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Juan Velez.
Poor shooting resulted in a 87-72 loss
Wednesday night. |
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The Cerritos College
men's basketball team converted only 11-of-26 free
throws and shot just 39.1% from the field, which
resulted in an 87-72 non-conference home loss to
College of the Canyons on Wednesday night. By
contrast, the Cougars (3-8) converted 23-of-29 from
the free throw line and made 45.6% of their field
goals. The Falcons (3-5) will now travel to the San
Diego Mesa Tournament on Friday and will open with
the host Olympians.
Although they led
by as many as 11 points (19-8) with 13:46 remaining
in the first half, Cerritos struggled over the next
eight minutes and didn't score their next point
until a three-pointer from freshman guard
Brian
Barner (Palisades HS) with
5:38 remaining. By then, the Cougars had gone on a
15-0 run that was halted by the trey by Barner.
Cerritos would regain the lead by halftime at 29-25,
but once again Canyons had an answer by outscoring
the Falcons, 11-3 before halftime for a 36-30
advantage.
A pair of free
throws by sophomore guard
Jeremiah
Barnes (Los Altos HS) with
16:12 gave Cerritos their largest lead of the second
half, 43-39, but a balanced attack by the Cougars
allowed them to break a 55-55 tie and go on for the
15-point win. College of the Canyons forward Brannon
Bradley scored 12 of his team-high 20 points in the
second half, while forward Justin Smith had 14 in
the game, along with nine rebounds.
Canyons guard
Jason Holtzwarth netted 9-of-10 second half free
throws down the stretch, including five in a row and
finished with 16 points. Not only did the Cougars
pull away with their free throw shooting, they also
out-rebounded the Falcons, 52-37, with Bradley
leading the team with 13 rebounds. The bench also
contributed 25 points and 17 rebounds for Canyons.
Cerritos looked to
Barner to get back in the game three points at a
time, as he drained 6-of-16 three-pointers and led
all scorers with 24 points, while dishing off seven
assists. Sophomore guard
Van Girard (Gahr
HS) contributed 18 points and eight rebounds,
with freshman forward
Marcellus
Jackson (Independence HS)
coming off the bench to added eight points and a
team-high 12 rebounds.
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