Men's Basketball | 1/17/2025 4:11:00 PM

The Cloud County Community College men's basketball team (9-8, 3-8 KJCCC) returns home to host Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference foe Pratt (8-8, 4-6 KJCCC) on Saturday, January 18 at 4 pm. The game from Arley Bryant Gymnasium will be streamed live on the T-Bird Sports Network with Toby Nosker calling the action. Fans can also listen to the game on 1390 KNCK and 98.3 FM, with Austin McNorton calling the action.

Cloud County is coming off an 89-70 loss at Butler on January 15. The loss marked the seventh straight for the T-Birds, who won three of their first four conference games but have gone winless since the start of December.

Pratt has lost three straight since their return from the holiday break, falling on the road to Coffeyville and at home to Hutchinson and Garden City. Last year, the T-Birds swept the regular season series against Pratt, including posting a 79-55 victory at home.

Cloud County averages 77.4 points per game and pulls down 37.9 rebounds per contest. The T-Birds are shooting 42.5 percent from the field, including 35.6 percent from three-point range. Cloud County ranks third in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference with 146 made three-pointers on the year. The T-Birds also average 13.1 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.1 blocked shots per game, fourth most in the conference.
 
Coming off his sixth double-double of the season, freshman forward Elidjah Savane leads Cloud County in scoring at 14.5 points per game, and rebounding at 8.7 rebounds per game. Savane has scored in double-digits14 times this season, including in 12 of the last 13 games. Savane is ninth in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference at 55.8 percent shooting. He also leads the T-Birds with 34 blocks, which is the fifth most in the conference.

Redshirt freshman guard Keyon Garrett-Miller has scored 20-plus points in three games this season. Garrett-Miller is averaging 13.6 points per game on 46.9 percent shooting. He is first on the team in assists at 3.1 assists per game and pulls down 2.7 rebounds per contest.

Redshirt freshman Matthew Garber is averaging 10.1 points per game. Garber leads the team with 41 made three-pointers, which is the fifth most in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. Garber also averages 5.9 rebounds per game.

Freshman guard Syncere Burnette is coming off 16 points against Garden City on January 13, and 15 points against Butler on January 15. Burnette has made eight starts this season and is averaging 9.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game, which is tied for the tenth most in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. Burnette also has the best outside shooting percentage on the team at 46.9 percent with 30 made three-pointers on the season.

Freshman guard Kuel Akot is fifth on the team in scoring at 9.4 points per game. Akot also averages 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Akot has gone two straight games without a turnover in over 44 minutes of playing time.

Other Cloud County regulars include sophomore Fallou Koite (5.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg), sophomore Roy Aviv (3.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg), freshman Vuk Zarubica (2.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg), freshman Dejuan Graise (2.9 ppg, 1.0 rpg), freshman Da'Ron Waller (2.9 ppg, 1.4 rpg), freshman Amare Johnson (2.1 ppg), and freshman Takeo Moore (1.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg).