SHAWNEE, Oklahoma --  Zack McDermott had 34 points and five assists leading the NOC Enid Jets past Connors 98-86 Thursday afternoon at OBU in Shawnee in the NJCAA Region 2 Quarterfinal.

The Jets (17-14) advanced to the Region 2 Semi-Finals Friday against top seeded NEO at 6 p.m.

McDermott shot 12 of 18 from the floor and made seven of eight from 3-point range.

While McDermott's 34 points led the Jets, freshman guard Jalen Stamps sealed Thursday's win with 11 points in the game's final 7:00.

Stamps had 16 points while Josh Perkins and Questyn Luckey had 14 each.

The Jets 58 percent from the field and 67 percent from 3-point range.  Connors also had a good night shooting at 53 percent from the floor and 62 percent from 3-point range.

Josh Perkins had nine rebounds for the Jets while Ikenna Okeke added eight.

The Jets led 54-39 at half and held off a number of Connors runs in the second half.

The Cowboys cut the the lead to 75-72 with 7:35 remaining but the Jets answered each Connors run.

Connors cut the lead to 91-86 with 1:21 left but NOC Enid scored the final seven points.

McDermott had 21 in the first half for NOC Enid.

Jets 98, Connors 86

                          1     2--Total

Jets                   54   44--  98

Connors             39   47--  86

Jets--Z. McDermott 34, J. Stamps 16, J. Perkins 14, Q. Luckey 14, I. Okeke 9, A. O'Brien 8, R. Kendrick 3.