Anything that could go wrong did for Allen County Community College’s Red Devils at home Saturday night.
Seth Walden hitting 6 of 9 from three-point range was the highlight of Saturday’s Jayhawk Eastern Division game against Cowley County Community College’s Tigers. The Tigers roared past the Red Devils 84-63.
“We didn’t play defense. Tonight our players played like each one was out for himself. Until we play as a team this is going to be the result,” said Anwar Perry, ACCC men’s head coach.
“When our two best offensive players — Canon Fields and Terrell Shears — won’t play defense, nobody plays defense.”
Allen County’s loss dropped the Red Devils to 6-10 in conference and 12-16 overall. They are 5-9 in Region VI, Division I play.
The Red Devils travel to Highland Wednesday. They end the regular season at home this coming Saturday against Johnson County. That home game is at 2 p.m. because ACCC is hosting a Kansas Class 1A, Division II Substate Tournament Saturday evening.
While the Red Devils struggled to put up 22 points in the first half, the Tigers piled up 45 points. Allen County shot 21 percent, 5 of 24, from the field in the first half. Cowley County hit field goals on a 61-percent clip in the first 20 minutes of play.
A tip-in by Shears tied the game at 2-2 with 16:50 to play in the first half. The Tigers went on a 13-1 run and the Red Devils never fought back. Midway through the half, Cowley was up 24-8.
Fields hit a three to open the second half for Allen County and it was 45-25. Allen County never got closer than 20 points in the second half.
Walden drained five of his six treys in the second half. He led the Red Devils with 18 points. Shears had 14 points and six rebounds while Fields scored 12 points and had three assists.
Mychael Anderson dished out four assists. Thomas Daniel had five rebounds and Drelan Tripplett had two steals. Tripplett drew a technical foul late in the game.
The Red Devils shot 35 percent, 17 of 49, from the field for the game. They cashed in 19 of 23 free throws. They had 26 rebounds and 20 turnovers.
Cowley County shot 59 percent, 34 of 58, for the game and was 10 of 19 from the free-throw line. James Milliken fired in 29 points for the Tigers.
Kamren Belin added 10 points while Curtis Evans scored 11 and Adonis Bailey had 10 points.
Allen County (22-41—63) (FG/3-pt): Fields 0/2-6-3-12, Hollis 0-2-1-2, Williams 0-2-1-2, Walden 0/6-0-1-18, Shears 4-6-2-14, Myrick 1-0-0-2, Anderson 0/1-0-0-3, Romeus 0/1-0-1-3, Parker 0-2-0-2, Tripplett 0-0-2-0, Daniel 2-1-3-5. TOTALS: 7/10-19-14-63.
