Men's Basketball | 11/7/2026 9:36:00 PM

The Cloud County Community College men's basketball team earned a hard-fought 83-80 victory over Northeastern Junior College on Saturday, November 7 on the final day of the 2026 BSN Sports Tip-Off Classic at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, Kansas. The win improves Cloud County's record to 2-1 on the season.

Five players reached double-figures for Cloud County. Sophomore forward D'ontez Walker led the T-Birds with his third straight double-double of the season. Walker scored 24 points off 10-of-14 shooting from the field to go with 11 rebounds. Walker now has five career double-double performances.

Sophomore guard Kaidan Chatham drilled two three-pointers and matched his season-high with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists.

Freshman forward Toby Howard provided a lift off the bench with 14 points off 7-of-11 shooting while adding six rebounds, three steals and two assists.

Freshman forward Kaiden Francis and freshman guard Toian Nabriat added 11 points each. Francis also had five rebounds and two steals, while Nabriat went 7-of-9 from the foul line.

Overall, Cloud County finished the night shooting 32-of-64 (50.0 percent) from the field while converting 15-of-23 (65.2 percent) attempts from the free-throw line. The T-Birds also held a 35-25 rebounding edge and outscored Northeastern 26-8 in second chance points and 48-22 in points in the paint.

The T-Birds continue their current five-game road swing on Tuesday, November 10 with a non-conference game at Southeast Community College. The contest is scheduled for a 5:30 pm tip-off in the SCC Lincoln Campus Gym in Lincoln, Nebraska.