The Whatcom Community College men's basketball team nearly squandered a 20-point second-half lead but held on to beat Bellevue College 63-61 during a NWAACC game Saturday, Jan. 19, at Whatcom.

Leading by two, Whatcom missed a free throw with 4 seconds left. Bellevue drove the length of the court but couldn't get a shot off before time expired.

"We went on a spree where we didn't score more than a point in 10 minutes," Whatcom coach Chris Scrimsher said in a phone interview. "Nothing was falling for us. Sometimes you got to win ugly, and that was an ugly win."

Kyle Impero scored a team-high 16 points, Zach Stalin added 14 points and Alex Duncan scored five points and recorded seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals.

WCC travels to play Everett next at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23.

WCC 63, BELLEVUE COLLEGE 61

BC: Daniel Greer 2, Marcus Tibbs 22, Alec Wilson 3, Andrew Squiers 19, Reggie Clinton 5, Alex Cameron 4, Tyler Stracener 6. Totals 19-55 19-27 61.

WCC: Alex Duncan 5, Kyle Impero 16, Nicholas Kussman 9, Neilan Pierce 4, Caleb Buchanan 3, Eric Fongue 6, Zach Stalin 14, Chris Tanis 6. Totals 25-56 8-15 63.

Half: WCC 40, 28

3-ptg: BC 4-22 (Tibbs 3); WCC 5-10 (Impero 4). Rebounds: BC 31 (Stracener 5); WCC 45 (Stalin 9). Assists: BC 9; WCC 17 (Duncan 7). Fouls: BC 14, WCC 21 (Kussman/Stalin). Turnovers: BC 13, WCC 18.