Men’s Basketball Wins At VTC, Crowned Regular Season Champions
RANDOLPH, Vt.—The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) men’s basketball team secured its first Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) regular season title since 2015 with an 81-72 victory at Vermont Technical College (VTC) on Saturday, Feb. 12.
RANDOLPH, Vt.—The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) men’s basketball team secured its first Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) regular season title since 2015 with an 81-72 victory at Vermont Technical College (VTC) on Saturday, Feb. 12.
The visiting SeaWolves trailed 43-40 at the half as they battled an exceptional shooting performance by VTC, and found themselves down again by a basket with 1:04 left in regulation. Sophomore captain Zachary Mickle (Billerica, Mass.) responded with one of his six three-pointers to give SMCC the lead and spark an 11-0 run to finish the game.
Mickle led all scorers with 25 points—a season-high. Junior captain Ian Regan (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) recorded 17 points and five assists, and sophomore captain Cameren Cousins (Wells, Maine) notched his 13th double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds in 37 minutes on the floor.
VTC’s Daniel Oliver-Kowalczyk led his team with 16 points on 7-13 shooting.
SMCC finishes the regular season at 16-5 overall and 13-1 in YSCC play. VTC concludes at 7-20 and 6-8 in the conference standings.
The SeaWolves will enter the conference playoffs as the #1 seed—their opponent and schedule will be announced early next week.
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