1998-99 Men's Basketball Team

Inducted December 3, 2021

Southwestern Community College inducted the 1998-99 Spartan men's basketball team and Head Coach Bill Taylor into the Southwestern Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony held on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in the SWCC Student Center. The Hall of Fame event started at 5:30 p.m. with the women's basketball game, followed by a Hall of Fame reception between games. The men's basketball team played at 7:30 p.m. and the Induction Ceremony itself was held during halftime of the men's game. The Spartans faced Ellsworth Community College during the games.

This Hall of Fame induction ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, but was postponed due to the sudden passing of Taylor on Nov. 7, 2019. Taylor's passing left a tremendous void at Southwestern and the college continues to miss him today. He was a fixture at the college and the hope is with this induction, as well as the establishment of an endowment through the college's Education Foundation, Taylor's legacy will continue to live on forever.

The 1998-99 Spartan basketball team was the first Southwestern Community College men's basketball team to qualify for the NJCAA DII National Tournament and now becomes the first team inducted in the Athletic Hall of Fame.

The 1998-99 men's basketball roster included Spartan basketball greats Justin Daggett of Winterset; Mike Goodale of Diagonal; Ali Hayes of Kansas City, Missouri; Terrance Jackson of Omaha, Nebraska; Key Kain of Des Moines; Will Lacy of Kansas City, Missouri; Joe Maggett of Omaha, Nebraska; Darran Miller of Audubon; Guy Pierre-Antoine of Miramar, Florida; Damian Rogers of Rapid City, South Dakota; Matt Sporcic of Omaha, Nebraska; TJ Tassell of Lone Rock; Karl Terrones of Gilbert; Jeremiah Ubben of Pleasant Hill; Brian Werner of Syracuse, Nebraska; and Phillip Wilson of Kansas City, Missouri. Chad Wittmer was the assistant coach and Jim Peterson was the student coach.

During the 1998-99 season, the Spartans set a team record for 3-point field goal percentage at 40 percent, placing them eighth nationwide. The Spartans also placed seventh nationally in defensive average, allowing only 67 points per game. The Spartans finished the season with a 25-11 record, ultimately finishing seventh at the national tournament.