Tigers blast the Southwestern College JV 117-62

Scoring a season-high in points, the Cowley College men's basketball team wrapped up its non-conference schedule with a 117-62 win over the Southwestern College JV on Friday night inside W.S. Scott Auditorium.

Cowley improves to 5-1 on the season, averaging 91 points per game.

The Tigers scored the first 16 points of Friday's game and led 25-5 before the Moundbuilders used a 14-4 run to pull within 29-19 with nine minutes left in the first half.

Cowley would score the next 13 points and out-scored Southwestern 32-6 over the final nine minutes to go into halftime with a commanding 61-25 lead.

The Tigers' lead would grow to 50 points (90-40) on a three-pointer by Marcus Whitlock Jr., and Cowley went on to the 55-point home win.

All 10 Tigers that played scored in the win, and Cowley had seven players who finished in double figures.

"It was good to get everyone some playing time and experience," Cowley head coach Donnie Jackson said.

Freshman Winston Allen led Cowley with 20 points, while Whitlock and CJ Majors added 19 and 18 points, respectively.

Grayson Shoemaker led the Southwestern JV with 17 points, while Arkansas City High School graduate Trevor Pierce had 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting.

Cowley will prepare to open conference play when they travel to play Pratt Community College (4-1) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

"Now the real games start," Jackson said. "Nothing matters what you did in the preseason. Everyone is 0-0. Pratt is playing very well. They are playing extremely hard and playing together. It will be a hostile environment on Wednesday, so we will need to be ready."