WNCC women win fourth straight by downing Dawson
The Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team got 18 points from Veralyn Aviles and the Cougars captured their fourth straight win with a 67-52 win over Dawson Community College Thursday.
By News Channel NebraskaGILLETTE, Wyo. – The Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team got 18 points from Veralyn Aviles and the Cougars captured their fourth straight win with a 67-52 win over Dawson Community College Thursday in the Holiday Inn Express Invitational in Gillette, Wyoming.
The Cougars, 8-4, will be back in action Friday in the Classic as they play Colorado Northwestern Community College at 4 p.m. CNCC lost to Gillette College 74-42. The other game of the invite saw College of Southern Idaho 73-64. WNCC will play CSI Saturday afternoon.
Thursday’s win saw the Cougars shoot 40 percent from the field and bury four 3-pointers. The Cougars defense allowed 30 percent shooting for the Bucs where they only made 19 percent of their 3-pointers (4-of-27).
WNCC was led by three in double figures. Aviles led the team with 18 points, including going 8-of-10 from the charity stripe. The freshman guard also had seven rebounds, five assists, and four steals.
Juseana-Rae Delatori tallied 15 points with three 3-pointers and five rebounds, while Zozefine Sipolina had 10 points with six rebounds.
WNCC out-rebounded the Bucs 43-24. Charisma Johnson had nine boards for the Cougars.
WNCC led from start to finish in the contest. WNCC built a 7-0 lead before Dawson scored their first bucket with 6:08 to play in the first quarter. WNCC led 17-12 after one period.
The second quarter saw Dawson cut the deficit to 19-17. The Cougars responded with a 15-2 run that saw WNCC lead 34-19. The Cougars led 38-24 at halftime.
The third quarter saw Dawson outscore WNCC 30-12 and cut the 14-point halftime deficit to just two points with two minutes to play. WNCC answered back as the Cougars outscored Dawson 5-1 to close the third period up 50-44.
The fourth quarter saw the Cougars build the lead to 56-44 and led 64-46 on a Delatori 3-pointer. WNCC never looked back after that to claim the 67-52 win.
WNCC 17 21 12 17 – 67
Dawson 12 12 20 8 – 52
WNCC
Juseana-Rae Delatori 15, Celina Donyo 7, Veralyn Aviles 18, Charisma Johnson 4, Zozefine Sipolina 10, Ruth Lively 3, Aniaya Burton-Hernandez 7, Brynn Sybrant 3.