Southern Nevada 93, at Cochise 80

COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. (Interstat) — Maximus Romero scored 24 points and the College of Southern Nevada used a dominant first-half offensive display and relentless defensive pressure to upset Cochise College 93-80 in a men’s junior college basketball game Thursday night. The visiting Coyotes, projected as significant underdogs by advanced metrics, defied a Interstat ELO system that gave the Apaches a 66.1 percent chance to win. Southern Nevada improved to 4-4 overall, while Cochise fell to 6-5. The most critical phase of the game was an early first-quarter surge that established Southern Nevada’s control. After Cochise’s Naeem Colston opened the scoring… Read more...