Ervin Mitchell kept his scoring streak alive on Thursday night by scoring 28 points in a 106-71 win over Houghton JV. The Genesee Community College freshman forward has scored twenty or more points in every game so far this season.
Mitchell extended his streak in the first half alone, scoring 21 of GCC's 64 points in the opening period.
The Cougars held a comfortable 31 point lead at the break, but the Highlanders made a 13-3 run to start the second half and eventually got back to within 19.
After the slow start, Naquil Jones sparked the Cougars, scoring 15 second half points and helped GCC extend its lead back to a wide margin.
Genesee had four players in double-figures, led by Mitchell. Jones finished with 24 points, Alastair Cole added 14 points and Gabriel Burroughs finished with 11. Jason Perry-Murray grabbed 10 rebounds for GCC, which was plus 24 in rebounding.
The Cougars improve to 3-2 this season and will travel to Davis College on Saturday for a 3 p.m. start.
