There was but a light drizzle outside but inside Marauder Gym it was raining threes as #14 Canyons drained 16 three-pointers to get past WSC-South rival Glendale in the 3rd Place game of the 61st Annual Gregg Anderson Memorial Tournament at Antelope Valley College.
Four of the five starters for Canyons (5-3) scored in double figures, and they also combined for 15 of those three-pointers. SF Lionel Poole came off the bench for the other, and it was hardly a coincidence that Canyons made 16 threes and won the game by 16 points.
Neither team led by more than four points until Canyons went on an 8-0 spurt to take a 30-20 lead after a pair of free throws by Ctr Ronald Harris with 6:31 left in the first half. The Cougars pushed their lead to a dozen after a driving lay-up by PG Terrez Scott and to 14 after a steal & lay-up by SG Jaylen Bland with 3:40 left before halftime.
Glendale cut the deficit to six points at 38-32 after a 3-point play by PF Mike Johnson, but Canyons pushed the lead to nine points at the half after a 3-pointer by Scott just before halftime.
Glendale (3-4) went on a 10-0 run early in the second half to cut the deficit to just four points at 49-45 just 4:21 in after a 3-point play by SG Mike Hicks.
But then Canyons pulled away, pushing the lead back to double digits after a steal, lay-up & traditional 3-point play by Scott with 12:11 left. A short jumper by SF David Horst made it 64-51. SF Temjae Singleton hit a 3-pointer, was fouled and converted the free throw for a 4-point play with 10:50 left to make it 72-56.
A free throw by Bland after a steal by Horst made it 75-58 with 9:11 left, and a three-pointer by Scott with just over seven minutes to go made it 78-58. Canyons led by double digits the rest of the way.
For Canyons, Bland had 26 pts, including 5 threes, plus 3 rebs, 3 asts and 4 steals. SF Tyler Barber had 17 pts, including 4 threes, plus a team-high 12 rebs as well as 2 blocks and 2 steals. Singleton had 15 pts, including 4 threes, plus 3 rebs, 3 asts, 2 steals and a block. Scott had 13 pts, including 2 threes, plus 2 steals and a game-high 7 asts.
For Glendale, Hicks had a superb game wtih 22 pts on 7-for-9 from the floor and 6-for-6 from the line, and added 5 rebs, 4 asts and a steal, all without committing a turnover. Johnson, a Palmdale HS alumn likely playing his final game in the Antelope Valley, had 17 pts. Ctr Gor Plavchyan had 13 pts, 15 rebs, 3 asts, 3 blocks and 3 steals and was named to the all-tournament team.
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61st Annual Gregg Anderson Memorial Tournament
Sunday, December 2, 2012 @ Marauder Gym, Lancaster
Third Place Game - 3 pm
Glendale Vaqueros 74:
11-Robert Henry, PG - 0/4 fg, 2 reb, 5 ast, 3 pf, 0 pts
20-Mark Hicks, SG - 7/9 fg, 6/6 ft, 5 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 22 pts
24-Alex Bullock, SF - 2/4 fg, 3/3 ft, 4 reb, 7 pts
33-Mike Johnson, PF - 6/11 fg, 5/5 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 4 pf, 17 pts
45-Gor Plavchyan, C - 4/10 fg, 5/14 ft, 15 reb, 3 ast, 3 blk, 3 stl, 1 pf, 13 pts
12-Dion Nelson, G - 0/1 fg, 1 ast, 1 pf, 0 pts
22-Emerson Castaneda, G - 1/6 fg, 2 ast, 1 pf, 3 pts
30-Isaiah Howard, F - 3/7 fg, 1 reb, 1 blk, 1 pf, 8 pts
40-Nick Kahn, F - 0/1 fg, 4 reb, 2 pf, 0 pts
21-Brian Massey, F - 1 stl, 3 pf, 0 pts
10-Chris Kapooshian, G - 0/1 fg, 4/4 ft, 1 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 23/54 fg (.426), 23/32 ft (.719), 37 reb, 17 ast, 4 blk, 8 stl, 18 pf, 74 pts
3-pt fg (5): Hicks 2, Howard 2, Castaneda
Turnovers (21): Johnson 5, Henry 4, Howard 4, Nelson 3, Plavchyan 2, Castaneda 2, Bullock
Canyons Cougars 90:
5-Jaylen Bland, SG - 7/14 fg, 7/8 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 4 stl, 4 pf, 26 pts
15-Temjae Singleton, PF - 4/12 fg, 3/4 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 3 pf, 15 pts
25-Ronald Harris, C - 1/4 fg, 3/4 ft, 1 reb, 2 blk, 2 stl, 4 pf, 5 pts
30-Terrez Scott, PG - 4/6 fg, 3/3 ft, 1 reb, 7 ast, 2 stl, 4 pf, 13 pts
31-Tyler Barber, SF - 6/11 fg, 1/2 ft, 12 reb, 2 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 17 pts
44-John Green, C - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 stl, 5 pf, 0 pts
11-David Horst, F - 3/4 fg, 6 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 6 pts
34-Jawhar Purdy, G - 1/2 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 2 pts
14-Lionel Poole, F - 2/2 fg, 2 reb, 3 ast, 1 pf, 5 pts
21-Dalibor Nonkovic, C - 0/4 fg, 1 pf, 0 pts
20-Chris Fields, G - 0/1 fg, 1 stl, 0 pts
41-Artur Mkrtychyan, F - 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 pt
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 28/61 fg (.459), 18/23 ft (.783), 36 reb, 20 ast, 5 blk, 15 stl, 27 pf, 90 pts
3-pt fg (16): Bland 5, Singleton 4, Barber 4, Scott 2, Poole
Fouled Out: Green 5:10 left
Turnovers (18): Bland 5, Horst 3, Singleton 2, Scott 2, Barber 2, Harris, Green, Purdy, Poole
Halftime Score: Canyons 41, Glendale 32
Updated Records: Canyons 5-3 (#14-South), Glendale 3-4
Bland (Canyons) and Plavchyan (Glendale) were named to the all-tournament team.
