Men's basketball earned a hard fought home win on Wednesday when they downed the visiting Highland CC Scotties 77-70.  The win marked their tenth of the season and pushed their current winning streak to six games.  Next up will be a road test at Johnson County CC on Saturday.  This game will be the team's final contest of 2022.

Nelson Reynolds led the way for NCMC with 15 points including 4 made triples.  Off the bench, Carlton Thomas tossed in 14 points and pulled down a team high 7 rebounds.

Fouls plagued the visiting Scotties.  They committed 21 to just 12 for NCMC.  This led to a decided free throw line advantage for the Pirates, which proved to be the difference.  NCMC knocked in 81% from the charity stripe and outpaced the Scotties by 17 points in that category.