HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Jacob Thomas went 9-of-18 from outside the 3-point arc, scoring 31 points to lead Howard College to a 92-69 rout of hometown Hutchinson College on Tuesday in the second round of the men’s national junior college baskertball championships..
Cameron Forte added 26 points for the Hawks on 10-of-17 field goals and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line.
Thomas opened the game with a 30-footer, helping Howard to a 6-0 lead before Hutchinson rolled off 10 straight points before a hugely partisan crowd.
Hutchinson led 38-30 at the half, but Howard doubled Hutchinson over the last 20 minutes – 62-to-31 – for an easy 23-point win.
For the game, Howard hit 11-of-28 three-pointers to just 3-of-16 for Hutchinson.
Turnovers were relatively even – 18 by Hutchinson to 15 by Howard. But the Hawks capitalized much more, scoring 26 points off turnovers to just 7 by Hutchinson.
The Hawks had two other players in double figures – 14 points by DaShaun Wiggins and 10 points by Ladon Carter.
Charles Richards Charles Richards moved to Paris in 2004 after retiring from a 40-year career in journalism – the last 26 years as a news writer and sports writer with The Associated Press in Dallas and Washington, D.C. In mid-2004, The Paris News coaxed him out of retirement, and he began covering the police, court and regional beat for The Paris News. Then in early 2005, he was switched to coverage of a sharply divided Paris City Council. He was appointed by the City Council in 2006 to the 12-member City Charter Review Commission, which extensively rewrote the outmoded document. His writing awards include two first-place awards in statewide competition for feature writing. The most recent was his 2005 story on a Paris doctor’s startling use of leeches in a successful attempt to re-attach a man’s severed ear. Over his career, Richards’ interview subjects include Alabama Gov. George Wallace, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, David Koresh, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and numerous other political and sports figures. He is an alumnus of Texas Tech, where he was editor of the school newspaper. He lives in Paris with his wife, Barbara, who is retired after 30 years as a teacher and high school counselor.
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