Cobblestone Sweep

Lumberjacks were able to pull off a sweep this past weekend for the Cobblestone classic. We now stand at 7-1 overall, and 5-0 at home, it's always nice to win in front of the home crowd. This week we head to Ellendale. ND to play Trinity Bible College on Tuesday November 22nd, and then we leave Thanksgiving Morning for a Thanksgiving Tournament in Sheridan, WY.

We will eat at the golden corral for our thanksgiving lunch and then follow that up with a thanksgiving dinner at Perkins! It may not be what most of our guys are used to on thanksgiving but it's better then nothing. We will play two D1 NJCCA teams; Sheridan, and NW Wyoming. It will be a good test to see what improvements we have made from our last game against a D1 opponent (Gillette). Hopefully we have made strides in the right direction.


This past weekend, Tommy Collins and Abdul Hakim Fofana both played extremely well. Steven Freeman was able to come off the bench Saturday night and give us a nice spark. The  guys overall as an entire team played well. We still have a lot of improvements to make on the defensive end but the guys are starting to see that we aren't just harpening on them about it for no reason. So we are hopefully that things start changing in the direction we would like it to go. We are staying positive and trusting the process and believing in the everyday grind of the season.

We would like to thank the community, and the college for all of their support throughout this first part of the season! We hope to continue to give you something to be proud of and to talk positively about.

Cobblestone Classic is set to tip off this weekend

Good Morning,


We have the Cobblestone Classic starting today and going to Sunday. We were suppose to be playing tonight at 8 against presentation college but they were unable to make it tonight due to weather conditions. So they will becoming Saturday and will play Saturday and then play us Sunday at 11 AM. The game time for Sunday is much earlier than normal, as there is a Father-Daughter dance at the college that night! So if you are in need of something to do this Sunday, then come on over to the Woodshed and check out the game and then come back for the Father-Daughter dance. It should be a fun and exciting weekend here at the college.

Saturday we will play Red River College from Canada at 6 PM. Last year I believe we split with them; going 1-1. It should be an intense and exciting game.

We as a team have been battling some issues and dealing with minor injuries here as of late. This past weekend we went to Devils Lake to take part in the Holiday Inn Classic. We played Candeska College and Gillette College. We split there, bringing our record to 5-1. We are trying to get better at one thing every day right now. As long as we keep improving, then things should go fairly well for us this year, I believe.

 We held our first lil jacks basketball camp this past Sunday, we had a great turn out too; 48 kids. The kids had a great time, as well as all of us. The guy's seemed to really enjoy being around them and the kid's seemed to really enjoy spending some time with the guy's.


it's crazy that the first of the of season is almost over, just a few weeks left this semester. It's been an interesting and fun start to the season, and we are hoping to continue the success we have had early on, to stay with us till the end of the season.

Jack boys start out 4-0 - score a combined 467 points

We've started the season off on a decent note (4-0). In the four games we have scored a combined 467 points in 4 games... but on the other side of the ball we have given up close to 350 points. So we still have a lot of work to do. Overall though, I am really happy with the group of guys we have. Everyone brings something different to us as a group, and it seems to mesh very well. At times we seem to play selfishly and make some idiotic plays, but we are all very young and still learning. All I can hope for and ask for is that we get better and improve every time we step on the court. If we keep doing that, then we should be playing our best basketball towards the end of the year, when things really matter. It's nice to get off to such a good start in my first season, but we can't develop a false sense of how good we are or how bad we are, we have to keep in mind to just continue to improve every time we take the court.

A little breakdown on some of our student athlete's through these first 4 games...

Abdul-Hakim Fofana has been a monster for us. He averaging close to 20PPG 14 RPG 3 SPG and 2 blocks

Tommy Collins (2 sport college athlete - football) has been the perfect spark plug off of the bench for us. He is averaging close to 13PPG 7RPG and dunking on opponents on a nightly basis.

Detario Scott - has been a good floor general for us - he is averaging close to 15 PPG 9APG 5RPG and 3 SPG, he is known as Mr. Triple Double back home and he's been close twice this year so far.

Cedric (Cjay) Miles - our other floor general - he has stepped up his scoring the last two games with games of 31 and 21 which has brought his average up to around 18PPG 7 APG 4 RPG 4 SPG

Terrell Alfred - is a deadly shooter from deep - he has been stretching the floor tremendously for us. He is averaging 23 PPG 5 RPG and averages around 5 three's a game; shooting close to 50% from 3

We are coming together better, but it's a long year and there will be bumps along the way, we just have to continue to move forward at a steady pace. I tell the guy's all the time that we need be comfortable with being uncomfortable. There's going to come a time when we will be with our backs against the wall and we will need to show resiliency and fight to withstand the adversity.

Overall - happy with our guys and our start, but must continue to get better!

We appreciate the support we have been given from the students and faculty/staff at DCB and along with the community. We hope you enjoy watching us and we hope to continue seeing you out at the woodshed!!

See you next week back in the woodshed!!

First W of the year - Kevin Thom's Classic this weekend

We played TMCC at Belcourt this past Tuesday. We won the game 107-92. It was nice to open the year off with a win, but we have a lot of improving to do throughout the year. We had some really nice performances from a few of our student athlete's (DeTario Scott 15 points, 11 Ast, 7 Rebs, 5 Steals - Abdul-Hakim Fofana had 27 points - 15 rebounds - 4 blocks - Terrell Alfred had 24 Points - hitting 6 3's and scoring 22 points in the second half).  We welcomed a new student athlete onto our team as well - Tommy Collins. Tommy played for the football team this year. Tommy made an a huge impact right away - entering into the game and dunking on one of TMCC right off of the bat and giving us a big boost of energy. We still have a lot of improving to do, but it's nice to get the first W out of the way.

This weekend is the Kevin Thom's Classic - We will be playing at 8 on Saturday against Providence College - and then Sunday at 6 against Jamestown JV. So if you have nothing else to do and want to catch some basketball - we will have plenty of games going on. Games start at 2 PM Saturday and 12PM on Sunday.

We look forward to seeing everyone out there!

Season Begins TONIGHT!

Good morning,

The season gets underway tonight in Belcourt against Turtle Mountain Community College. We have had an interesting preseason, but glad it is over and ready to start the season off right. We all have learned a lot about ourselves from the top to the bottom - starting with myself.  We have a really good group of student-athletes on the team and they're ready to go tonight! We are hoping to start the year off on a good note and carry it over to this weekend for our home opener Saturday. 

GO JACKS!!