COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Wranglers hold off Ranger College rally

The Odessa College men’s basketball team remained perfect at home with a 75-74 victory against Ranger College Thursday at the OC Sports Center.

Daniss Jenkins led the Wranglers with 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Dontrell Hewlett added 12 points and Darrell Armstrong Jr. finished with 10 in the victory.

Tayton Conerway led Ranger College (5-3) with a game-high 19 points.

Eli Taylor added 17 points, Jared Clawson 12 and Wade Williams 11 in the loss.

Odessa College improved to 7-2 on the season and will close out the Wrangler Shootout at 7 p.m. Friday against top-ranked Salt Lake Community College.

Odessa College 75, Ranger College 74

RANGER C0LLEGE (5-3)

Jared Clawson 5-8 2-2 12, Eli Taylor 7-18-1-2 17, Jaylen Thompson 3-4 2-2 9, Trendon Stewart 2-4 0-1 4, Denardo Adderly 0-1 0-2 0, Tayton Conerway 5-12 9-11 19, Martin Anguelov 0-2 0-0 0, Wade Williams 3-7 5-6 11, Abdoulaye Diallo 0-1 0-0 0, Lamine Diouf 1-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 19-26 74.

ODESSA COLLEGE (7-2))

Daniss Jenkins 6-9 3-4 17, Dontrell Hewlett 3-6 3-4 12, Mike Rivera 0-1 -00 0, Tre Richardson 3-9 0-0 8, Shakeem Alcindor 1-3 0-0 2, BJ Francis 0-4 2-2 2, Dian Wright-Forde 2-5 3-3 7, Puoch Dubuol Jr. 0-2 0-0 0, Darrell Armstrong Jr. 3-4 1-3 10, Daniel Riverz 2-3 1-2 5, Darrel Belcher 1-3 0-0 2, Garfield Turner 3-4 3-3 9, Kiree Huie 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 24-55 17-23 75.

Halftime — Odessa College 34, Ranger College 29. 3-Point goals — Ranger College 3-15 (Clawson 0-1, Taylor 2-8, Thompson 1-1, Conerway 0-3, Anguelov 0-1, Williams 0-1), Odessa College 10-27 (Jenkins 2-4, Hewlett 3-4, Richardson 2-7, Francis 0-4, Wright-Forde 0-2, Dubuol 0-2, Armstrong 3-4). Total fouls — Ranger College 20, Odessa College 27. Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — Ranger College 33 (Thompson 8), Odessa College 36 (Jenkins 7). Assists — Ranger College 4 (Taylor 1, Thompson 1, Stewart 1, Conerway 1), Odessa College 17 (Jenkins 7).