PG Kenny Bradford had 17 pts and SF Barrett Braun had 14 as Cuyamaca (1-1) overcame an 11-point first-half deficit to beat East LA (0-2) Sunday afternoon at the Clash at Canyons Tip-off event in Santa Clarita.
In what amounted to the consolation game - the matchups were pre-determined, but both Cuyamaca and East LA lost on Saturday, the first day of the event - East LA jumped out to a 20-9 lead midway through the first half.
But Cuyamaca rallied to tie the score at 23, and trailed by a just a point at the break. And when the second half began, East LA was whistled for 6 fouls in the first 2:43 of the half, putting Cuyamaca into the bonus and sending East LA's top scorer, SF Jeremy Gerardo, to the bench with his 4th foul.
Cuyamaca began the second half with a 10-2 spurt to take the lead. East LA never quite caught up, but kept it close, trailing by just a point at 50-49 with under two minutes to go after a 3-pointer by PG Alex Mendiola.
Bradford answered with a 3-pointer of his own with 1:20 left to make it 53-49. He added a free throw with 55 seconds left to make it 54-49. East LA got a pair of free throws from Mendiola with 45 seconds left to make it 54-51, but then the Huskies were forced to foul. SG Brandon Fountain made 3 of 4 FTs and Bradford made two more, all in the final 35 seconds, to secure the win for the Coyotes.
Bradford led all scorers with his 17 pts, and he also had 4 asts. Braun had 3 threes among his 14 pts. PF Kendrick Alejandre had 8 pts and a game-high 7 rebs.
For East LA, Gerardo had 15 pts, including a couple of threes, plus 3 asts and 2 steals despite missing more than half of the second half with foul trouble. Mendiola had 7 pts, 6 rebs and 4 asts. Ctr Sergio Lugo had 6 pts, 6 rebs and 4 blocked shots.
box score
2nd Annual Clash at Canyons
Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 12 noon
at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
Cuyamaca Coyotes:
20-Kenny Bradford, PG - 4/9 fg, 7/10 ft, 3 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 17 pts
32-Brandon Fountain, SG - 1/4 fg, 4/6 ft, 3 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 6 pts
40-Barrett Braun, SF - 4/13 fg, 3/5 ft, 4 reb, 2 stl, 2 pf, 14 pts
44-Kendrick Alejandre, PF - 3/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 7 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
50-Ian Cochran, C - 0/3 fg, 2 reb, 4 pf, 0 pts
30-Melvin Holper, F - 0/1 fg, 4 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
42-A.J. Ussery, F - 1/4 fg, 4/4 ft, 5 reb, 1 blk, 2 pf, 6 pts
52-Aharon Mims, C - 2/6 fg, 1/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 blk, 3 pf, 5 pts
14-Ben Nease, G - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 0 pts
54-Rafael Rios, C - 0/2 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 slt, 2 pf, 1 pt
10-Anthony Martinez, G - 1/4 fg, 1 reb, 1 stl, 2 pts
team rebounds: 8
Totals: 16/51 fg (.314), 22/31 ft (.710), 44 reb, 10 ast, 3 blk, 6 stl, 22 pf, 59 pts
3-pt fg (5): Braun 3, Bradford 2
Turnovers (22): Bradford 4, Alejandre 4, Fountain 3, Ussery 3, Braun 2, Cochran 2, Holper, Mims, Martinez, team
East LA Huskies 53:
5-Lester Keys, PF - 3/7 fg, 2 reb, 2 pf, 7 pts
10-Andrew Ruiz, SG - 0/5 fg, 4/4 ft, 6 reb, 3 ast, 5 pf, 4 pts
11-Jeremy Gerardo, SF - 6/11 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 4 pf, 15 pts
12-Alex Mendiola, PG - 2/3 fg, 2/3 ft, 6 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 5 pf, 7 pts
42-Sergio Lugo, C - 2/2 fg, 2/4 ft, 6 reb, 4 blk, 4 pf, 6 pts
40-Trinidad Hernandez, C - 3/4 fg, 0/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 pf, 6 pts
32-Paul King, F - 0/3 fg, 2/4 ft, 2 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 2 pts
3-Chris Capinia, G - 0 pts
35-Andrew Kim, F - 0/2 fg, 0 pts
23-Brandon Chavers, F - 0/4 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 pf, 0 pts
14-Daoud Ibrahim, G - 1/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 stl, 1 pf, 3 pts
15-Matt Quintero, F - 1/2 fg, 1 ast, 1 pf, 3 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 18/47 fg (.383), 12/21 ft (.571), 32 reb, 15 ast, 6 blk, 6 stl, 28 pf, 53 pts
3-pt fg (5): Gerardo 2, Keys, Mendiola, Quintero
Fouled Out: Ruiz 35 secs left, Mendiola 23 secs left
Turnovers (24): Lugo 5, Ruiz 4, Hernandez 4, Keys 3, King 2, Ibrahim 2, Gerardo, Mendiola, Chavers, team
Halftime Score: East LA 25, Cuyamaca 24
Updated Records: Cuyamaca 1-1, East LA 0-2
East LA led by 11 at 20-9 in the 1st half
