DAWG! JUCO PG Kemauri Millender has just committed to #Georgia. 🐶
The 6-0 G from New Mexico Junior College is the brother of current Georgia G Smurf Millender. He averaged 9.5 PPG and 1.6 APG in JUCO.
RJ Nance was at his best in the biggest moments this year, averaging 21.4 PPG over his final five games. All against teams that were nationally ranked.
He scored a combined 47 points in his last two games against Howard and CSI.
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Congrats to Luke on 100 wins. Elite coach… elite human. Every day I wake up excited to go to work because of the environment he’s created for everyone to prosper. Blessed to have him, his family and all of our current and former players.
5 years flew by. 100 and counting!!
Here are some of the many impressive performances from Day 1 in Hutchinson:
Nazir Allen - Mineral Area College -- 26 pts, 14 reb
Alius Bowser - Brunswick CC -- 30 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast
Bob Dickson - Jones College -- 16 pts, 7 reb, 2 blk
Iyran Francis - Gulf Coast State -- 19 pts, 14 reb, 4 blk
Terron Garrett - Mineral Area College -- 16 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast
Naceiar Kirksey - Monroe
University -- 18 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast, 8 stl (Northridge commit)
Trent Lincoln - Gulf Coast State -- 25 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast (TCU commit)
Noah Mendy - Daytona State -- 19 pts, 15 reb, 6 ast
Delang Muon - New Mexico JC -- 18 pts, 7 reb, 3 blk (Arkansas St commit)
RJ Nance - New Mexico JC -- 23 pts, 5 reb
Linwood Rowe - Brunswick CC -- 20 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast
Blake Rucker - Barton CC -- 15 pts, 6 reb
Adrian Shackleton - Daytona State -- 24 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast
Jay Tyler - Jones College -- 18 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast (La Tech commit)
Nick Williams - Monroe University -- 24 pts, 8 reb
Noah Williams - Barton CC -- 23 pts, 4 reb (Bradley commit)
Final
New Mexico JC 103
Barton 90
RJ Nance of New Mexico JC was the player of the game! Finished with 23pts and 5rebs on 7/10 (FG) 4/7 (3pt)
Delang Muon (18pts) and Ladji Coulibaly (15pts) were also key factors in the win!
Barton was led by Noah Williams who finished with 23pts!
4 year coaches who complain about kids only caring about $ and themselves…in our time at NMJC we have NEVER been picked to make our conference tourney let alone the national tourney.
3 years in a row to regionals and off to Hutch this year.
❤️🏀💛
🚨HUTCH BOUND!!!!🚨
NMJC received an at-large bid for the NJCAA DI Men's Basketball Championship in Hutchinson, Kansas for the first time since 2014!!
The No. 18 Thunderbirds will face No. 15 Barton on Saturday, March 21 at 2:30 p.m. CDT!
#FeelTheThunder
The T-Birds have made the NJCAA DI Men's Basketball Championship in Hutchinson, Kansas for the first time since 2014!
The No. 18 Thunderbirds will face No. 15 Barton on Saturday, March 21 at 2:30 p.m. CDT! #FeelTheThunder
JC: 6’2 sophomore guard R.J. Nance of Revocruit Powered New Mexico Junior College (@NMJC_MBB) delivered 24 points and 3 assists while shooting 6 for 8 from beyond the arc and 7 for 10 from the field in an 88–77 victory.
Nance is averaging 17.8 PPG over his last four games, shooting 24-for-43 from the field and 12-for-26 from three.
On the season, he is averaging 13.2 PPG while shooting 42% from three (69–164).
NMJC tops #8 South Plains to move to 22-4 and 9-3 in the WJCAC. T-Birds are now in sole possession of 2nd place and have won 7 straight (3 over top 10 teams).
Mackey - 19 points, 4 steals
Muon - 11 points, 5 rebounds
Nance - 11 points, 4 rebounds
Millender - 10 points (3-5 3FG), 4 steals
Coulibaly - 10 points, 5 rebounds
#22 NMJC def. #2 Howard
NMJC moves to 20-4 on the season and 7-3 in the WJCAC. T-Birds led by as many as 21 in the second half. Visit Clarendon on Monday.
Coulibaly - 18 points, 6 rebounds
Mackey - 16 points (4-5 3FG), 3 rebounds
Muon - 14 points (4-8 3FG), 5 rebounds
Avramovic - 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Fields - 7 assists, 1 steal
Phelps - 8 points, 6 rebounds