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Juan Velez.
Cerritos Men's Basketball missed the
final shot of the game to drop a 65-62
decision to Cypress College Friday night. |
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Down by eight
points (58-50) with 5:39 remaining in their
non-conference home game against Cypress College on
Friday night, the Cerritos College men's basketball
team slowly worked their way back into the game
trailed 63-62 with 49 seconds left after a basket by
freshman
Jeremy Pope
(Mayfair HS). But the Chargers Tim Austin
scored on a layup with 18 seconds left with the
Falcons looking for the last shot. After burning
their last timeout with 7:29 left in the game,
Cerritos worked the ball into three-point range,
where Pope's shot was off line and the Falcons
dropped a 65-62 decision. The loss put Cerritos at
2-3 on the year, while Cypress is also 2-3. The team
will now travel to Los Angeles City College next
Saturday for a 7:30 South Coast Conference crossover
game.
With three players
already fouled out and sophomore guard
Van Girard
(Gahr HS) out the entire second half with
an injury, the Falcons were shorthanded against a
Cypress team that boasted more height and depth. But
after a pair of free throws from freshman
Leo Arnold
(Santa Monica HS) put Cerritos up 50-46
with 8:16 remaining, it would take 3:03 before the
team scored their next basket. In the meantime, the
Chargers, led by a pair of three-pointers from John
Staats, highlighted a 12-point swing before a short
jumper by freshman guard
Brian
Barner (Palisades HS) with
5:03 ended the drought.
DuWayne Kind led
Cypress with 20 points and added six rebounds, while
Staats scored all seven of his points in the second
half. For the Falcons, Arnold had nine second half
points with sophomore guard
Gregory
Preer (St. Vincent St. Mary (OH)
HS/Ashland (OH) University) leading the team
with 11 points. Girard scored the team's first eight
points before getting injured and also contributed
five rebounds. Freshman forward
Marcellus
Jackson (Independence (San Jose) HS)
pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds and also scored
nine points.
By the end of the
game, five players had fouled out with 61 fouls
being called. Both teams combined to go 35-for-71
from the free throw line.
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