SKC ROUNDUP: Bison split with Great Falls

GREAT FALLS - SKC split their weekend series against the Great

Falls JV squad, thanks to some impressive performances by their

players. While the injury bug keeps rearing it's ugly head, the

Bison keep on persevering.

GREAT FALLS - SKC split their weekend series against the Great Falls JV squad, thanks to some impressive performances by their players. While the injury bug keeps rearing it's ugly head, the Bison keep on persevering.

In their first game on Friday, the Bison fell 70-60 despite a balanced attack. Scoring machine DJ Fish suffered a pulled groin in the game but still scored 15 and pulled down 10 rebounds. Sonny Eppinette, the veteran of the Bison, made the area around the basket his domain and scored 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds. DJ Kemmer led the team with an impressive 20 points, playing in front of friends and family from his hometown of Browning. Fish is also from the same town.

"Both DJs on the team had a lot of fans at the game," Bison head coach Zachary Conko-Camel said.

Going into the second game, there were some doubts as to whether or not Fish could play but he put that to rest with his best performance of the year.

"Sometimes when you get hurt and you kind of slow it down, then you become real focused," Camel said.

Fish's focus scorched the rim like a blow torch as he poured in 40 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. The Bison won 86-84 to even the weekend.

"He was just really precise," Camel said. "He's getting more and more conditioned and he's getting better. We haven't seen his best game yet."

Fish wasn't the only one performing well, as all five starters scored in double digits in the game. Peter Aragon added 13 points from the point guard position.

"He ran the team right," Camel said. "It was good; the guys played very crisp."

Camel was also impressed with former Ronan basketball player Kyle Hendrickx, who had four rebounds, three assists and one block in eight minutes of play.

"This is his first time traveling," Camel said. "With all the injuries we've had he came in and did some things for us and we're proud of him."

Camel added that Hendrickx is an example of a player that stuck with the program after not being able to start right away. His hard work and commitment with the program has manifested itself out on the court.

"We keep telling the kids that you'll have an opportunity by the end of the year to be on a national championship-caliber team," Camel said. "The players have to take care of their school work and keep working on the court. We keep telling them to stick with it because it's a long season."

SKC traveled to play Salt Lake City Community College on Wednesday. Results were not available as of press time.

"Salt Lake City is another community college team thats a four-year school in a two-year body," Camel said.

The Bison will host the University of Montana-Western JV squad on Saturday and Sunday and admission is free. With SKC's student body on Christmas break, Camel said he is hoping to get a good crowd in the Bison Range for both the men's and women's final action of 2011.