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Mitch Burnett scored 13 points and had six rebounds (Photo by Jacob Dewald)
Mitch Burnett scored 13 points and had six rebounds (Photo by Jacob Dewald)
Mitch Burnett scored 13 points and had six rebounds (Photo by Jacob Dewald)
Posted: Jan 24, 2015

Men take sixth straight with 84-66 victory at Scottsdale

Audio Box Score
Mesa Community College
(14-5, 11-2)
84
AT
Scottsdale Community College
(8-13, 5-8)
66
Game Leaders
Mesa Community College
Pts: Khari Holloway - 22
Reb: Kyle Bingham - 8
Ast: Khari Holloway - 7
Scottsdale Community College
Pts: Conner Helvig - 19
Reb: Conner Helvig - 11
Ast: Greg Carter Jr. - 6
Team Stats
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 SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Building on an 11-point halftime lead, the Mesa men scored an 84-66 victory at Scottsdale Saturday for their sixth straight victory.

 In improving to 14-5 overall and 11-2 in ACCAC play, MCC built as much as a 17-point first half lead, saw it shrink to as few as five, but bounced back and gradually pulled away in the second half.

  The T-Birds used a 17-9 run midway through the first half to gain a 39-22 advantage when Mitch Burnett (Fr., Phoenix, AZ/Central H.S.) scored on a put-back with 2:51 to play.

  Scottsdale (8-13, 5-8) narrowed the gap to 41-30 at halftime, using some timely three-point shooting and then clawed to within five, 44-39, on a three-point play by Connor Helvig who closed with 19 points.

  Khari Holloway (So., Jackson, Miss/Mountain Pointe (AZ) H.S.) hit a layup to ignite a 9-3 burst for Mesa and the T-Birds' lead was never less than six again.

  Holloway, who has won ACCAC Player of the Week honors for the last two weeks, made a strong case for yet another honor, leading MCC with 22 points. Coming on the heels of his career-high 31 point outburst Wednesday against Cochise, he averaged 26.5 points per game for the week.

  Burnett finished with 14 points and Jordan Pratt (Fr., Mesa, AZ/Red Mountain H.S.) canned 13 for his seventh double-figure scoring effort in the last nine games.

  Andrew Jones (So., Portalnd, Ore/Westview H.S.) came off the bench to add ten points.

  Kyle Bingham (Fr., Mesa, AZ/Mountain View H.S.) had eight rebounds, Pratt seven and Burnett six as MCC won on the boards, 40-29. Holloway contributed seven assists and was 8-14 from the floor. As a team the Thunderbirds shot .508 (31-61) from the field and limited SCC to .386 (22-57) shooting.

  Mesa will complete a stretch of four road games in five contests when it visits Arizona Western Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.