Men's Basketball drops WJCAC opener to Midland

ARTICLE AND PHOTO BY MICHAEL BAUER | ODESSA AMERICAN

Despite missing their head coach from the bench, the Chaparrals still managed to defeat No. 19-ranked Odessa College with a 71-63 win Monday at the OC Sports Center.

The victory puts Midland College at 11-4 overall, 1-0 in Western Junior College Athletic Conference play.

Odessa College fell to 11-4, 0-1.

Odessa College was led in scoring by Ahmere Carson's 14 points while Anthony Simo had 13 and Jayden Colon had 12.

As a team, the Wranglers shot 19-of-67 from the field and 3-of-26 on 3-pointers while going 22-of-30 from the line.

"The scary thing is that we still have fifteen more of these and we have a lot of guys that were overwhelmed tonight," Odessa College head coach Kris Baumann said. "I thought Midland College played pretty well tonight. They just jumped on us and we never got going. This league is really physical and tough. You need guys that are physical and tough. Credit to Midland College, they kicked our tail."

Odessa will travel to Borger, TX on Thursday to face Frank Phillips