TJC Apaches move to 3-0 in basketball

Published 8:20 pm Monday, November 5, 2018

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Four Apaches scored in double figures as Tyler Junior College defeated Lone Star College-CyFair 88-53 on Monday in a non-conference basketball game at Wagstaff Gymnasium.

TJC moves to 3-0 on the season. The Apaches’ next game is Nov. 13 against Centenary JV in Shreveport, Louisiana.



Shahada Wells, a 6-0 freshman from Amarillo, led the Apaches with 17 points. Right behind Wells was Jonathan Bryant, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Florida, with 16 points.

Also in double figures were Reyhan Cobb, a 6-9 freshman from Atlanta, Georgia, and Deandre Heckard, a 6-1 freshman from Romeoville, Illinois, with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Mo Taylor led CyFair with 31 points, including nine 3-pointers.

Tyler Junior College 88,

Lone Star College-CyFair 53

LSC-CyFair        25     28   — 53

TJC                   47     41   — 88

LONE STAR-CY FAIR  Kolby Flowers, 6; Mo Taylor, 31; Jarren Hopkins, 4; Joshia Wilson, 4; Rob McFadden, 2; Tee Hayes, 2; Ryan Galiner, 4.

TYLER  Shahada Wells, 17; Deandre Heckard, 10; Cameron Johnson, 9; Kieffer Punter, 9; Jonathan Bryant, 16; Reyhan Cobb, 11; Jason Bush Jr., 6; Chandler Oriakhi, 4; Edra Luster, 6.

THREE-POINT GOALS  LSC-CyFair: Taylor (9). TJC: Wells (2), Heckard, Punter, Bryant (2), Bush.

RECORDS  TJC 3-0.