The Devils provided some late anxiety when they allowed a 20 point lead to slip to six but they held on to defeat Centralia 77-69 on Wednesday February 23^rd.

Devin Johnson had a monster game for LCC as he hit 13 of 16 shots and scored 32 points.  The sophomore from Battle Ground also had eight rebounds, two assists and a block.

LCC led 39-19 when they let their guard down and allowed the Blazers back in the game.  The Blazers made it a two possession game in the waning minutes but could get no closer.

Spencer Sweet had 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists.  Elijah Cotton-Welch had 11 points and Keun Palu-Thompson chipped in with 10 points.

There was just six points scored from the respective benches.

Austin Curry had a big second half for Centralia scoring 25 points in the game.

LCC goes to 8-4 in the West and is now tied with Tacoma for third place, a game behind second place Pierce.  The Devils final hopme game is Saturday February 25^th as they entertain Grays Harbor in a 7 pm tip off.  The six Devil sophomores will be honored prior to the game.

You can watch the game on Devil Vision, the You Tube channel that can be accessed by searching lccreddevils athletics.  The game will also be heard on local radio AM 1490 KLOG and worldwide on klog.com.