The Northern Oklahoma College Mavericks remained unbeaten with two wins in the Maverick Classic this past weekend.

NOC (5-0) whipped Lamar (CO) 98-76 and Allen County (KS) 81-55.

"It was good to open up at home with two wins in our classic against two well coached and talented teams," said head coach Donnie Jackson."

"I was real proud of Demaree King," Jackson added.  "Even though he didn't shoot the ball real well, he found other ways to score.  Syrus (Grigsby) really stepped up and showed what he is capable of.  We could really use his rebounding, but he has to make that a priority."

"We need to clean some things up if we want to be able to compete in conference," he said.  "Rebounding has to improve.  We also have to get better at guarding the 3-point line.  Teams are shooting the lights out from 3 against us."  

"We have a big week coming up with three games.  We need to improve this week in practice and learn how to handle the rigors of playing a college basketball schedule."

Mavs 98, Lamar 76

The Mavs jumped out to a 46-35 halftime lead and cruised to a 98-76 win over Lamar (CO) Saturday in the Maverick Classic.

Demaree King led the Mavs with 18 points while Barron Tanner added 17 points off the bench.  Tyrel Morgan had 14 points while JD Ray added 10.

Morgan had four rebounds to lead the Mavs while Adrian Boykin had six assists.  King added four steals.

Lamar threatened the Mavs early in the second half cutting the Mavs lead to 52-46 but NOC responded with a 10-0 run expanding the lead to 62-46.

Mavs 81, Allen 55

In the second game of the Mavs Classic, NOC broke open a close game at half to rout Allen 81-55.

The Mavs led 38-33 but then NOC went on an 18-4 run to build a 56-37 lead.

NOC wasn't done as they continued to build the lead winning 81-55.

King led the Mavs with 17 points while Avante Lederer and Syrus Grigsby came off the Mavs bench with 14 and 12 respectively.

Grigsby led the Mavs with eight rebounds while Morgan added 7.  Ray had six assists while Ray and King had three steals each.

Mavs 98, Lamar 7

                    1      2—Total

Lamar          35   41-- 76

Mavs           46    52-- 98

Mavs—D. King 18, B. Tanner 17, T. Morgan 14, J. Ray 10, A. Boykin 9, P. Grafals 8, D. Bankston 6, A. Lederer 4, S. Grisby 4, M. Crawford 4, J. Wilson 2.

Mavs 81, Allen 5

                   1     2—Total

Allen           27   28-- 55

Mavs           32   49-- 81

Mavs—D. King 17, A. Lederer 14, S. Grisby 12, T. Morgan 9, B. Tanner 9, D. Bankston 8, P. Grafals 6, J. Ray 3, M. Berry 2, A. Boykin 1.