On Tuesday, February 15th, the Rustlers hosted Western Nebraska CC. It was quite a physical game resulting in 48 total fouls, 24 fouls from each team.  The Rustlers ended the first half down 38-56. CWC came back harder in the second half, tying it up in the end from a shot by Abdi Dahir with 19 seconds remaining, sending the game into overtime. Unfortunately, in the end, CWC fell to the Cougars, with a final score of 113-102. The Rustlers are now at an overall 1-7 record. 

A'Jahni Levias led the Rustlers scoring 23 points, followed by Abdi Dahir, who scored 20 points. Both Jaylen Searles and Jaylon Gentry contributed 17 points each. Defensively, Kadyn Koch had a total of five rebounds, four of which were defensive rebounds, along with A'Jahni Levias, who also had four defensive rebounds out of his five total. Jack Chlumack led the team in steals with four total steals, followed by Jaylen Searles, who had three steals throughout the game. 

Up Next: CWC will be hosting Northwest College on Wednesday, February 24th, at 7:30pm MST.

Story By: Jade Martinez