LA Southwest (13-7) got 25 pts from SF Chris Smith and overcame a slow start to wallop SCC-South rival Cerritos (8-8), 76-54, in the consolation final of the SJCC Holiday Tournament at Evergreen Valley College Saturday afternoon.
It wasn't a conference game, but Southwest made a strong statement to the rest of the SCC South that the Cougars are the team to beat this season.
Cerritos began the game with an 8-0 run, beginning with a basket from PF Aaron Thompson in the opening seconds, followed by a pair of threes from SG Jerell Elder. And Southwest began the game by missing its first 6 shots from the floor before a steal & lay-up by Smith. Moments later, Cerritos stretched its lead to 11-2 after a FG+FT 3-point play by SF Aaron King.
From that point on, Southwest dominated. The Cougars rallied to tie the game 18-18 on a steal & basket by PG Kendrick Harris, and went ahead moments later on a 3-pointer by Ctr Jejuan Brown. The lead went into double figures at 35-23 after a three by Smith. At halftime, Southwest held a 15-point lead at 44-29.
And when the second half began, Southwest continued its run, pushing the lead to 22 at 51-29 on another three by Smith and to 24 at 56-32 shortly after that on another three by Smith. The lead reached as much as 26 a t 71-45 with just under six minutes left.
Smith finished 10 of 17 from the floor for his game-high 25 pts. Brown had 11 pts and 8 rebs, and was named to the all-tournament team. SG Jenero Jefferson came off the bench to add 11 pts and 6 asts. PF Tylon Bickman had 6 pts and a game-high 11 rebs, and PF Tremayne Johnson game the Cougars a jolt of energy off the bench with 8 pts and 10 rebs. And Harris had a strong game with 7 pts, 8 asts and 3 steals.
For Cerritos, Thompson led the way with 14 pts and 7 rebs. Elder was the only other Falcon to reach double figures, finishing with 12 pts on 4 threes. PG Wayne Chapman had 8 pts and a team-high 5 asts, all of which came in the first few minutes. For the game, Cerritos shot 30.6% from the floor and had 30 turnovers.
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Saturday, December 29, 2007
SJCC Holiday Tournament @ Evergreen Valley College
Consolation Final - 12 noon
LA Southwest Cougars 76:
3-Dante Maddox, SG - 2/10 fg, 3/6 ft, 1 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
22-Chris Smith, SF - 10/17 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 25 pts
23-Kendrick Harris, PG - 3/6 fg, 3 reb, 8 ast, 3 stl, 2 pf, 7 pts
42-Tylon Bickman, PF - 3/5 fg, 11 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 4 pf, 6 pts
50-Jejuan Brown, C - 5/8 fg, 0/1 ft, 8 reb, 3 stl, 4 pf, 11 pts
1-Jenero Jefferson, G - 5/9 fg, 3 reb, 6 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 11 pts
20-Tremayne Johnson, F - 4/9 fg, 10 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
32-Roy Walker, F - 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 0 pts
33-Alan Mitchell, F - 0/1 fg, 2 pf ,0 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 32/65 fg (.492), 5/11 ft (.455), 41 reb, 20 ast, 3 blk, 16 stl, 20 pf, 76 pts
3-pt fg (7): Smith 3, Maddox, Harris, Brown, Jefferson
Turnovers (21): Harris 6, Smith 4, Bickman 4, Jefferson 3, Maddox 2, Mitchell, team
Cerritos Falcons 54:
33-Aaron Thompson, PF - 5/11 fg, 3/4 ft, 7 reb, 1 blk, 3 stl, 1 pf, 14 pts
34-Jerell Elder, SG - 4/9 fg, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 12 pts
35-Wayne Chapman, PG - 3/8 fg, 1/2 ft, 4 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
45-Aaron King, SF - 1/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 stl, 3 pts
52-Trevele Jones, C - 1/5 fg, 1/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
31-Jeremiah Barnes, G - 1/5 fg, 1/1 1ft, 1 ast, 1 pf, 3 pts
55-Justin Gilliam, C - 0/1 fg, 4/4 ft, 1 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
41-Brandon Hicks, G - 0/1 fg, 2 reb, 2 ast, 0 pts
32-Darrell Thomas, G - 0/1 fg, 1 pf, 0 pts
43-Van Girard, F - 1/6 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 reb, 3 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
53-Danrich Jones, F - 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 pts
42-Ramon Williams, F - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 0 pts
54-Jorge Sanchez, F - 0 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 16/52 fg (.306), 15/19 ft (.789), 34 reb, 12 ast, 2 blk, 13 stl, 13 pf, 54 pts
3-pt fg (7): Elder 4, Thompson, Chapman, T.Jones
Technical Foul: bench, Girard
Turnovers (30): T.Jones 7, Thompson 6, Chapman 5, King 4, Barnes 3, Thomas 2, Elder, Gilliam, Hicks
Halftime Score: LA Southwest 44, Cerritos 29
Updated Records: LA Southwest 13-7, Cerritos 8-7
Note: Brown (LASW) made the all-tournament team
