ASA College advances to conference semifinals with win over Globe
In his 15 years of coaching, head coach Kenney Wilcox’s teams have always been good. In 10 years at Globe Institute and five years now at ASA College, his teams always managed to get a bye in the first round of the National Junior College Athletic Association’s playoffs.
However, this season the ASA College Avengers limped into the playoffs, losing their final three regular season games and five of their last seven. There would be no bye week this time.
“We’re his first team in I don’t know how long that had to play in the play-in game so of course it puts pressure on us,” ASA College’s Bishop Daniels admitted. “That doesn’t discourage us. I think as a team it just gives us more motivation to do more than what any other of (Wilcox’s) teams have ever done.”
The Avengers passed their first test on Tuesday when they established an early lead and persevered through a second-half comeback attempt to beat Globe Institute 79-73 at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights to advance to the second round of the NJCAA Division I Region XV playoffs.