Parkland College

 

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The Cobras would hold off ICC for a 88-84 win on Wednesday night. ICC would score the opening bucket of the game PC ripped off eleven straight points, seven by Sean Montgomery to grab an early 11-2 lead. The Cobras would hold a 6-10 point lead for most of the half as Montgomery scored 19 points in the opening stanza, and PC took a 43-37 lead to intermission. ICC kept the game close by knocking down 7-8 shots from behind the arc.

Parkland would stretch that lead to as many as 14 in the second half before the Cougars mounted a furious rally. ICC would claw to within one at 70-69 with 7:31 remaining before Charles Glass would score seven consecutive points to give PC a 80-75 lead with just under 4 minutes left. ICC would again get to within 1 but Johnson's rebound bucket made it 82-79 and Tiger O'Neil's thunderous dunk on an ally-oop from Glass put PC back up by 5 and the Cobras hung on for the win. In addition to Johnson's big night, Montgomery finished with 21 and Glass, O'Neil, and Cody McCollum all finished with 9 points. The Cobras shot 54% from the field and 79% from the line in the win. ICC was led by Tyler Bell who had 20 points on 6-8 shooting from 3 and Kenny Jones who had 18.

The win moves PC to (13-10 2-3) while ICC falls to (8-14 3-2). PC hosts Lincoln Land at 4:00 on Hall of Fame Saturday.

The Parkland Cobra Men's team followed up the women's game with a slow start of their own and found themselves down 31-11 to open the game and could never recover as the Cobras fell 66-62 in Danville on Saturday afternoon. Despite the early deficit, Parkland was able to go on a run of their own and close the gap to 7 at halftime. Parkland shot only 32% from the field in the first half and had their two starting forwards on the bench in foul trouble.

The second half would start with a play that would foreshadow the rest of the game. Parkland showed a defensive readiness to start the second half, but immediately suffered a setback when an offensive rebound by DACC's Tony Tolliver lead to a 3-pointer by Brandon Demmings. The Cobras continued to scratch and claw at the lead and eventually tied things up midway through the second half. As the second half wound down, it would come down to defensive stops and rebounds. Unfortunately, Parkland came up short on both. Tony Tolliver came down with another momentum-killing, offensive rebound late in the second half to earn DACC another possession. Brandon Demmings took advantage and finished with a baseline running bank shot. Despite poor shooting, Parkland still had a chance to tie and send the game into overtime. Down 3 with 16 seconds to go, Charles Glass took a deep 3-pointer, and once again, DACC came up with the rebound on the miss to seal up the victory.

Parkland (12-10, 1-3) will return home for seven consecutive games in the month of February. The Cobras will host the Cougars of Illinois Central (8-13 3-1) on Wednesday at 7:30pm followed by a game against Lincoln Land Community College on Saturday at 4pm, which will include the induction of the 2012 Hall of Fame Class at halftime.

For the second straight weekend the Parkland Men's Basketball team hit the road to take on a nationally-ranked foe and unfortunately the outcome followed the same script as the Cobras fell to #13 Lincoln 88-70. Much like their lost last Saturday to #3 John Wood, the Cobras surrendered another second half lead. The first 20 minutes was a back and forth, hard fought contest which saw several lead changes that left the Cobras trailing by just one at the half.

After the break, Parkland took their last lead of the game at (44-43) with 13:08 remaining before Lincoln closed out the game with an incredible 45-26 run. The Lynx controlled the boards as Lincoln out rebounded the Cobras 58-30 for the game, and used their aggressiveness to shoot 41 free throws, 18 more then the Cobras. Parkland finished with two players in double figures, Shaq Lowery had 18 and Cody McCollum scored 15. With the loss the Cobras fall to (12-9 and 1-2 in M-WAC play) while Lincoln improves to (17-4 3-0). Next up for PC will be a road trip next Saturday to face the Jaguars in Danville.

The Parkland men's basketball team faced a tough challenge heading to #3 John Wood on Saturday and fell short on a couple last second chances, falling by the scoring of 74-71. This was a typical M-WAC contest that saw two teams battling it out every possession. The lead would change hands several times and the momentum would shift throughout the game. The Blazers of John Wood would sprint out to an early first half lead behind sophomore Regan Bruenger and his 13 first half points. As was the story for the entire game, Parkland would battle back, rallying from a 20-11 deficit to even the score. The Blazers shot a sizzling 63% in the first half including 6-10 from the 3 point line, but only went into halftime with a 38-34 lead.

In the second half, it would be Parkland's turn to shift the momentum. Midway through the second half, the Cobras managed to grab the lead and extend it to as many as 5 points. Just when Parkland was able to get some defensive stops to lead to some easy baskets, John Wood came back with a 7-0 run of their own. With under a minute to play and Parkland trailing by 4, Shaq Lowery grabbed the ball in transition and pulled up for his one and only 3-pointer of the game, cutting the lead to 1. A foul and two free throws at the other end pushed the lead back to 3. After Parkland's final timeout, the Cobras were able to get two good looks at a 3-pointer to tie, one from sophomore Sean Montgomery, and an in-bounds play to Cody McCollum that both rimmed out. Charles Glass last attempt as time expired was no good.

