LA City (10-4) raced out to a 14-0 lead in the first three minutes and led wire-to-wire over LA Southwest (3-9), posting a 120-95 victory Wednesday night in a South Coast Conference crossover game.
LACC generated 7 Southwest turnovers in those first three minutes, and forced 24 Southwest turnovers in the first half, after which the Cubs held a 55-39 lead.
LA Southwest rallied after the initial trouble, and trailed by 5 points at 16-11 and by just 6 at 28-22 before an 11-0 LACC spurt put the Cubs in control for good. PG Branden Fisher threw a nifty no-look pass to Ctr Fabian Wilson under the basket to push the lead to 22 at 47-25 late in the first half, and LA Southwest never threatened again.
Wilson led LACC with 26 pts on 10-of-12 from the floor, and also had 7 rebs. Fisher had 18 pts, all in the second half, dished out a game-high 11 asts and grabbed 4 steals. SG Antonio Owens (24 pts, 8 rebs and 5 asts) and SF Jerrett Towns (22 pts, 6 rebs, 5 asts, 5 steals) both had strong all-around games. The Cubs shot 56% from the floor for the night and made all 18 of their free throw attempts.
For LA Southwest, SF Chris Jackson led the way with 33 pts, including 9 threes, and 5 asts. PF Tyree Beals had a double-double with 17 pts and 12 rebs before fouling out with 3:33 left.
Jackson also didn't finish the game after being ejected in the final seconds for a hard foul on LACC SG Darryl Pinelo, who was attempting to score. Pinelo ended up making the resulting free throws, lifting LACC to the 120-point mark.
box score
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 7:30 pm
at LA City College
South Coast Conference - Crossover
LA Southwest Cougars 95:
2-Chris Jackson, SF - 12/24 fg, 2 reb, 5 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 3 pf, 33 pts
10-Demetrius Deason, SG - 3/5 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 pf, 7 pts
23-Patrick Cleveland, PG - 3/7 fg, 2 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 8 pts
42-Tyree Beals, PF - 7/12 fg, 3/4 ft, 12 reb, 2 ast, 5 pf, 17 pts
44-Rashaad Lewis, C - 3/5 fg, 4/4 ft, 8 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 10 pts
11-Dominique Coye, G - 2/2 fg, 2/4 ft, 4 reb, 3 ast, 6 pts
32-Tobi Omotosho, F - 1/2 fg, 1 pf, 1 pt
31-Dominic Gibbs, F - 3/11 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
3-Michael Butler, G - 0/1 fg, 2/3 ft, 4 reb, 10 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 2 pts
22-Marsellus Gray, G - 1/1 fg, 3 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 34/68 fg (.500), 13/19 ft (.684), 41 reb, 27 ast, 1 blk, 6 stl, 17 pf, 95 pts
3-pt fg (14): Jackson 9, Cleveland 2, Gibbs 2, Gray
Fouled Out: Beals 3:33 left
Ejected: Jackson 1.3 secs left (hard foul)
Turnovers (32): Cleveland 14, Jackson 3, Beals 3, Lewis 3, Butler 3, Deason 2, Gibbs 2, Coye, team
LA City Cubs 120:
0-Antonio Owens, SG - 10/19 fg, 8 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 24 pts
5-Branden Fisher, PG - 7/15 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 11 ast, 4 stl, 2 pf, 18 pts
15-Jerrett Towns, SF - 8/14 fg, 4/4 ft, 6 reb, 5 ast, 5 stl, 2 pf, 22 pts
24-Cord Desmond, PF - 3/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 6 stl, 4 pf, 8 pts
50-Fabian Wilson, C - 10/12 fg, 6/6 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 3 pf, 26 pts
12-Darryl Pinelo, G - 3/6 fg, 4/4 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 10 pts
13-Clarence Davis, G - 4/10 fg, 2 reb, 8 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 9 pts
40-James Reed, F - 1/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 3 pts
team rebounds: 1
Totals: 46/82 fg (.561), 18/18 ft (1.000), 33 reb, 34 ast, 3 blk, 22 stl, 18 pf, 120 pts
3-pt fg (10): Owens 4, Fisher 2, Towns 2, Davis, Reed
Turnovers (15): Desmond 5, Fisher 3, Wilson 2, Pinelo 2, Davis 2, Owens
Halftime Score: LA City 55, LA Southwest 39
Updated Records: LA City 10-4, LA Southwest 3-9
LACC jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the 1st three minutes and led wire-to-wire
