Cavaliers Basketball Report

Johnson County Community College Cavaliers Basketball Report JCCC Cavaliers vs. Brown Mackie College Lions March 4 • 7 p.m. • Overland Park, Kan. • JCCC Gymnasium

Date

Oppponent

Nov. 6 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 25

Benedictine University JV Penn Valley Community College at Hesston College vs. Clinton Junior College vs. USC-Salkhatchie William Jeweell College JV

Result

Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13

Brown Mackie College W - 100-88 ~vs. Seward County Community College L - 66-71 ot !vs. Garden City Community College W - 8075 Hesston College W - 84-59 at Brown Mackie College L - 71-74

Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 19 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31

•Kansas City Kansas Community College W - 85-73 •at Coffeyville Community College L - 85-83 •at Fort Scott Community College W - 81-70 •Neosho County Community College W - 99-87 •at Allen County Community College L - 58-63 •at Highland Community College W - 89-75 •Cowley College L - 65-84 •Independence Community College W - 80-72 •at Labette Community College W - 95-63 •at Kansas City Kansas Community College W - 61-57

Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 21 Feb. 23 Feb. 28

•Coffeyville Community College •Fort Scott Community College •at Nesho County Community College •Allen County Community College •at Independence Community College •Highland Community College •at Cowley College •Labette Community College ^Hesston College

Mar. 4

^Brown Mackie College

W - 84-77 L - 76-87 W - 82-78 W - 85-76 W - 84-72 W -112-35

L - 61-69 W - 82-64 W - 85-76 W - 80-65 L - 54-64 W - 91-75 L - 69-78 W - 104-77 W - 101-61 7 p.m.

~Jayhawk Shootout, • Conference, ^Region VI Tournament

100 point games ______________________________4 Most points scored __________112 vs, William Jewell JV Larges Margin of Victory __________77 points (112-35) Fewest Points Scored by JCCC ____________54 (54-64) Largest Loss____________________________19 (65-84) Longest Win Streak ______________________5 Games Longest Losing Streak ______________________1 Game

2008-09 JCCC All-Conference Picks

√ THE GAME: The Johnson County Community College Cavaliers (21-9) look to advance to the District B Championship tonight against the Brown Mackie College Lions (17-14). These two teams have met to decide the NJCAA Region VI Champion in eight of the last 10 championship games. √ THE COACHES: Mike Jeffers, the all-time winningest coach in Johnson County’s basketball history, is in his 18th season at the helm of the Cavaliers basketball program. The head coach has recorded a stellar career record of 299-250 (.545).

A victory tonight over Brown Mackie for the Region VI D-II title would give Jeffers his 300th career win at JCCC. Jeffers overall mark as a collegiate head coach is 383300 (.561).

Jeffers also ranks as one of the top community college coaches in Region and the Jayhawk Conference. Jeffers currently ranks fourth all-time in Kansas Jayhawk Conference history in career wins behind Jim Carey (602), Randy Smithson (404) and Jay Herkelman (371). He ranks sixth all-time in career wins among Region VI coaches; Jim Carey (602), Dennie Erkenbrack (502), Francis Flax (496), Randy Smithson (404) and Jay Herkelman (371).

Jeffers was named the program’s fifth coach in June, 1991. In his 18 seasons at JCCC, Jeffers has led the Cavaliers to seven 20 win seasons, including a school record 30 wins during JCCC’s national championship season in 2000-01. He has also guided the program to five region titles. Jeffers has earned Region VI Coach of the Year five times, and in 2000-01 was selected the Coach of the Year by both the NJCAA and KBCA. Francis Flax, head coach of the Brown Mackie program, is in his 17th season with the Lions, and his 26th overall. Flax, who served as head coach at Highland Community College prior to his arrival at Brown Mackie, has a career record of 496-386. His 496 wins rank third in Region VI basketball history. Flax has amassed a career record of 330-222 in 17 years at Brown Mackie. An NJCAA Hall of Fame selection two years ago, Flax has led his program to four NJCAA D-II Tournament appearances, and came away as the national champion in 1999 and 2005. √ THE SERIES: Tonight will be the 34th meeting between these two programs, and marks the eighth time in 10 years they have met to decide the Region VI Division II champion. The two years they did not meet in the title game were 2007 and 2008. JCCC won the title over Brown Mackie in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2006. JCCC defeated Hesston for the championship in 2007 and 2008. Brown Mackie was crowed the champion after defeating JCCC in 2002, 2003 and 2005. JCCC went on to win the NJCAA Championship in 2001, and Brown Mackie won the national title in 2005.

