Chargers Fall in Region Championship; Finish 29-3

Port Huron, MI – Ancilla College has only lost three games this season and two of them were to Grand Rapids Community College. The latest was 85-72 in the championship game of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 12, District 9 tournament where the Raiders hit shots when the Chargers could not. Grand Rapids (24-8) advances to the NJCAA National tournament for the second consecutive year after beating Ancilla (29-3) in the regional championship last year also.
The Chargers only shot 33 per cent for the game and was a woeful 3-27 from three-point range.
Tyler Chisom led Ancilla with 16 points, including the team’s first eight points of the game. Teyon Scanlan finished with 15 points and had seven straight free throw midway through the second half to keep the game close. DK Fox and Erik Shepherd each had 11 points and eight rebounds.
Chisom and Scanlan, both freshmen, were named to the all-tournament team.
Grand Rapids got 29 points from Curtis Davidson, 22 from Zachary Pangborn and 21 from Anthony McIntosh.
Grand Rapids 85, Ancilla 72
At Port Huron, MI
ANCILLA (72): DK Fox 4-8 3-4 11, Teyon Scanlan 3-16 7-8 15, Ty’Sean Sheppard 4-10 0-0 8, Tyler Chism 6-12 4-5 16, Jair Rodgers 3-15 2-2 9, Frank Felix 0-1 0-0 0, Erick Shepherd 5-12 1-2 11, Mike Green 1-4 0-0 2, Albert Haskins 0-0 0-0 0, TOTALS: 26-78 17-21 72.
Grand Rapids (85): Anthony McIntosh 6-17 7-12 21, Zachary Pangborn 6-212 22, Curtis Davidson 9-23 4-4 29, Darron Ewing, Jr. 1-12-2 5, Ca’Nas Coleman 0-0 0-0 0, Samuel Ryans 0-2 0-0 0, Gregory Robinson 4-4 0-0 8, TOTALS: 26-68 22-30 85.
Halftime: Ancilla 36, Grand Rapids 35. Three-point baskets: Ancilla 3-27 (Sheppard 0-3, Scanlan 2-9, Felix 0-1, Green 0-2, Rodgers 1-10, Shepherd 0-2) GRCC 11-30 (Ryans 0-2, McIntosh 2-9, Pangborn 1-5, Davidson 7-13, Ewing 1-1). Fouls Fouled out): Ancilla 24 (none), GRCC 20 (Davidson), Records: Ancilla 29-3, Grand Rapids 24-8.