Friday, March 1, 2002
at Antelope Valley College, Lancaster
Playoffs - First Round
Grossmont Griffins 86:
20-Michael Scharf, PG - 5/8 fg, 6/8 ft, 8 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl, 16 pts
30-John Clark, SF - 7/13 fg, 5/6 ft, 9 reb, 6 ast, 21 pts
40-Maury Brown, PF - 4/10 fg, 2/2 ft, 7 reb, 2 ast, 11 pts
25-Sylvester Crockem, SG - 7/11 fg, 5/6 ft, 9 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 19 pts
52-Michael Keddington, C - 1/4 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 pts
44-Phillip Strocco, C - 1/1 fg, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 blk, 1 stl, 2 pts
50-Scott Smith, F - 3/7 fg, 2 reb, 5 ast, 7 pts
10-Scott Carr, G - 3/3 fg, 2/4 ft, 2 ast, 1 stl, 8 pts
team rebounds: 7
Totals: 31/57 fg (.544), 20/26 ft (.769), 47 reb, 26 ast, 2 blk, 5 stl, 86 pts
3-pt fg (4): Clark 2, Brown, Smith
Turnovers (21): Brown 6, Crockem 5, Scharf 4, Clark 2, Smith 2, Strocco, Carr
Antelope Valley Marauders 59:
5-Sidney Melvin, SF - 2/6 fg, 1 reb, 1 stl, 6 pts
10-Anthony Gamboa, SG - 0/4 fg, 2/4 ft, 3 reb, 1 stl, 2 pts
11-Elvis Rivera, PG - 4/7 fg, 4/8 ft, 5 reb, 7 ast, 3 stl, 12 pts
34-Brandun Mates, PF - 8/18 fg, 5/5 ft, 4 reb, 1 blk, 2 stl, 22 pts
21-Damien Seals, C - 1/8 fg, 6 reb, 2 pts
33-Idel Dawson, F - 2/14 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 stl, 5 pts
22-Chris Ford, G - 0/1 fg, 2 reb, 2 ast, 0 pts
31-Tarius Baker, F - 0/1 fg, 1 blk, 0 pts
20-Teddy Myers, G - 3/8 fg, 4/4 ft, 1 reb, 10 pts
40-Colin Darfour, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 20/67 fg (.299), 16/23 ft (.696), 30 reb, 9 ast, 2 blk, 9 stl, 59 pts
3-pt fg (3): Melvin 2, Mates
Turnovers (14): Mates 6, Dawson 3, Seals 2, Gamboa, Rivera, Ford
Halftime Score: Grossmont 41, Antelope Valley 28
Updated Records: AVC finishes 22-12. GC moves to 19-13 and will meet the winner of the LA City/Santa Ana game.
Key Play: Just 2:46 into the game, AVC had an inbounds play in which Rivera got the ball to Melvin, who swished a three. But Melvin appeared to land on Clark's foot, and in any case suffered a significant ankle injury. He did not return the rest of the first half, and was limping noticeably when he tried to return to start the 2nd half. When Melvin was injured, his three made it 9-2 AVC. About 6 minutes later, it was 18-11 Grossmont. AVC came out in a zone defense with Melvin at Center to start the 2nd half, but Grossmont scored 12 of the first 14 pts of the half to end any remaining suspense. He was largely ineffective (0/4 fgs, 0 rebs, 0 everything else) in limited minutes in the 2nd half.
