By Paul Gotham ROCHESTER, NY – The challenge was to beat an opponent for the third team in a season. The Monroe Community College men’s basketball proved worthy of the task. Tashawn Desir (Brooklyn, N.Y./NIA School) netted a game-high 25 as MCC’s Tribunes (22-6/11-1) outlasted the Mercyhurst NE Saints (19-8/5-7), 77-75 in the NJCAA Region III Division II semi-finals on … [Read more...] about Monroe outlasts Mercyhurst NE 77-75; advances to Region III finals
NE
Tribunes topple Mercyhurst NE, 77-68
By Paul Gotham NORTH EAST, Pa. – Man of Steel was the movie of choice on the team bus. The MCC Tribunes provided their own sequel on the court. With a swarming, pressure defense Monroe went on the road and suffocated one of the nation’s top offenses, and four Tribunes finished in double figures as Monroe Community College (12-5/1-0) came from behind to defeat the No. 4 … [Read more...] about Tribunes topple Mercyhurst NE, 77-68