Men’s basketball team drops third straight game

By Julie Newell
Sports/Photo Editor

The LCC men's basketball team suffered a 90-72 loss against Schoolcraft College on Wednesday, Dec. 4 in the Gannon Gym. It was the Stars' third straight loss.

LCC freshman Ty Andrades offered his thoughts on the game.

"Together mentally, (the) teammate chemistry wasn't really there tonight," Andrades said.

This loss brought the team's record to 4-4 overall.

"Right now we're struggling with trying to be a team that's organized verses a team that can run and jump and shoot," LCC Head Coach Mike Ingram said. "If you try and match a team talent for talent, like we tried to do tonight, then that's the result that you get."

Sophomore Tevin Ali, who led the team with 32 points and 10 rebounds, commented on how the game went.

 "We weren't hustling on defense and we weren't playing that hard," Ali said.

Ingram said his team needs to improve in all phases of the game.

"We need to play together a little bit more on both ends of the court, we need to pass the ball a little bit more, we need to receive coaching a little bit better," Ingram said. "Right now we're not doing that against a strong team. You've got to play the right way and we didn't do that tonight."

LCC also lost 84-75 against Parkland College on Nov. 23 and 94-69 against Delta College on Dec. 2.

The Stars were scheduled to play at Mott Community College on Saturday, Dec. 7.

The last two games of the semester are scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 18 against Mott Community College and Thursday, Dec. 19 against Illinois Valley Community College, both in the Gannon Gym.

The Stars will then break until the New Year, when they will play only against the MCCAA Western Conference teams.