Sophomores honored; Stars win home finale

The LCC men's basketball team opened up its last home game of the season against Lake Michigan College with a celebration of the sophomore athletes on Monday, Feb. 24.

The sophomores are Tevin Taylor, Skyler Wilson, Tevin Ali, Darious Young, Brandon Suttles and Aaron Latimer.

The celebration didn't end there. The Stars pulled out a 90-69 win against Lake Michigan College that night.

"I feel like as a team we played better today," Suttles said. "We moved the ball, we made some shots, and we came here to win on sophomore night."

Taylor led the team by scoring 20 points. He and Ali grabbed eight rebounds each for the Stars. Young delivered eight assists for LCC.

"I think that in the last couple weeks Tevin Taylor has really come out of nowhere with his positive leadership, with how hard he is playing," LCC Head Coach Mike Ingram said.

Ingram spoke on the energy of the team and how it changed throughout the season.

"Our energy is something to see; I mean it's an energy that's hard to explain," Ingram said. "The guys, they get upset with each other, they get upset with their teammates, but it's a positive type of upset. Before it was a negative type of vibe that the guys were giving. All of a sudden we turned into a team that I always thought we would be, at the right time."

The win gave the Stars a four-game winning streak.

"It feels real good to go on this winning streak," Latimer said. "(We're) finally getting the team chemistry together."

The streak ended on Wednesday, Feb. 26, when the Stars lost 95-79 at Mid Michigan College in the final game of the regular season.

This loss put the Stars overall season record at 13-16, and at 9-9 in the MCCAA Western Conference.

The Stars will complete in the NJCAA Region XII Division II Great Lakes West Men's Tournament March 3 at Kellogg Community College.