Sacramento 96 - American River 69
Chabot 74 - Las Positas 71
from the Chabot Men's Basketball Facebook page
from the Las Positas Athletic websiteChabot escapes Las Positas in a thrilling comeback victory 74-71.
Chabot trailed the entire game and was down 9 points with 2:04 on the clock before their defense picked up multiple steals to take the lead with 40 seconds to go in the game.
Leo Smith was huge down the stretch connecting on 10-10 free throws including the final two of the game to put Chabot up by 3. Leo Smith led all scorers with 22 while also dishing out 4 assists.
Ray Baldwin had a monster game scoring 13 points while pulling down 19 rebounds! Greg Brown had 13 points, 4 rebounds & 3 assists. Big man Andrew Rice had 11 points, 6 rebounds & 3 blocks. Rodney Owens finished with 6 points all in crunch time on put-backs and steals. Again another all around team effort as your Gladiators would not give in.
Record is now 20-4 & 6-1 in conference play.
For 38 minutes Friday night, LPC appeared on the verge of its second straight upset victory. Then the roof caved in.Leading Chabot 70-61 with 2:04 remaining, the Hawks turned the ball over 3 possessions in a row and got outscored 13-1 down the stretch to lose to the Gladiators 74-71 in the annual Coaches vs. Cancer game in Livermore.LPC fell to 10-12 overall and 2-5 in the Coast Conference North Division. Chabot, ranked #7 in the state and #4 in Northern California, improved to 20-4 overall and 6-1 in conference.The Hawks led most of the first half and entered halftime with a 29-28 lead. It was 47-47 midway through the second half before LPC went on a 10-2 run to forge a 57-49 lead with 7:15 left.Five minutes later, Davis Kimble scored 5 straight points to push the Hawks' advantage to 10 at 67-57 with 2:33 remaining. Kimble's two free throws at 2:04 made it 70-61 before the LPC collapse.After the parade of LPC turnovers, Chabot pulled even at 70-70 before a Kimble foul shot gave the Hawks a 1-point lead with 44.8 seconds left. But that was the final point LPC would score. The Hawks had a chance to tie at the end, but Jacob Contreras' 3-point attempt was well short.Kimble led LPC with 20 points, Uche Okpalaugo added 15, Contreras had 12, and Steve Cazares contributed 10.The game was part of a Coaches vs. Cancer doubleheader, with Chabot's women defeating the Lady Hawks in the first game. Proceeds from the evening totaled $2,207, which will be donated to the Coach Costello Scholarship Fund for LPC athletes. The evening was dedicated to the memory of former Hawks' Coach Tony Costello, who passed away Aug. 25 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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De Anza 88 - West Valley 84
San Francisco 134 - Canada 90 box score
Ohlone 77 - Foothill 72 OT
Cabrillo 72 - Hartnell 48
from the Cabrillo College Athletic website
The Cabrillo College Men's Basketball Team began the second half of conference play with a convincing win against an undermanned Hartnell squad. For the second straight game Latrell Wilson came off the bench firing, knocking down 5 three's to help the Seahawks take a 41-24 lead into half time.The second half saw Cabrillo's take a 60-30 lead before clearing the bench and letting everyone get into the action. Melvin Lee came off the bench to contribute 11 points all in the 2nd half and Cabrillo finished with a 72-48 victory. Wilson finished with 18 to lead all scorers, Zavon Jackson and David Abittan each added 9 points on the night.The win gives Cabrillo a 16-6 record on the year, 7-0 in conference play, with a home contest vs. Monterey Peninsula College on Wednesday February 5th at 5pm up next.
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Cosumnes River 62 - Diablo Valley 61 box score
Merritt 78 - Mendocino 57 box score
Contra Costa 87 - Alameda 78
The Comets pulled out the win in their Bay Valley Conference game vs Alameda College last night, winning 87-78. Trailing by 2 at halftime, the Comets came out in the 2nd half the ball inside and attacking the rim for easy buckets. C Daris Workman was a force inside with 20 points and 18 rebounds. G Davion Mize played a strong floor game with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joining them in double figures was G Armein Outing with 14 and G Marcel Jones with 13. The Comets (11-11, 5-5 in Bay Valley Conference) are back in action Wednesday at Napa Valley College. Tip off is at 7:30 PM... GO COMETS!!!
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Santa Rosa 94 - Modesto 70
SANTA ROSA — A hot-shooting Santa Rosa team was too much for the Modesto Junior College men’s basketball team on Friday night.The Bear Cubs buried 14 of 22 3-pointers and rolled past the Pirates 94-70 in a Big 8 Conference game.“We really didn’t play bad,” MJC coach Paul Brogan said. “I don’t know if anybody could have beaten Santa Rosa tonight. They put on an unbelievable display.”Both teams were coming off impressive wins earlier in the week – MJC with its defeat of Diablo Valley College and Santa Rosa with a victory over Cosumnes River.However, it was Santa Rosa that maintained the excellence, pulling out to a 52-31 lead in the first half.The Pirates (11-2, 4-4 Big 8) never got closer than 11.Alec Kobre had 23 points to lead Santa Rosa (13-8., 6-2).The Pirates were led by Edwin Castellanos, who had 16.MJC returns to action on Tuesday at home in an important game against Sacramento City, a team they beat earlier this season.“We’re still battling for a playoff spot and every game is a big game for us,” Brogan said. “Our league ... We think we’re going to get five teams in the playoffs.”
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Solano 88 - Napa 84
Marin 64 - Los Medanos 61
PITTSBURG — Troy Moses (15 points) and Stan Kaya (14) were major cogs coming off the bench for the COM men's basketball team, which rallied from 11 down to beat Los Medanos, 64-61. The Mariners (12-10, 6-5) got off to a slow start but roared back, pulling to within 33-26 at the break and surging ahead in the second half."We settled in, started to defend and played extremely hard," COM coach Dave Granucci said. "The guys that came off the bench gave us a huge left."
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Delta 76 - Sierra 66 OT box score
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