The Highland Men's basketball team made history Saturday afternoon winning at least a share of the Division II Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Title; the first ever in school history for men's basketball.
 
With a 48-43 win over Fort Scott and a Kansas City Kansas loss Saturday, Highland is now standing atop the conference standings at 5-2, one game over Kansas City Kansas at 4-3. Highland has one game remaining on Wednesday at Labette. A win in Parsons Wednesday night would seal an outright KJCCC DIV. II Conference Championship for the Scotties.
 
Not only did the men seal a share of conference title, they did it in front of a capacity crowd on Sophomore Day in Ben Allen Field House.
 
The Scotties scored a quick 13 points and jumped out to a 13-4 lead just four minutes into the game. Highland was held scoreless the next seven minutes while the Greyhounds were only able to score nine points and cut the lead 13-12 in favor of the Scotties with nine minutes to go in the first half.
 
A 24% first half for the Hounds and a 23% shooting performance from the Scotties kept it a very low scoring first 20 minutes and Highland took a 22-16 lead into the locker room at the half.   
 
Highland shot just 32% in the second half while Fort Scott shot 53% but kept control of the lead with their defense and rebounding. Highland out rebounded the Hounds 17-8 in the second half and 38-32 in the game and limited Fort Scott's second chance opportunities.
 
Fort Scott would cut the lead to just three with :51 seconds remaining but a Ryan Haskins 15-foot jump shot would seal the deal and Highland would win 48-43.
 
Stephon Jackson led the team in scoring with 15 points and was the only Scottie in double digits. Leland Harvey added nine points and nine rebounds while Andre Jackson added in five points and 11 rebounds. Tyler Zinn led the Greyhounds in scoring with 11 points and Brolon Moton added 10 points.
 
Highland is now 22-7 overall, 5-2 in KJCCC and 8-3 in Region VI play. They will travel to Parsons, KS to take on the Labette Cardinals on Wednesday, March 1^st at 7:30pm for the final game of the regular season. A win at Labette would give the Scotties the outright KJCCC DIV II Conference Championship.