John Wood had four players reach double figures. Regan Bruenger finished with a game high 22 points. Antonio Landers was right behind him with 19 while Porter A'Darius finished with 14. James Lane finished with a double double at 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Parkland had 6 players finish between 8 and 15 points. Shaq Lowery finished with 15 points, while Charles Glass and Sean Montgomery added 13 and 10 respectively.

Up next for Parkland (12-8, 1-1) will be another M-WAC road game heading to Lincoln College next Saturday for a 4pm tip-off. 

Shaq Lowery hit a big three-point basket with just 47 seconds to play to give the Cobras the cushion they needed as the Cobras held on for a hard fought 66-62 win over Lincoln Land in the M-WAC opener for both teams. Lincoln Land cut the margin to three late and had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds but the shot came up short and PC made 1-2 free throws to seal the win.

Lowery finished with 11 points and was part of a balanced attack that saw four players in double figures. Cody McCollum finished with a game high 12, Sean Montgomery added 11, and Charles Glass came off the bench to score 10. Jamel Johnson just missed a double-double with 9 points and 9 rebounds on the night.

The win moves PC to (12-7 1-0) while the Loggers fall to (8-9 0-1). The road gets even tougher on Saturday as Parkland travel to play in Quincy vs #3 John Wood (15-2 0-0).

The Parkland Men's Basketball shot 67% in the first half and overcame a cold shooting second half as they beat the Rose Hulman JV 76-61 at Parkland on Monday night. The game was a tale of two halves as the Cobras were sizzling in the opening 20 minutes making 20-30 shots from the field and building a 50-26 lead at the break. The second half was exactly the opposite as PC substituted freely and could not get in a rhythm, making just 9-36.

The Fighting Engineers tried to make a game of it, hitting 7 of their first 11 shots to open the second half while the Cobras were making 2 of their first 13 attempts. With the run, Rose-Hulman closed the margin to 13 at 56-43 with 13:06 remaining but the Cobras used a 10-0 spurt Dalten Temples drilled a pair of threes to take the lead back up to 66-43 with just seven minutes to go.

Temples had a strong game adding 6 rebounds to his 11 points and was joined in double figures by Sean Montgomery who also had 11. Coach Mast played all fourteen of his players with 13 making into the scoring column. Alec Houpt led the the visitors with 18 points and 11 rebounds and Jordy Martin added 16. The Cobra bench outscored Rose Hulman 40-0 on the night.

Parkland (11-7) will open M-WAC play on Wednesday night at Lincoln Land in Springfield

The Parkland Men's Basketball team opened the second half of their season with a challenging road game at #5 Kirkwood on Saturday in Cedar Rapids, IA, grabbing an early lead before falling 61-56. The game would turn out to be a defensive grind and would go down to the wire with both teams having control at different times. The Cobras started off the game with an impressive lob dunk to Tiger ONeil with the assist coming from Shaq Lowery to set the tone for the game. The lead would change hands a few times in the first half, but the Cobras found themselves up 27-25 at half.

The start of the second half began with an 8-0 run for Parkland and a quick timeout for the Eagles of , who faced their biggest deficit of the game at 35-25. However, the home team would go on a run of their own and eventually build a 5 point lead midway through the second half. Parkland closed the gap to 2 with a score of 53-51 with just over 3 minutes to play but down the stretch, th Eagles won the game at the foul line. Parkland would finish just 4-10 from the line while Kirkwood made 11-16 from the line for the contest.

Shaq Lowery tied for the game high score with 16 points while Cody McCollum added 9. Kirkwood had two players in double figures. Antione Howard finished with 16 points connecting on four 3-pointers and Michael Weber added 11 points with three of his own 3-pointers, including two big threes late in the game.

Parkland (9-7) will travel to Ullin, IL to play Region 24 foe Shawnee next Saturday with a 4pm tip off.

The Parkland Cobras men's basketball team finished the month of December a perfect 5 for 5 as they beat Lewis & Clark for the second time this season 77-66 Saturday afternoon in Godfrey, IL.

The Cobras came out and gained control of the game from the start. Strong guard play and offensive execution allowed Parkland to convert high percentage shots from the field, but more importantly, it was the Cobra defense that put Lewis & Clark on their heels. Parkland was able to allow only 24 first half points for the Trailblazers, leading 34-24. The second half would see that lead expand to as many as 18 before the Trailblazers would go on their final run closing it to 5 points late in the second half. That would be the closest the home team would get before Parkland pulled away with free throws, finishing 26-33 for the game from the foul line.

Leading the way for Parkland was Shaq Lowery who had a career high 29 points, including (4) 3-pointers on the night. Mark Gilchrese and Cody McCollum chipped in 10 as the only other Cobras in double figures. The Trailblazers also had 3 players in double figures including Aqui Shareef with a team high 18 points, followed by Dominique Walls and Marlon Sykes with 11 and 10 respectively.

