GOODLAND – The Laramie County Community College men's basketball team dropped a road game on Monday, falling to Northwest Kansas Technical College, 77-65.

The Golden Eagles are now 8-6 overall while the Mavericks improve to 11-4.

Sophomore Landon Taliaferro (Boulder, Colorado) put up a game-high 28 points while Zaire Mateen (Queens, New York) added 17 points. Solomon Iluyomade (London, England) pulled down a team-high five rebounds.

Northwest Kansas Tech was led by four players with double-figure efforts from Bentiu Panoam (14 points), Chris Freeman (14 points), William Lybaek (12 points) and Miles Gibson (12 points). Amanze Njoku-Ibe contributed 11 rebounds.

The Golden Eagles shot 37.7 from the field, 34.6 percent from the 3-point line and shot 57.1 percent from the line. The Golden Eagles were outrebounded 51-32 by the Mavericks.

Northwest Kansas gained an advantage late in the first half after the Golden Eagles went through a scoring drought. LCCC trailed 31-26 at the break.

LCCC and NWKTC battled back-and-forth in the early in the second half as the Golden Eagles got back within three with 9:03 remaining to play. Northwest Kansas Tech was able to pull away late in the second half.

For the latest on Laramie County Men's Basketball, stay tuned to golccc.com and follow the team on Twitter @lcccsports and @lcccbasketball.

LCCC is back in action on Friday, Dec. 15, with a 5:30 p.m. tipoff against Snow College at the College of Southern Idaho Classic.