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NOC Enid men, women on the road tonight
Jet cagers tangle with NEO
ENID — Northern Oklahoma College’s men and women’s basketball teams return to action tonight after a seven-day layoff when they travel to meet Northeastern A&M College at 6 p.m. tonight in Miami.
It will be the Jet teams’ first games since January 25 when the teams met Connors at home.
Two of the Jets’ games, at Carl Albert on Thursday and against Hesston at home on Saturday were called off due to inclement weather and hazardous road conditions.
The NOC Enid women (18-1) will test their No. 9 ranking against Northeastern (14-6) in a 6 p.m. tilt.
Katie Beebe leads NOC Enid coach Scott Morris’s high-flying unit in scoring at 15.1 ppg.
Four others — Darcie Dick (12.8 ppg), Tiffany Goldwire (11.6 ppg) and Kelsey Gregory (11.3 ppg) and Andrea Coggin (11.2 ppg) — also average in double figures.
Shea Bowden, a freshman from OKC Millwood, leads the Golden Norse at 13.1 ppg. Sophomore Jelena Cerina of Vrsac, Serbia averages 12.8 ppg.
The NOC men enter tonight’s 8 p.m. game with a 15-5 record this season while Region II rival Northeastern A&M College owns a 14-9 mark.
The men’s game features two of the better scorers in the men’s junior college ranks in NOC Enid’s Ben Smith and the Golden Norse’s sophomore Philippe Martin.,
Smith a sophomore from Oklahoma City Southeast High School is ranked No. 27 in the NJCAA in scoring and leads the Jets at 19.8 points per game. Smith also averages a team-leading 11.8 rebounds per game.
Martin is ninth in scoring at 23.0 ppg in the NJCAA ranks.
Freshman Spencer Smith (10.6 ppg) from Sapulpa and freshman Mychael Hearn (10.6 ppg) of San Bernardino, Calif. also average double figures for NOC Enid.
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