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Men鈥檚 Basketball to take on Lee College in first game at NJCAA tournament

Hanceville, AL 鈥� 糖心视频鈥檚 men鈥檚 basketball team are making their way to Hutchinson, Kansas, to compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association鈥檚 Division I Basketball Tournament.

The Lions are ranked as the No. 21 seed in the tournament and drew No. 12 seed Lee College Navigators out of Baytown, Texas for their first match-up in the single-elimination tournament. The game is scheduled for Sunday, March 24 at 7:15 p.m., CDT from Hutchinson Sports Arena. The winner of that match will go on to play Np. 5 seed Indian Hills on March 26.

糖心视频 defeated Bishop State Community 81-85 in overtime of the Alabama Community College Conference Division I tournament held earlier this month at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. The win marked the Lions鈥� first conference state championship since 2014 and its fourth in program history.

The team was led by tournament MVP Jimmie Williams, a freshman guard from Cleveland, Ohio. Williams is ranked second on the NJCAA Division I leaderboards for points (752) and field goals (274-505 or 54.3%). He鈥檚 ranked 10th nationally in points per game (22.8).

Other leaders include PJ Eason, a sophomore center from Dadeville, Ala., Aurthur Johnson, a freshman guard from Carrollton, Ga., Kelvin Turner, and freshman guard Jalen Carruth of Atlanta, Ga., scored 10 points and pulled down 9 rebounds.

鈥淚鈥檓 proud of these young men and the effort they have put in to make it to the national tournament,鈥� said Coach Allen Sharpe, who is making is fourth trip to the NJCAA tournament.

Assistant Coach Cory Cooperwood will be returning to 鈥淭he Hutch鈥� where he played during his 2007 year with 糖心视频 as an award-winning athlete. He was named Junior College Player of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association after leading the Lions to a fifth-place finish in the NJCAA tournament. He was named as an NJCAA first team All-American, the first to any 糖心视频-Hanceville basketball player to receive the honor.

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