The Cobras (9-6) will take a break until after the New Year when they head back on the road to play in a 2-game classic January 6-7 at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington, Iowa.

The Parkland Men's Basketball team wrapped up a great weekend by knocking off Morton College 59-46 to finish as the lone undefeated team at the Lincoln College Classic. PC knocked off Triton on Friday night while Morton upset the host Lynx.

The first half would be a back and forth affair as Morton continued their strong guard play, attacking the basket and finishing around the rim. The Hawks Lamont Sanders three with just seconds to play in the half, gave Morton a 29-25 lead at half.

The Cobras still trailed for most of the early part of the second half before they finally got things going at both ends of the court. Defensive stops, leading to transition points, eventually allowed PC to pull away with about five minutes remaining.

Balance was once again the key as six players finished with between 6 and 12 points. Cody McCollum would lead all scorers with 12 points while always dependable Jamel Johnson finished a rebound short of a double-double with 10 and 9 respectively. The Cobras (8-6) will have a week to prepare for a rematch against the Trailblazers of Lewis and Clark, who PC defeated earlier this season. Game is set for 4:00 in Godfrey.

The Parkland College Basketball team came out red-hot on Friday night as they raced to a 21 point lead in the first half and cruised to an 85-69 win over #17 Triton, ending the Trojans six game winning streak. The Cobras were particularly hot from behind the arc knocking down 8 of their first 11 shots from behind the three-point line to take an early 35-14 lead. Triton would finish the half on a 10-2 run to cut the margin 37-24 at intermission.

The Trojans (11-2) would continue to cut into the Cobra lead, eventually getting the margin to single digits with just four minutes left in the contest but PC continued it's hot shooting and won the battle of the boards to win the game going away. PC finished 14-24 from three, by far their best of the season.

Four players finished in double figures for PC as the Cobras used a balanced attack in the win. Sean Montgomery and Shaq Lowery each had 14, Charles Glass had 10, while Jamel Johnson just missed a double-double with 13 points and 9 boards. Parkland (7-6) will face Morton at 1:00 in the final game of the Lincoln College Classic.

 

 

 

The Parkland Men's Basketball team evened their record at (6-6) using a second half surge to upset D-1 Kaskaskia (8-2) 80-71 on Wednesday night in Champaign. The Blue Devils raced out to an early 17-5 lead on PC and took a 42-35 lead at halftime.

The start of the second half was all Parkland as PC used a 26-7 run to grab their biggiest lead of the game at 61-49 on a bucket by Mark Gilchrese. KC momentarily grabbed the momentum back when Gilchrese earned a technical foul for taunting on the play and the Devils would scored eight straight points to close the margin to four at 61-57 with 9:15 still remaining.

The two teams battled back and forth until the Cobras would regroup and go on a 7-0 run of their own as Shaq Lowery would make a basket, Dalten Temples drained a big three, and Sean Montgomery would put back a rebound to make it 74-63 with 3:51 left and the visitors would get no closer then seven the rest of the way.

Lowery led PC with 21 points knocking down 7-11 shots while Montgomery came up big with a 13 point 10 rebound game. Cody McCollum also had 13 and Geordy Mulumba came off the bench to score 12 points and pull down 6 boards. Despite early foul trouble, Jamel Johnson was still able to pick up 8 points and 7 rebounds while Temples had his best all-around game for PC with 7 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists.

Parkland will return to action on Friday and Saturday at the Lincoln College Invitational. The Cobras will face #17 Triton (10-1) on Friday night and Morton College (6-6) on Saturday afternoon.

The Parkland Men's Basketball team used a quick start and strong finish to outlast the College of Lake County 80-70 on Saturday afternoon to end a three-game losing streak. The Cobras raced out to an early lead and led 44-31 at the break behind 9 points each from Cody McCollum and Jamel Johnson.

After scoring the first basket of the second half to grab their biggest lead of the game, the Cobras would go cold and the visiting Lancers would get back into the game, grabbing their lone lead of the game at 62-61 with 7:35 remaining. PC regained the lead behind eight straight points from Charles Glass to take a 69-64 lead but again CLC rallied to cut the margin to just two with 2:38 left in the game.

From there the Cobra picked up the defensive pressure and outscored CLC 8-0 down the stretch as Jamel Johnson made a pair of baskets, and Shaq Lowery and Cody McCollum knocked down 5-6 free throws to seal the win. Johnson finished with a double-double scoring a team high 17 points and hauling down 11 boards. McCollum finished with 14 points and Glass came off the bench to score 11. Point guard Mark Gilchrese played his best all around game of the season finishing with 9 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. CLC was led by Alex Morgunov who had 18 points.

The Lancers drop to (5-4) with the loss while PC improves to (5-6). The Cobras are at home again on Wednesday night when they host Kaskaskia starting at 7:30.