After beating Los Angeles Southwest College in their final South Coast Conference regular season game, the Cerritos College men’s basketball team not only secured a share of second place in the South Division, they earned themselves a home game in the play-in round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs. The Falcons (16-13), who went in as the second place team ahead of El Camino College from the division, are seeded #14 and will host #19-seeded Santa Monica College (17-14) at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

    Cerritos earned their second place finished with an 89-76 win over the first place Cougars on Friday night. When breaking a tie to determine who gets seeded ahead of another team in their conference, the first tie-breaker is head-to-head competition, with the Falcons and El Camino splitting their two games. The second tie-breaker is how they did against the first place team, with the Cerritos win over LA Southwest earning them the second spot.

    This will mark the first time the Falcons will be facing Santa Monica this season. The Corsairs finished in a tie for fifth place in the Western State Conference South Division. The winner of this game will travel to face #3-seeded Los Angeles Trade Tech College (25-4) and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

    Ticket prices for the game are $8 for general admission, while students, faculty, staff, senior citizens and children 12 and under are $6.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

Wednesday, February 27
No. 17 Imperial Valley (20-10) at No. 16 El Camino (20-10)
No. 20 Long Beach City (17-15) at No. 13 Los Angeles Valley (17-11)
No. 19 Santa Monica (17-14) at No. 14 Cerritos (16-13)
No. 18 Glendale (16-15) at No. 15 Compton (16-16)

Friday, February 29
No. 9 Riverside ( 25-7) at No. 8 Los Angeles City (24-8)
No. 11 College of the Desert (21-9) at No. 6 Irvine Valley (26-4)
No. 12 Bakersfield (19-14) at No. 5 Mt. San Jacinto (26-6)
No. 10 Antelope Valley (24-10) at No. 7 LA Southwest (23-8)

Saturday, March 1
Imperial Valley-El Camino Winner at No. 1 Citrus (30-1)
Long Beach City-La Valley winner at @4 Ventura (25-6)
Cerritos-Santa Monica Winner at No. 3 LA Trade Tech (25-4)
Glendale-Compton Winner vs. No. 2 Fullerton (24-5)