HUSTON AND PISCIKAS COMBINE FOR 61 FOR HAWKS IN HUGE TRIUMPH OVER LAKERS

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College men's basketball team returned to the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk Wednesday to take on Iowa Lakes Community College. The Hawks led the entire way in the matchup and took down the visiting Lakers by a final score of 96-72.

Northeast (9-10, 5-8 ICCAC) got going early and often as Ryan Huston (York, Neb.) scored a season-high 32 points and added six rebounds and six assists. Johanes Piscikas (Lakeville, Minn.) is currently fourth in the conference in scoring, averaging 19.1 points per game and had 29 points for the Hawks in the contest. The victory propelled Northeast up to sixth in the ICCAC standings with a showdown against North Iowa Area Community College on deck Saturday at home.

STAT SHEET:

Ryan Huston (York, Neb.): 32 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST

Johanes Piscikas (Lakeville, Minn.): 29 PTS, 2 REB, 2 STL

Lochie Harvey (Yarrawonga, Australia): 14 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Men's Basketball Coach Josh Clark on the big night against Iowa Lakes:

"Tonight, we wanted to play hard and have fun," Clark said. "Tonight was fun. We got off to a quick start. We made adjustments at halftime and forced them into tougher shots in the second half. They didn't shoot well in the second half, and we were proud of the guys for that. Ryan Huston was huge tonight with 32 points, and he is just the spark of the team. He is all heart."

Clark on playing NIACC next for the second time in two weeks:

"Little revenge," Clark said. "We didn't play our best when we went up there. That was one of our first long road trips and our guys really weren't prepared getting off the bus. They aren't going to surprise us again. We are going to get back to it tomorrow and get ready for a different game on Saturday."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will stay home and will take on North Iowa Area Community College at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk.

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