Austin Payne came off the bench for 18 pts, including 4 three-pointers, and Cypress held off a second-half rally from Miramar to post a 64-57 win at the SBCC Classic in Santa Barbara.
Cypress (4-6) dominated for a 13-minute stretch of the game, which bridged over halftime, outscoring Miramar (4-6) 29-7 over that period of time. So even though the Jets had the better of things for two-thirds of the game, they were unable to catch up.
Miramar started out well enough, building a 16-9 lead after a 3-pointer by Drew Peterson with just over 9 minutes left in the first half.
But then Cypress went on a 9-0 run, taking a 18-16 lead after a steal & lay-up by Jeremy Wright, which started what eventually became the extended run. The Chargers led, 33-23, at the half.
When the second half started, Jordan Fleck drained a 3-pointer and Isaiah Taylor scored off a pass from Wright, pushing Cypress' lead to 38-23 with 18 minutes left.
Miramar rallied to cut the margin to five points with 5:23 left, but never quite caught up. It was still a 5-point game until Fleck made two free throws for Cypress with 1:03 left to make it 60-53. Wright made two free throws with 24.2 seconds left, and Payne scored off an outlet pass from Nolan Kelly with 16.7 seconds left to clinch the win.
Payne led all scorers with his 18 pts, which came on 6-for-9 from the floor, and he added 3 rebs and 2 blocked shots. Fleck had 11 pts and 5 rebs, and Wright filled the stat sheet with 10 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Kelly had 9 pts and 5 asts, and Jerred Cook had 9 pts and 4 asts. Taylor had 7 pts and a team-high 10 rebs.
For Miramar, Marcus McMorris scored a team-high 14 pts. Daniel Hebert had 12 pts and 3 asts. Michael Jones-Mensah had 9 pts and a team-high 10 rebs to just miss a double-double, and Peterson had 9 pts 3 rebs and 3 asts.
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2014 SBCC Classic
Friday, December 12th @ Santa Barbara CC
Consolation Semifinal - 5 pm
Cypress Chargers 64:
2-Jeremy Wright, PG - 4/9 fg, 2/4 ft, 5 reb, 5 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 10 pts
4-Isaiah Taylor, C - 3/8 fg, 1/2 ft, 10 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 7 pts
5-Nolan Kelly, SF - 3/12 fg, 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 5 ast, 1 blk, 1 pf, 9 pts
10-Jerred Cook, SG - 3/10 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 9 pts
32-Jordan Fleck, PF - 2/6 fg, 6/7 ft, 5 reb, 4 pf, 11 pts
3-Zachary Perez, G - 1 pf, 0 pts
50-Manny Sterling, C - 2 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
24-Austin Payne, F - 6/9 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 blk, 3 pf, 18 pts
20-Israel Barrera, F - 2 reb, 2 pf, 0 pts
15-Sean Comer, G - 0/1 fg, 3 reb, 3 ast, 2 pf, 0 pts
45-Brian Robbs, F - 1 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 21/55 fg (.382), 13/19 ft (.684), 41 reb, 17 ast, 6 blk, 5 stl, 21 pf, 64 pts
3-pt fg (9): Payne 4, Kelly 2, Cook 2, Fleck
Turnovers (12): Wright 4, Fleck 2, Payne 2, Taylor, Cook, Comer, team
Miramar Jets 57:
3-Marcus McMorris, PG - 3/9 fg, 6/10 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 4 pf, 14 pts
5-Drew Peterson, SF - 4/10 fg, 3 reb, 3 ast, 2 pf, 9 pts
21-Michael Jones-Mensah, C - 4/8 fg, 1/2 ft, 10 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 9 pts
24-Daniel Hebert, SG - 5/11 fg, 3 ast, 2 pf, 12 pts
32-Dor Tut, PF - 1/1 fg, 4 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 2 pts
11-Nnamdi Akpuri, C - 0/2 fg, 3 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
12-Jelani Carr, F - 0/5 fg, 3/4 ft, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 3 pts
23-Khor Tut, F - 1/1 fg, 3/5 ft, 2 reb, 1 blk, 1 pf, 5 pts
1-Tyrell Jones, G - 1/4 fg, 1 stl, 2 pf, 3 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 19/51 fg (.349), 13/21 ft (.619), 34 reb, 12 ast, 2 blk, 6 stl, 17 pf, 57 pts
3-pt fg (4): Hebert 2, Peterson, Jones
Turnovers (11): Jones-Mensah 4, Peterson 3, McMorris, Hebert, D.Tut, K.Tut
Halftime Score: Cypress 33, Miramar 23
Updated Records: Cypress 4-6, Miramar 4-6
Miramar led 16-9 midway through the first half.
Cypress went on a 9-0 spurt that became a 29-7 extended run over halftime and led 38-23.
Miramar got within 5 at 56-51 with 5:23 left but never got any closer.
