2024-25 Men's Basketball News
Area high school basketball teams had an opportunity to showcase their talent while getting in some summer work during the Cowley College and Ark City High School Basketball Boys Team Camp on June 10-11.
High school basketball fans should plan to attend the Cowley College Tigers and Arkansas City High School Bulldogs Men’s Basketball Team Camp on June 10-11 in Arkansas City.
The 2024-2025 basketball season was one for the record books for the Cowley College men’s basketball team and head coach Donnie Jackson. The Tigers captured just the fifth Region title in the program’s history and achieved 30 wins (30-5) for the second time in more than 100 years of basketball being played at the school. Jackson was named the KBCA Men’s JUCO Coach of the Year for his accomplishments.
Having helped lead the Cowley College men’s basketball team to a conference and region title as well as a trip to the Elite Eight at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship, Marcus Whitlock Jr. was recently named one of only two freshmen to make the list of First Team All-Americans.
Winning 30 games for only the second time in the program’s history, the second-seed Cowley College basketball team came within one point of advancing to the Final Four of the2025 NJCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball National Tournament before losing to seventh-seed Trinity Valley 61-60 on Wednesday in Hutchinson, KS.
Having watched top-seed Snow Community College (UT) get ousted from the national tournament in the game before theirs, the second-seeded Cowley College Tigers were on upset alert heading into its contest vs. 15th-seed Triton College (IL) in the second round of the 2025 NJCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball National Tournament in Hutchinson, KS. The Tigers trailed by 12 (30-18) at halftime before using a furious second-half rally to defeat the Trojans 58-57 on sophomore Marcus Zeigler’s basket with 8.9 seconds left.
The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference has announced the 2024-25 KJCCC D1 Men’s Basketball All-KJCCC teams and winners of the major postseason honors. The awards, which were voted on by each of the league head coaches, include four individuals bringing home major accolades.
Capturing only the fifth Region VI title in the history of the Cowley College men’s basketball program with a 72-62 win over defending national champion Barton County on Saturday in Hays, KS, the Tiger basketball team parlayed that success into a No.-2 seed at the 24-team NJCAA Division I National Tournament to be held March 22-29 in Hutchinson, KS.
They were the best in the regular season of Jayhawk Conference basketball, and now they are the best in the postseason as well as the Cowley College men’s basketball team defeated Barton 72-62 in the NJCAA Division I Region VI Men’s Basketball Championship held Saturday night inside Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS.
Going down to the final second and then some, the top-seed Cowley College Tigers outlasted the fifth-seed Butler Community College Grizzlies by a score of 58-54 in the semifinals of the Region VI Men’s Basketball Tournament held Friday afternoon inside Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS.
The top-seeded Cowley College men’s basketball team rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat ninth-seed Dodge City by a score of 87-74 in the Second Round of the Region VI Playoffs held Tuesday inside W.S. Scott Auditorium.
Cowley College sophomores Shamarrie Hugie and Dakota Dapper were recently named the school’s February Male and Female Athletes of the Month.
Playing its final regular season contest, the No. 5-ranked Cowley College men’s basketball team used a furious second-half rally to tie its game at Butler on Wednesday before losing 72-69 on Emeka Oporum’s three-point play with 3.2 seconds remaining. The loss snapped the Tigers’ eight-game win streak.
Playing its final regular season home game, the No. 6-ranked Cowley College men’s basketball team built a commanding 47-19 halftime lead over Cloud County en route to an 83-58 victory.
Winning its seventh game in a row, the No. 8-ranked Cowley College men’s basketball team clinched sole possession of its first Jayhawk East title since 2021 with a 76-69 victory at Garden City on Saturday.
The No. 8-ranked Cowley College men’s basketball team got off to a fast start against Hutchinson Community College and never looked back in an 87-71 win over the Blue Dragons on Wednesday inside W.S. Scott Auditorium. The victory assures the Tigers of at least a share of its first Jayhawk Conference title since 2021.
