The Odessa College men’s basketball team held off New Mexico Military Institute in overtime Thursday, grabbing a 104-101 victory.
It was the Wranglers’ 12th Western Junior College Athletic Conference victory of the season.
The contest was highly contested from the start, with Odessa College taking a three-point lead into the halftime break.
New Mexico Military Institute kicked up the pace in the second half and outscored the Wranglers 55-52 to send the game into overtime.
Anthony Marshall stepped up to lead the Wranglers to the win, scoring 12 points in overtime.
Marshall also led all scorers with 31 points, while Amiri Crowder led the Broncos with 25 points scored.
The Wranglers (21-5 overall, 12-0 conference) will face rival Midland College at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Chaparral Center in Midland.
Odessa College 104, New Mexico Military Institute 101 (OT)
NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE (15-11, 7-6 WJCAC)
Chris Bready 2-5 6-7 10, Latik Murphy 4-12 11-12 21, Amirir Crowder 7-8 11-12 25, Luis Riascos Varon 1-3 1-2 3, Jonathan Salazar 2-6 0-2 4, Isaiah Williams 5-15 0-1 12, Jordan Nelson 3-6 0-0 7, Nadjrick Peat 0-1 2-4 2, Reginald Ward 4-7 0-4 8, Jerry Kabantu 1-1 0-0 3, John Mapiou 2-2 2-3 6. Totals 31-66 33-47 101.
ODESSA COLLEGE (21-5, 12-0)
Dian Wright-Forde 3-8 7-9 14, Daniss Jenkins 3-7 5-5 12, Daniel Rivera 1-4 4-7 6, Dontrell Hewlett 5-11 4-4 15, Shakeem Alcindor 0-4 1-2 1, BJ Francis 0-0 0-0 0, Puoch Dubuol Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Darrell Amrstrong Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Terry Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Anthony Marshall 10-15 11-11 31, Mike Rivera 2-3 0-0 5, Garfield Turner 3-6 5-7 12, Tre Richardson 1-2 2-2 5, Chandler Cuthrell 0-0 0-1 0, Kiree Huie 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 29-62 40-50 104.
Halftime — Odessa College 36, New Mexico Military Institute 33. 3-Point goals — New Mexico Military Institute 6-21 (Murphy 2-8, Salazar 0-1, Williams 2-9, Nelson 1-2, Kabantu1-1), Odessa College 6-16 (Wright-Forde 1-2, Jenkins 1-2, D. Rivera 0-1, Hewlett 1-4, Alcindor 0-1, Marshall 0-1, M. Rivera 1-2, Turner 1-1, Richardson 1-2). Total fouls — New Mexico Military Institute 35, Odessa College 35. Fouled out — New Mexico Military Institute (Bready, Murphy, Varon, Ward), Odessa College (Jenkins). Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — New Mexico Military Institute 35 (Murphy 9), Odessa College 32 (Hewlett 6). Assists — New Mexico Military Institute 2 (Varon, Salazar 1), Odessa College 10 (Jenkins, Marshall 3).