The Cavaliers lead the all-time series against the Lions, 19-to-14. The two teams split this season, both teams winning on their home floor. The first game this year, hosted

by JCCC, was a high scoring affair, with the Cavaliers prevailing 100-88. Freshman Kenny Moore led all scorers with a career high 35 points. Sophomore David Yadrich poured in 21 points. Shortly after, Yadrich would be lost for the season with an injury. Sophomore Rory Spencer had 18 points and blocked six shots.

The Lions avoided a sweep with a 74-71 victory on their home floor on Dec. 13.

Spencer had a double-double with 19 points and 11 boards, and All-American Nafis Ricks had 21 points, but it wasn’t enough to register a victory. Denarius Darby led the Lions with 17 points, and Bryson Flax at 15 points and six assists.

Nafis Ricks

Rory Spencer

EJC 1st-Team

EJC 2nd-Team johnson county com munity college basketball

√ MOVING UP THE CHARTS: JCCC sophomore guard Nafis Ricks continues to move up in several career chart categories in team history. He recently became just the ninth player in team history to reach 1,000 points in his career. Ricks entered last Saturday’s first round playoff game against Hesston needing 24 points to get to the 1,000 plateau. Late in JCCC’s 101-61 victory, Ricks went to the line to shoot two shots with his career scoring mark at 998. He hit both for 1,000 points, and then checked out of the game.

In addition to moving up the scoring chart, Ricks currently ranks second in career free throws made (277), fourth in career steals (154), fifth in career assists (286) and 24th in career rebounds (401). √ JCCC STATS: Four JCCC players average double figures scoring on the season.

Leading the way is sophomore All-American Nafis Ricks with an average of 17.6 points per game. He also averages 5.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.4 steals per game. Ricks currently ranks 34th in the NJCAA in scoring average. He also ranks tied for 16th in assists per game and tied for 39th in steals per game.

Freshman forward Kenny Moore ranks a close second to Ricks in scoring, averaging 17.2 points per game. He also is the team’s leading rebounder hauling down on average 7.3 rebounds per game. Moore also ranks among the top 50 scorers nationally, currently at 41st in the NJCAA. Moore is also shooting an impressive 52 percent from the field, and ranks second on the team with 100 assists.

Sophomore Rory Spencer is third in scoring and second in rebounding with averages of 15.6 and 7.0 pre game respectively. He also leads the team with 76 blocks, which currently has him tied for the season record with Kyle Spears. Spencer’s 2.3 blocks per game average currently has him ranked ninth in the country.

Johnson County Community College Cavaliers 21-9 # Name 2 Nafis Ricks 4 Darren Givhan 10 Rory Spencer 12 Jared Henry 15 Kenny Moore 24 Fred Patton 25 Blake Baird 32 Anthony Dobson 34 Haydon Parks TEAM

Pos. G G F G F F F F F

Ppg. 17.6 3.9 15.6 10.4 17.2 6.6 7.1 1.5 2.6 81.0

Rpg. 5.6 1.9 7.0 2.4 7.3 3.3 5.0 1.4 1.6 38.5

Brown Mackie College Lions 17-14

√ BROWN MACKIE STATS: Three players average double figures scoring for the Lions. Leading the way are Denarius Darby and Thekoy Lol with a 12.0 per game average. Both have 360 points on the season. The third leading scorer is Alexander Harrington at 10.1 per game. Harrington is their top rebounder this season, averaging 8.5 per game. That ranks Harrington 48th in the country.

