Cerritos College Athletics - 2008-09 Men's Basketball News: Surging Falcons ready themselves for playoffs

Photo by Juan Velez. Men's basketball defeated ECC Compton Center 89-63 Wednesday night. Cerritos looks ahead to the playoffs starting next Wednesday.

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After their 89-63 South Coast Conference South Division win by the Cerritos College men's basketball team over ECC Compton Center on Wednesday night, the Falcons have just one regular season game remaining. The Falcons, winners of their last eight games, are now 13-13 overall, while they clinched the divisional title outright with an 8-1 record. Cerritos will close out the regular season on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against Los Angeles Harbor College and then wait until Monday to find out where they will be seeded in the Southern California Regional Playoffs, which get underway next Wednesday.

Already in post-season form, the Falcons shot 53.5% against the Tartars and drained 10-of-16 three-pointers. Leading the shower of three-pointers was sophomore guard Jeremiah Barnes (Los Altos HS), who knocked down 5-of-6 and scored a season-high 17 points. Freshman guard Brian Barner (Palisades HS), moved into sixth place on the school's single-season record for most three-pointers made in a season when he drained two more to give him 76 on the year. The school record of 97 was set by Marco McCain during the 1998-99 season.

It was a definite team effort in the win, as five different players scored in double figures, while freshman forward Marcellus Jackson (Independence HS) recorded a double-double for the ninth time in the last 10 games when he scored 10 points and pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds. Jackson now has 286 rebounds on the year and is close to becoming only the 11th player in school history ever to pull down more than 300 rebounds in a season.

Sophomore forward Van Girard (Gahr HS) came off the bench and converted 9-of-11 field goals to lead the team with 19 points, to go along with 10 rebounds, while freshman guard Jeremy Pope (Mayfair HS) had his own version of a double-double with his 14 points and 10 assists. Freshman guard Sean Chennault (Ben Franklin (PA) HS) also scored 10 points and dished out five assists, while Jackson also blocked a season-high six shots in the win.

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