by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Shooting woes continued to plague Kansas City Kansas Community College’s young basketball team Wednesday night.
Park University’s JV took advantage of 33.3 Blue Devil shooting for a 63-52 win at Parkville, KCKCC’s fifth straight loss on the road. The Blue Devils are right back in action on Friday night when they play host to North Arkansas in the second half of a doubleheader at 7 p.m. North Ark won the first meeting of the two teams 87-84 in Harrisonville.
KCKCC opened a 5-point lead in the first five minutes in a first half that had three ties and three lead changes. But the Pirates took advantage of the Blue Devils’ frigid shooting and a rash of turnovers to surge to a 12-point lead on their way to a 27-21 halftime lead. Just 9-of-30 for 30 percent the opening half, the Blue Devils also were guilty of 11 of their 20 turnovers on the night.
With four players in double figures, the Pirates built leads of up to 19 points with 15 minutes left in the second half. Anthony Cerda, with 12 points and 11 rebounds, led Park.
Dion Union led KCKCC in scoring with 11 points while Trevon Jefferson and Zion Buckner added eight each, Tyson Beringer seven and Sterling Hicks six.
Jefferson also had 11 rebounds, Beringer 10 and Josiah Laws six as KCKCC won the rebounding battle 47-40. However, Park won the battle for steals 11-2 and had just 8 turnovers to KCKCC’s 20.
Kansas City, Kansas, police reported that a white Infiniti vehicle being sought was located Wednesday night, according to a spokesman.
The vehicle was found unoccupied in the area of Quindaro Boulevard and Fairfax, according to the spokesman.
The vehicle was sought in connection to an investigation of a homicide at 7th and Pacific.
No other information was available, according to police.
National Weather Service graphic
Wintry temperatures are expected to arrive in the area next Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
A cold front will move through the area Monday, bringing a chance of rain, and then cold air will move into the area behind that front, bringing the first shot of winter-like temperatures for the season, the weather service said.
Today, it will be sunny with a high near 55, and a north northwest wind of 3 to 8 mph, gusting to 20 mph, the weather service said.
Tonight, it will be clear with a low of 35 and a calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight, according to the weather service.
Friday, expect sunny skies and a high near 57, with a light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning, the weather service said.
Friday night, the low will be around 39 with partly cloudy skies and a south southwest wind of 3 to 7 mph, according to the weather service.
Saturday, the high will be 59 with sunny skies, the weather service said. There will be a light and variable wind.
Saturday night, there will be a low of 43 with partly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.
Sunday, the high will be near 65 with partly sunny skies, the weather service said.
Sunday night, the low will be 53 with mostly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.
Monday, the high will be near 62 with partly sunny skies, the weather service said.
Monday night, the low will be around 35 with partly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be partly sunny with a high near 47, the weather service said.
Tuesday night, the low will be around 28 with partly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.
Wednesday, the high will be near 41 with mostly sunny skies, the weather service said.
