2023-24 Men's Basketball News

Season

Jeff Nwankwo was recently named a First Team NJCAA All-American

Nwankwo earns prestigious honor from the NJCAA

April 10, 2024

Helping the Cowley College men’s basketball team to a 28-6 record and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, sophomore Jeff Nwankwo was recently named a First Team NJCAA All-American.

Tigers’ dream season comes to an end with an 85-70 loss at the national tournament

March 26, 2024

In a matchup of teams with identical 28-5 records and separated by only one spot in the seeding for the national tournament, the ninth-seeded Cowley College Tigers ran into an eighth-seeded Northwest Florida State team that had advanced to each of the past two national title games, capturing the championship in 2022.

Tigers power past Allegany College of Maryland 87-64 in the first game at the national tourney

March 24, 2024

With a large contingent of Tiger fans in the stands to cheer on the Cowley College men’s basketball team, the ninth-seeded Cowley College Tigers defeated 24th-seed Allegany College of Maryland 87-64 in the First Round of the NJCAA Division I Men’s National Basketball Championship played Sunday afternoon inside the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

Nwankwo named Jayhawk Conference Player of the Year

March 22, 2024

The Cowley College men’s basketball team received some good news before opening play at the NJCAA Division I National Tournament as the Tigers had three players named to the First Team all-conference list, highlighted by sophomore Jeff Nwankwo being named the Player of the Year in the conference.

On the way to the national tournament

March 22, 2024

On the way to the national tournament

Nwankwo, Mbengue named February Athletes of the Month

March 19, 2024

Nwankwo, Mbengue named February Athletes of the Month

Tigers advance to play in Region semifinal with 87-69 win

March 18, 2024

With both teams riding five-game winning streaks entering Tuesday’s contest, the second-seeded Cowley College men’s basketball team (27-4) knocked off the seventh-seeded Northwest Kansas Tech Mavericks (16-16) 87-69 in the second round of the Region VI Tournament played Tuesday night inside W.S. Scott Auditorium.

Tigers’ furious rally comes up short in 89-83 region semifinal loss to Hutchinson

March 18, 2024

Facing the third-seeded Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons for the third time this season and the second time on Hutchinson’s home floor, the second-seeded Cowley College men’s basketball team nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback before suffering an 89-83 loss in the semifinals of the Region VI Tournament played Friday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

Tigers headed back to the big dance for the third time in five years

March 18, 2024

Picked eighth in its conference at the start of the season, the Cowley College men’s basketball team proved the doubters wrong all season and are now on their way to the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship for the third time in the past five years.

Former Tigers from national runner-up team thriving at new schools

March 07, 2024

It took a special group of players to help lead the 2020-2021 Cowley College men’s basketball team to its first national tournament appearance in 64 years and a national runner-up finish. Several members of that squad are still playing basketball and helping their new teams in the process.

Nwankwo’s career night lifts Tigers to rout of No. 24-ranked Butler

March 07, 2024

Cowley College sophomore Jeff Nwankwo was in the “zone” during the Tiger basketball team’s game at No. 24-ranked Butler. Nwankwo scored 23 first-half points to help Cowley to a 40-20 advantage and finished with a career-high 37 points in the Tigers 81-65 road win Wednesday in El Dorado.