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The South Plains College Texans (22-0, 7-0 WJCAC) are the unanimous No. 1 men's basketball team for the second consecutive week and are accompanied by two other teams from Region 5 in the polls.  South Plains will put their No. 1 ranking on the line once again Thursday evening when they host Midland College.

Bob McKinley hit a major coaching milestone Saturday afternoon. Weatherford College's athletic director and basketball coach picked up win number 800 as the Lady Coyotes and Coyotes swept Temple College. McKinley has coached at WC since 1977, winning 11 conference championships, earning three national tournament berths and winning Conference Coach of the Year honors eight times. The Coyote Basketball Booster Club presented McKinley with a special "800" jersey, donated by Carey's Sporting Goods.

Caption: Pictured with Coach McKinley are his wife, Dee, son Trey McKinley, daughter Traci McKinley, and grandchildren: Evelyn Benson, Tommy McKinley, Alex Benson, and Hyatt McKinley.

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LEVELLAND, Texas - The South Plains College Texan basketball team's undefeated record has helped them to receive 14-of-16 first place votes and the No. 1 ranking in the NJCAA basketball polls released Tuesday afternoon.

South Plains (18-0, 3-0 WJCAC) began the season with a No. 18 national ranking in the pre-season poll, but quickly sped up to No. 7 in the November 15 poll after knocking off ranked opponents Trinity Valley and Lamar State-Port Arthur in the second weekend of the season.

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With their 93-56 victory over Tomball College on Monday, January 2, the McLennan Community College Highlanders gave Kevin Gill his 400th career coaching victory. 

Gill, who took over the reins of the Highlander program in 2002, entered this season with a record of 220 wins and only 65 losses as McLennan's head men's basketball coach and has led his team to the Region 5 tournament every year.  Four times the Highlanders have advanced to the semi-final round of the tournament.

Something had to give. The scoreboard had become like the old truck that you loved all your life, but it only worked on certain schedules, never at the most critical times. Thirty seasons had come and gone and the original scoreboard at the Odessa College Sports Center was literally functioning on one leg. Replacement parts were difficult, if not impossible to find and repair was constantly required.