Houghton, Mich. --- The Parkside Men's Basketball team concluded their final road trip of the regular season with a bounce-back win against the Michigan Tech Huskies, 76-58. The Rangers completed the season sweep of Michigan Tech, outscoring them by 41 combined points in their two meetings.  
  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Jamir Simpson earned his third double-double of the season as he scored 18 points with 11 rebounds, three steals, and one assist. 
• Rasheed Bello lead the Rangers in scoring with 20 points, five rebounds, and three assists. 
• Colin O'Rourke got back into form with 13 points, five rebounds, one assist, and one steal. 
• The Rangers shot 49% from the field for the game, as they outscored the Huskies by 10 points in the second half. 

  
HOW IT HAPPENED 
The Huskies began the game lights out beyond the three-point line as they got off to a quick 11-5 lead through the first six minutes of the game. The Rangers were able to cut the lead to four points before the under 12-minute media timeout. A couple costly turnovers by the Rangers lead to a Huskies run as they extended the lead to 22-13. 

With 7:41 remaining in the first half, Jamir Simpson was able to help his team as he converted the and-one to cut the lead back down to six. Nick Brown and Josiah Palmer strung together a couple layups to eventually cut the lead down one point. Sanmi Fajana drilled a three after being left wide open to give the Rangers the lead for the second time in the game; 27-25 Rangers following a 9-2 run. Throughout the final three minutes of the first half, the Rangers held the Huskies scoreless as they ended the half on an 8-0 run. Colin O'Rourke drilled a buzzer-beating three to end the half for the Rangers. 

The Rangers lead the Huskies 35-27 heading into the half while shooting 45% from the field and 43% from beyond the arc. 
The second half began as a back-and-forth battle as the Rangers extended the lead to 10 before Michigan Tech battled back with a three pointer and quick lay-up. Bello answered back with an and-one of his own on the very next possession. The Rangers went on an 8-0 run to extend the lead to 11, all eight points coming from Bello as he converted on back-to-back and-one plays. 

With under 12 minutes remaining in the game, the Rangers got out to their largest lead of the game thus far of 19, following yet another 8-0 run in favor of Parkside. With under eight minutes to play, the Rangers extended their lead to 23 while shooting 54%. 

Simpson and Bello continued to lead the Rangers throughout the remainder of the game as the Rangers cruised to an 18-point victory. The Parkside defense held the Huskies to just 35% shooting from the field and 33% from beyond the arc. The Rangers remain in a tie for first place in the GLIAC with Ferris State. 
  
HEAR FROM COACH REIGEL 
 "Very nice and much needed bounce back win today," said Head Coach Luke Reigel. "We knew we had to leave the UP with a split if we wanted to control our own destiny going forward so today was extremely important. Our kids did what they've done all year.  Learn from our losses and then get back to work for the next one. It will be nice to get back home for these final two regular season games.   Hopefully we will be home for awhile."

UP NEXT 
The Rangers will return home to wrap up their regular season against Wayne State on Thursday, February 23^rd at 7:30 p.m. The final regular season game for the Rangers will be on Saturday, February 25^th at 3 p.m. inside De Simone Arena. For more information, please visit ParksideRangers.com