The Allen Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted North Central Missouri on Tuesday night splitting their pair of matchups.
The Lady Red Devils (9-3) secured a 68-59 victory over the Pirates while the Allen men (6-4) dropped against North Central Missouri, 73-69.
Women’s Basketball
The Lady Devils came out shooting and outshot the Pirates from the floor in the first half, 40% to 27.6%, and from three-point range, 37.5% to 30.8%.
“We were a lot more loose offensively, we were much more relaxed than what we were on Saturday,” said Allen head coach Leslie Crane, recalling the team’s loss to State Fair CC. “We relaxed and shot the ball well tonight. We’re becoming a very good defensive team and we’re only going to continue to get better.”
The Lady Devils led the Pirates at halftime, 35-21.
The Lady Devils were led offensively by Britney Schroer’s team-high 13 points, Naomi Smith’s 12 points and Noa Muranaka’s 11 points. Schroer went six-of-nine from the floor while Shade Richardson collected eight points and went two-of-four from three-point land.
“We got great minutes from Noa. She had 11 points and she’s handling the ball very well,” Crane said. “Naomi had a double-double. Britney really shot the ball well tonight. She’s making some good decisions. We got a good game out of Sara Ortiz and Khassidy Warr as well.”
The Lady Devils won the game on rebounds, grabbing 30 offensive boards as opposed to the Pirates’ 19 rebounds.
“That’s really big. If we outrebound teams like that consistently we’re going to win ball games because that’s possession,” said Crane. “The effort was unbelievable tonight and this is the way we’re going to have to play to win ball games from here on out. Tonight was defense, relaxing and shooting the ball and being patient on the offensive end.”
The Lady Devils turned the ball over 23 times compared to the Pirates’ 22, but made a few more steals, 16-12, than North Central Missouri. The Devils also had eight players clock double figure minutes in the win.
The Lady Red Devils were outscored 38-33 in the second half and saw a dip in their shooting. Allen also lost the ball on a few too many turnovers in the second half to bring the final margin to nine points, 68-59.
Allen hosts Metropolitan Community College next Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
The Allen men led for most of the night against North Central Missouri but some late mistakes ultimately cost them as the Devils fell by four points, 73-69.
