Dawson Hosting Casper and Gillette on Friday and Saturday
The Dawson Buccaneers will be hosting their final home non-conference games on Friday and Saturday afternoon at 6:00 pm. The Buccaneers are 10-1 on the season and their only loss was to Gillette on the road 113-101. They will host Gillette on Friday night at 6:00 pm. The Pronghorns bring in a perfect 12-0 record and are averaging 109.5 points per game while shooting 53% from the field and 41% from the 3-point line.
Dawson is a perfect 5-0 at home and on the season are averaging 104.1 points per game while shooting 54% from the field and 40% from the 3-point line. On Saturday, Dawson will host an 11-3
Casper College team that is averaging 99.6 points per game. They bring with them the 2nd leading scorer in the country. Abdul Bashir is scoring 28.8 points per game and has already made 62 3-pointers in the 13 games he has played in.
The Lady Bucs are 4-10 overall and looking to get back on track before conference play begins in January. On Friday the Lady Bucs will host Trinity Bible College at 4:00 pm and then on Saturday they welcome Casper College at 4:00 pm. Casper Women's Coach Dwight Gunnare is in his last season at the helm after more than 40 years of coaching. Gunnare began his career as a high school coach in Colstrip, MT where he won a couple of state championships and spent several years at Miles Community College before going to Casper.
In addition to their own games, Dawson will also host a couple of other games on Saturday. At 12:00 noon, the Williston Teton women will play Trinity Bible and then at 2:00 pm the Williston men will play Gillette College.
According to Dawson Coach and Athletic Director Joe Peterson, "This is a great way for our teams to end the fall semester. Even though the students are already back at home for the Christmas break, we expect our great community to come out and watch some really good Junior College basketball this weekend at the Toepke Center. These kind of games, help prepare us for the conference match-ups coming in January and February."
Full Schedule
Friday
4:00 pm Trinity Bible College vs. Dawson Lady Bucs (women)
6:00 pm Gillette College vs. Dawson Bucs (men)
Saturday
12:00 pm Williston vs. Trinity Bible College (women)
2:00 pm Williston vs. Gillette College (men)
4:00 pm Casper College vs. Dawson Lady Bucs (women)
6:00 pm Casper College vs. Dawson Bucs (men)
