn 1-8 4-5 6, Kevin Bethel 5-10 0-0 10, Dyson Lighthall 5-9 1-3 11, TerrianRoy 0-2 0-0 0, Malek Malual 2-2 1-3 6, Tige Voorhees 0-0 0-0 0, Sheldon Romriell 0-2 0-0 0, Mark Huber 2-3 0-0 4, Mabeny Naam 1-1 0-1 2, Jack Jemele 1-9 0-0 3, Brady Arbon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-63 11-21 55.
ODESSA COLLEGE
Anthony Marshall 5-7 2-2 14, Khalil Haywood 3-6 0-0 6, Dontrell Hewlett 6-10 4-6 16, Kiree Huie 3-3 0-0 6, Marcus Banks 1-8 0-0 3, Dian Wright-Forde 2-6 0-0 6, Brandon Maclin 1-3 0-0 2, Darrell Armstrong Jr 3-7 0-0 8, Terry Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Colin Schaefer 0-2 0-0 0, Aman Measho 1-6 0-0 2, Austin Green 3-3 1-1 7, Chandler Cuthrell 1-3 2-2 5, Jordan Ray 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 32-71 5-5 81.
Halftime — Odessa College 39, Utah State Eastern 29. 3-Point goals — Utah State Eastern 2-20 (Olubi 0-5, McCord 0-1, Vaughn 0-3, Behtel 0-2, Malual 1-1, Romriell 0-1, Jamele 1-6), Odessa College 12-39 (Marshall 2-3, Haywood 0-2, Hewlett 4-6, Banks 1-7, Wright-Forde 2-5, Maclin 0-2, Armstrong Jr. 2-6, Brown 0-1, Schaefer 0-2, Measho 0-2, Cuthrell 2-2). Total fouls — Utah State Eastern 11, Odessa College 19. Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — Utah State Eastern 30 (Vaughn 6), Odessa College 47 (Haywood 7). Assists — Utah State Eastern 3 (Vaughn 2), Odessa College 19 (Marshall 5).
Midland College 85, Cochise College 73
Wrangler Shootout
Friday, OC Sports Center
COCHISE COLLEGE
Stephen Byard 6-11 1-2 17, Tyreese Watson 5-14 10-12 22, Jalen Barbee 1-3 3-4 6, Riley Parker 1-3 0-0 3, Oscar Cluff 7-8 3-4 17, Jordan Hernandez 0-5 2-3 2, Tracy Godfrey 0-1 2-4 2, Daniel Lans 1-1 0-0 2, Mark Clegg 1-1 0-2. Totals 22-47 24-23 73.
MIDLAND COLLEGE
Christian Villegas 5-8 5-8 17, Keonte Jones 7-14 3-4 18, Doug Young 4-14 5-6 14, Trent Johnson 1-4 2-4 4, Brison Waller 2-2 1-2 5, Jaden Henderson 3-6 4-5 11, Xavier White 4-7 1-2 10, Brett Leach 2-3 0-0 6 . Totals 28-58 21-31 85.
Halftime — Midland College 41, Cochise College 33. 3-Point goals — Cochise College 5-13 (Byard 1-2, Watson 2-6, Barbee 1-1, Parker 1-3, Hernandez 0-1), Midland College 8-15 (Villegas 2-2, Jones 1-3, Young 1-2, Henderson 1-2, White 1-4, Leach 2-2). Total fouls — Chocise College 27, Midland College 26. Fouled out — Cochise College (Byard), Midland College (Jones, Johnson). Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — Cochise College 31 (Cluff 6), Midland College 28 (Young 7). Assists — Cochise College 7 (Hernandez 3), Midland College 13 (Young 6).
Blinn College 74, New Mexico JC 68
Wrangler Shootout
Friday, OC Sports Center
BLINN COLLEGE
Bakari LaStrap 5-11 1-4 12, Elijah Elliott 6-14 0-0 13, Damian Waton 1-6 0-0 2, Alex Tsynkevih 3-5 0-0 6, Marco Foster 4-10 3-3 14, Masiah Gilyar 0-1 1-2 1, Jamine Charlies 3-3 1-2 7, Jaja Sanni 5-8 3-4 13, Tyler Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Azari Woods 0-0 -0 0, Kelvin Tamakloe 1-1 4-7 6 . Totals 28-59 13-22 74.
NEW MEXICO JC
Micah Jones 1-6 0-3 3, Josh Nwankwo 5-7 3-4 14, Cameron Kimble 4-5 3-3 12, Magok Manyang 1-3 4-6, Jeremiah Cherry 4-12 3-4 11, Logan McLaughlin 5-10 0-0 14, Mo Kora 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Harris 0-3 0-1 0, Lewis Rowe 3-6 0-1 7, Jayden Webley 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 23-54 14-24 68.
Halftime — Blinn 41, New Mexico JC 36. 3-Point goals — Blinn 5-12 (LaStrap 1-2, Elliott 1-2, Watson 0-2, Tsynkevich 0-1, Foster 3-6), New Mexico JC 8-16 (Jones 1-4, Nwankwo 1-1, Kimble 1-1, Manyang 0-1, McLaughlin 4-6, Harris 0-2, Rowe 1-1). Total fouls — Blinn 1 7, New Mexico JC 20. Fouled out — New Mexico JC (Nwankwo). Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — Blinn 32 (Charles 9), New Mexico JC 33 (Rowe 12). Assists — Blinn 11 (Watson 3), New Mexico JC 10 (McLaughlin 3, Rowe 3).
