HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hours after No. 1 seed Northwest Florida State crushed Cape Fear, Ranger College opened its play at the NJCAA National Tournament by casting aside Cleveland State 83-66.
Cleveland State sees its season end one day after becoming the first 24 seed to win a game at the tournament under the current 24-team format. Ranger got out quickly and — despite a little flat period — dominated the game. Caleb Asberry led the way with 18 points while Coryon Mason added 16. Ranger goes on to play Northwest Florida State on Thursday at noon. Despite being out-rebounded, Ranger forced 21 turnovers.
Cleveland State ends the season at 16-16. The Cougars were led by Maurice Dickson with 13 points. Kerry Pratt added 12 and both Demonte’ Person and Exavian Young chipped in 11.
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 01 – Demonte’ Person | 28 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 02 – Exavian Young | 21 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 – Maurice Dickson | 21 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 20 – Delaino Walker | 17 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 4-6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 21 – Jonathon King | 27 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 05 – Austin Fisher | 7 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 – Tehjuan Powell | 6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 – Jaquez Hicks | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 – Darius Turman | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 – Collin Herron | 11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 – Kerry Pratt | 19 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 30 – Caleb Rutherford | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 – Montez Gray | 2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 – Domont’a Wright | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| TM – TEAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 21-54 | 11-29 | 13-21 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 66 | |
| 38.9% | 37.9% | 61.9% | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 04 – Keyshaad Dixon | 40 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 – Jaren English | 30 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 14 – Brayan Au | 27 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 25 – Tracy Jones | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 – Heritier Ngalamulume | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 00 – Brian Rios | 4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 03 – Shasirae Harvey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 05 – Caleb Asberry | 28 | 6-9 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 20 – Coryon Mason | 22 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 22 – Tristan Green | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 – Deladris Green | 8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 – Braden Bell | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 – Jonathan Jackson | 28 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| TM – TEAM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 27-56 | 3-11 | 26-34 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 83 | |
| 48.2% | 27.3% | 76.5% | |||||||||||
| Date/Time: | March 19, 2019 – 4:30 PM |
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| Location: | Hutchinson Sports Arena, Hutchinson, KS |
| Technical fouls: | (24) Cleveland State-None ; (8) Ranger-None . |