# Name Pos. 3 Kenyal Evans F 10 Bryson Flax G 11 Thekoy Lol G 12 T.J. Bryant G 15 Denarius Darby G 20 Jordan Hurst G 21 Khaleel Headley F 22 Tori Patton F 24 Tyrone Sheppard G 32 Bernie Bahr C 33 Joshua Langford F 40 Alexander Harrington F 41 Marquis Whitt C TEAM

Bryson Flax, son of head coach Francis Flax, leads the squad with an assists per game average of 5.6 per game. He ranks 25th in the NJCAA in that category.

All-time results Johnson County vs. Brown Mackie

Freshman guard Jared Henry has really come on lately, and upping his season average to 10.4 points per game. He also ranks among the nation’s top free throw shooters, hitting .836, which ranks 15th.

Double Figure Scoring Nafis Ricks__________________27 Kenny Moore________________26 Rory Spencer ________________23 Jared Henry ________________18 Blake Baird ________________10 Fred Patton __________________5 Double Figure Rebounding Rory Spencer ________________7 Kenny Moore ________________5 Nafis Ricks __________________3 Blake Baird __________________1 Double-Doubles Rory Spencer ________________7 Kenny Moore ________________5 Nafis Ricks __________________3 Triple-Doubles Nafis Ricks __________________1

20-Point Games Kenny Moore________________12 Nafis Ricks__________________10 Rory Spencer ________________8 Jared Henry __________________3 30-Point Games Kenny Moore ________________1 Career Double Figures Nafis Ricks__________________54 Kenny Moore________________26 Rory Spencer ________________23 Jared Henry ________________18 Blake Baird ________________13 Career 20-Point Games Nafis Ricks__________________17 Kenny Moore________________12 Rory Spencer ________________8 Jared Henry __________________3

Ppg. 4.8 8.7 12.0 5.7 12.0 2.8 5.8 2.3 6.5 5.1 6.4 10.1 6.5 81.7

Rpg. 2.5 2.2 6.1 1.2 2.8 1.0 2.3 2.6 2.6 4.2 4.1 8.5 5.7 NA

Johnson County leads the all-tiem sereis 19-14 11-25-91 1-4-93 12-18-93 11-12-94 11-26-94 12-8-95 3-3-96 12-4-99 2-26-00 11-11-00 12-9-00 3-3-01 11-10-01 12-8-01 3-2-02 12-3-02 12-17-02 3-1-03 11-19-03 12-13-03 2-28-04 11-17-04 12-11-04 3-5-05 11-16-05 12-10-05 3-4-06 11-8-06 11-20-06 11-28-07 12-13-07 12-3-08 12-13-08

JCCC ____________101-62 Brown Mackie ______68-62 JCCC ______________71-61 Brown Mackie ______104-91 JCCC ____________102-86 JCCC ______________90-79 •Brown Mackie ______81-79 JCCC ______________72-68 •JCCC ____________79-68 JCCC ______________96-85 JCCC ______________96-68 •JCCC ____________67-48 JCCC ______________88-80 JCCC ______________92-73 •Brown Mackie______102-81 Brown Mackie ______87-72 JCCC ______________64-60 •Brown Mackie ______87-79 JCCC ______________75-72 Brown Mackie ______64-77 •JCCC ____________84-74 Brown Mackie ______46-83 JCCC ______________80-63 •Brown Mackie ______54-65 Brown Mackie ______74-84 Brown Mackie ______62-64 •JCCC ____________77-66 Brown Mackie ______74-80 Brown Mackie ______81-87 JCCC ______________96-85 JCCC ______________74-56 JCCC ____________100-88 Brown Mackie ______74-71

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