PF Jaree Crawford scored 28 pts and added 10 rebs as East LA romped past visiting Rio Hondo, 116-60, Thursday night in the annual Toys For Tots game at the E-Rena on the campus of East LA College.
Crawford scored the first six points of the game as the Huskies (2-1) led wire to wire. After Ctr Preston Sachs scored on a lay-up for Rio Hondo, Crawford pushed the early ELAC lead to 12-2 with two more baskets.
That was just the beginning. A steal & lay-up by SG Dushon Carter made it 14-2. Consecutive 3-pointers by Ctr Zach Hinton, PG Mazen Harris Javier and SF Elson Vessel pushed the East LA lead to 23-2 just 5:23 into the game. A turnaround jumper by Hinton made it 25-2.
SF Juan Venegas gave Rio Hondo (0-1) some life with six quick points off the bench to cut the deficit to 16 points at 29-13, and the Roadrunners trailed by 17 points at 42-25 with about five minutes left in the first half.
But then East LA resumed its fast-paced thrashing of the visitors. Two baskets by Hinton sandwiched around a basket by Carter comprised a 6-0 spurt to end the first half as East LA pushed the margin to 28 points at 59-31 at the break.
If Rio Hondo had any thoughts of getting back into the game in the second half, East LA quickly put that notion to rest with a 10-1 run to start the half. A basket and a 3-pointer by SF Michael Foster followed by a dunk by Ctr Aaron Cheatum and another three by Foster made it 69-32 less than three minutes into the second half.
A left-handed lay-up by PG Chris Brown pushed the lead to 40 at 81-41. A basket by Hinton with just over six minutes left pushed the margin to 50 and lifted the Huskies to the century mark, making it 100-50. A 3-pointer by SG "Downtown" Fred Brown made it 111-51 with 4:15 left.
Crawford, in his first season with ELAC after transferring from Mt. San Jacinto, scored his 28 pts on 13-for-19 from the floor, and his 10 rebs were a team-high. Hinton had 19 pts and 8 rebs. SF Tyler Evans came off the bench for 13 pts and Foster added 11. Javier had 10 pts and 4 asts. And Chris Brown had 9 pts plus a game-high 7 asts while also finishing with 3 steals and no turnovers.
For Rio Hondo, Venegas had a very strong game with 16 pts, including a 4-point play with 3:31 left, and 5 rebs. SF Amir Smith had 10 pts and a game-high 14 rebs. Sachs had 10 pts and 3 blocked shots.
The win lifts East LA to 2-1 while Rio Hondo drops to 0-1. But the real winners were of course the several dozen kids who will receive toys thanks to the joint effort of the teams in the 5th Annual Toys For Tots game.
box score
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 7 pm
at East LA College, Monterey Park
Rio Hondo Roadrunners 60:
2-Anthony Owens, SG - 0/13 fg, 3/4 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 3 pts
3-Jalen Dotson, PG - 0/2 fg, 3/6 ft, 1 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 2 pf, 3 pts
4-Amir Smith, SF - 3/8 fg, 4/5 ft, 14 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 pf, 10 pts
14-Daniel Silva, PF - 0/2 fg, 3/4 ft, 4 reb, 4 pf, 3 pts
44-Preston Sachs, C - 3/9 fg, 3/6 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 3 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 10 pts
32-Anthony San Miguel, F - 1/2 ft, 7 reb, 1 pf, 1 pt
22-Robert Talamantes, G - 1/5 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 3 pts
5-Steve Paulino, G - 1/3 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 4 pts
33-Juan Venegas, F - 5/10 fg, 5/6 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 16 pts
11-Raymond Santos, G - 2/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 pf, 7 pts
23-Jaylen Pulliam, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 1
Totals: 15/57 fg (.263), 26/37 ft (.703), 39 reb, 9 ast, 4 blk, 4 stl, 18 pf, 60 pts
3-pt fg (4): Sachs, Talamantes, Venegas, Santos
Technical Fouls: DSotson, Santos
Fouled Out: Santos 5:38 left
Turnovers (28): Owens 7, Dotson 7, Venegas 4, Sachs 3, Paulino 2, Smith, Silva, San Miguel, Talamantes, Santos
East LA Huskies 116:
3-Chris Brown, PG - 4/10 fg, 1/2 ft, 6 reb, 7 ast, 1 blk, 3 stl, 2 pf, 9 pts
20-Aaron Cheatum, C - 1/2 fg, 1 ast, 2 blk, 3 pf, 2 pts
22-Jaree Crawford, PF - 13/19 fg, 2/2 ft, 10 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 28 pts
23-Dushon Carter, SG - 4/5 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 4 stl, 4 pf, 8 pts
32-Michael Foster, SF - 4/13 fg, 6 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 1 pf, 11 pts
35-Robert Ponce, F - 1/3 fg, 2/2 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 5 pf, 4 pts
1-Elson Vessel, F - 2/4 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 5 pts
42-Zach Hinton, C - 8/12 fg, 2/2 ft, 8 reb, 2 ast, 2 pf, 19 pts
10-Mazen Harris Javier, G - 2/3 fg, 4/4 ft, 1 reb, 4 ast, 2 pf, 10 pts
2-Frankie Aguilar, G - 0/5 fg, 3 reb, 4 ast, 3 pf, 0 pts
24-Brandon Otero, F - 0/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 3 pf, 1 pt
5-Tyler Evans, F - 4/9 fg, 4/5 ft, 4 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 13 pts
4-Fred Brown, G - 2/3 fg, 2 reb, 6 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 45/91 fg (.495), 16/19 ft (.842), 57 reb, 30 ast, 6 blk, 16 stl, 31 pf, 116 pts
3-pt fg (10): Foster 3, Javier 2, F.Brown 2, Vessel, Hinton, Evans
Fouled Out: Ponce 3:03 left
Turnovers (13): Foster 3, Cheatum 2, Crawford 2, Carter 2, Hinton, Aguilar, Otero, Evans
Halftime Score: East LA 59, Rio Hondo 31
Updated Records: East LA 2-1, Rio Hondo 0-1
