The SCC Storm men’s basketball team fell to Central Community College 79-77 in the Region IX championship game, Sunday, March 3, at Columbus.
“That was a tough way to end the season,” Head Coach Joel Wooton said.
SCC jumped out to a 14-6 lead and led 37-32 at halftime. CCC went on a 8-0 run to start the second half and took a 40-37 lead.
James Spencer poured in 21 points for the Raiders after being held to five points in the first half.
Trey Porter came off the bench to hit four threes in the second half to keep SCC within striking distance, but the game came down to one final Storm possession.
“We had a chance to win it at the end….But we didn’t run the play that we wanted to run,” Wooton explained. “We had a pretty good matchup for a one on one situation to try to get a foul, but it just didn’t happen.”
Three Storm players scored in double figures, led by Delquan Thomas with 15 points. Josh Roberts and Trey Porter each added 12.
The loss ends SCC’s season at 16-13.