Griffins come out steaming against Santa Barbara
- Updated: December 5, 2015
2015-16 GROSSMONT COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
By James McHugh
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (12-5-15) — Grossmont College began play in the 44th Annual Grossmont Holiday Classic Friday (Dec. 4) coming off a disappointing 25-point defeat to Mt. San Jacinto 19 days ago.
The Griffins (4-3) were focused on Santa Barbara City College, which dropped four straight games headed into the Holiday Classic. Grossmont came away with an 85-68 victory.
The win advanced to the semifinal round where they will meet College of the Desert Saturday (Dec. 5) at 6 p.m.
Helix high alum KAELEN MITCHELL led the night offensively for the Griffins, pouring in 21-points on 8-for-13 shooting from the floor. DANIEL McCOWN was red hot from beyond the arc, finishing with 20-points and connecting on 5-for-6 from long range.
“Kaelen came out and played awesome to start the second half,” assistant coach KEVIN BUTTY said of the Griffins’ sophomore guard. “DANIEL McCOWN played great and we got a lot of good play from EVIN SHEPHERD as well.”
Shepherd finished with 10-points and three assists.
Butty wasn’t surprised with the outcome, noting that, based on the film the team had reviewed of Santa Barbara, the Griffins expected to play well. What the Griffins may not have expected was the incredible night from above the arc. Grossmont shot 12-for-22 from three-point range. The Griffins also had a stellar night at the charity stripe going 13-for-16 on free throws.
“We haven’t been shooting free throws like that, so that’s really good to see” Butty said of the high percentages.
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12/4/2015 at 06:00 PM
| Santa Barbara 68 |
Grossmont 85 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara (1-5) | 34 | 34 | 68 |
| Grossmont (4-3) | 48 | 37 | 85 |
Santa Barbara |
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| # | STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Robert Hutchins | 27 | 3-10 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 | Tejon Williams | 32 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 32 | Martin Pedersen | 23 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | Andrew DeLaTorre | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 50 | Evan Tillman | 21 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| # | RESERVES | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| 11 | Dramell Pitts | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Ylii Lopez | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Juvenal Tapia | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Adrian Humphrey | 13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | Zack Peterson | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 42 | Desmond Dotson | 10 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | Jerry Leon | 11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 45 | Cody Williams | 14 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 54 | Jerard O’Byrne | 10 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| TM | Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 24-65 36.9% |
8-29 27.6% |
12-20 60.0% |
10 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 68 | ||
Grossmont |
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| # | STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remy Lawyer | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Marcos Meza | 24 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Daniel McCown | 26 | 7-9 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Spencer Vering | 16 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Kaelen Mitchell | 21 | 8-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| # | RESERVES | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| 0 | Dominique Walker | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Corwin Feerick | 15 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | Larry Stokes | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Quadarius Fair | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Luke Jackson | 22 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 25 | LeAndre Powell | 19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Ervin Shepherd | 22 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| TM | Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 30-60 50.0% |
12-22 54.5% |
13-16 81.3% |
6 | 33 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 85 | ||
| SANTA BARBARA | TEAM STATISTICS | GROSSMONT |
|---|---|---|
| 36.9% ( 24-65) | Field Goal % | 50.0% ( 30-60) |
| 27.6% ( 8-29) | 3pt Field Goal % | 54.5% ( 12-22) |
| 60.0% ( 12-20) | Free Throw % | 81.3% ( 13-16) |
| 33 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Points off Turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | 2nd Chance Points | 4 |
| 18 | Points in the Paint | 30 |
| 6 | Fastbreak Points | 6 |
| 27 | Bench Points | 27 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 26 |
| 1st-19:24 | Time of Largest Lead | 2nd-12:42 |
| Ties: 0; Lead Changes: 1 | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION |
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| Technical fouls: Santa Barbara-None ; Grossmont-None . |
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In other first round games:
San Diego CityCollege edged Cuesta of San Luis Obispo 54-52.
San Diego City College (7-3) taking on Cuesta College (6-3) of San Luis Obispo,
captured a nail biter when Spencer Mattox (Sweetwater) scooped in a layup with just under five seconds to play, giving the Knights a two-point victory. CityCollege moves on to play Cypress on Saturday (Dec. 5) at 8 p.m.
Desert 75 – LA Southwest 69:
The nightcap featured College of the Desert (2-5) and Los Angeles Southwest (0-6). COD trailed for most of the contest before taking the lead at 62-61 with nearly eight minutes remaining. Babe Solache led all scorers with 18 points coming off the Roadrunner Bench. Antoine Brown had 15 points for LA Southwest in the losing effort.
Cypress 80 West Los Angeles 68:
The second game of the day pitted Cypress College (4-1) against WestLos AngelesCollege (5-2) from Culver City. Craig Owens and Joseph Campos each scored 19-points for West LA but it wasn’t enough to combat a more balanced attack from the Chargers (4-1). Cypress received 38-points from their bench in the win.
