Marcus Lord is known for his high energy post play.  But it was his long distance three that won it for the Red Devils as they defeated Peninsula 71-70 in a season-opening overtime thriller on Sunday November 20th.

The Red Devils and Pirates went back and forth in the OT and both teams gave the other opportinities to win.  With a two point lead and at the line, Peninsula missed two free throws to set up Lord's game winning three just ahead of the final horn.  A desperation heave was no good and the Devils came away with the victory.

Lord finished with 11 points and eight rebounds for the Devils.  Keun Palu-Thompson paced LCC with 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

Devin Johnson had 11 points and Brandon Cotton also had 11 in his first regular season college game.  Spencer Sweet added 10 points in his college debut.

Elijah Cotton-Welch had seven points and seven rebounds.

LCC did a good job of taking care of the ball as they had 11 turnovers to 21 for the Pirates.

Kevin Baker had 20 to lead Peninsula.

The Devils host the Red Devil Classic beginning Friday November 25th. The eight team tournament bgins at 1 pm Friday with Mt. Hood against Centralia at 1 pm, followed by Everett versus Yakima Valley at 3 pm, Southwestern Oregon against Spokane at 6 pm and capped by Lower Columbia against Olympic at 8 pm.

There are four games on Saturday at 1 pm, 3 pm, 6 pm and 8 pm.  The tourney concludes Sunday with games at 12 pm, 2 pm and the title tilt at 4 pm.