02.06.08 - Travele Jones scored a season-high 30 points and 13 rebounds against LA Harbor. Photo Gallery

    By looking at the final score, it would be difficult to believe that the South Coast Conference men’s basketball game between Cerritos College and Los Angeles Harbor College was tied at 53-53 with 13:13 left in the second half. That’s when the game was suspended when LA Harbor’s Antonio Hodge broke the backboard on a dunk on January 30. But, during the completion of the game, the Falcons (12-13, 1-3) looked like the game should never have been close, as they outscored the Seahawks (3-22, 0-4), 33-18 to post an 86-71 victory. Cerritos will now start the second half of divisional play on Friday at 7:30 p.m. when they host El Camino College.

    Accounting for 16 of the team’s points was sophomore forward Travele Jones (Inglewood HS), who converted a three-point play in getting the team up by double-digits, while he also stole an inbounds pass and dunked it to put the game completely out of reach. By the end of the contest, Jones had a season-high 30 points, along with 13 rebounds. Also contributing seven points in the completed portion of the game was sophomore guard Aaron Thompson (Washington Prep HS), who finished with 12 points, along with four rebounds, four assists and four steals. Freshman guard Van Girard (Gahr HS) had five of his eight rebounds and added four more points to his game total of seven, with sophomore guard Aaron King (Mayfair HS) checking in with nine points.

    The Falcons used a swarming defense to force 14 Seahawk turnovers in the final 13:13 of the game, with Cerritos using that to score 17 fast break points.