Comets pull away from Griffins’ close call

By ECS Staff
Updated: February 11, 2016

2015-16 GROSSMONT COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

By Bill Dickens
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EL CAJON (2-11-16) — Three Grossmont College Griffins reached double scoring digits but were lost in the shuffle of Wednesday’s (Feb. 10) Pacific Coast Athletic Conference 69-61 loss to visiting Palomar.

The game was tied 36-all at halftime after CORWIN FEERICK made a free throw to knot the game.

Palomar (16-9, 4-2) then sneaked away to take a 45-44 advantage.

The Griffins grabbed the lead on a layup by KAELEN MITCHELL. That was short-lived as the Comets’ Deven Riley hit two free throws and a layup to vault the Comets into a 49-46 lead.

Grossmont fought back on a pair of free throws and a layup by REMY LAWYER, but after that the Griffins would never lead again.

Palomar eventually stretched their advantage to 59-52. Game over.

Riley finished with a game high 27 points, hitting 12 of 13 free throws in the process.

SPENCER VERING finished with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Lawyer and MARCO MEZA pitched in with 11 points apiece for Grossmont (2-4, 14-11).

Next up for the Griffins is a trip to the desert to face Imperial ValleyCollege on Wednesday (Feb. 13) at 5 p.m.

Palomar at Grossmont
@ Grossmont College
2/10/2016 at 6:00 PM

Palomar
69

Grossmont
61

FINAL	1	2	T
Palomar (16-9, 4-2)	36	33	69
Grossmont (14-11, 2-4)	36	25	61

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Palomar
3	Ryan Schaefer	39	1-8	1-5	2-2	0	5	5	1	0	1	5	2	5
4	Kevin Hardyway	31	2-5	1-3	1-2	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	2	6
20	Deven Riley	27	7-15	1-4	12-13	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	2	27
21	Matt Duniphan	25	4-7	0-0	3-3	1	3	4	2	0	1	0	1	11
33	Spencer Benson	40	4-12	4-9	2-2	0	9	9	2	0	0	3	2	14
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10	Kaisei Joji	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Holden Haskett	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Dakota Orr	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
30	Carston Nyenhuis	23	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	4	2	0	2	0	2	6
TM	Team					0	0	0				0	0
TOTALS			21-53 39.6%	7-21 33.3%	20-22 90.9%	8	28	36	9	1	5	13	12	69

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Grossmont
1	Remy Lawyer	27	4-9	0-2	3-4	1	2	3	4	0	1	1	3	11
4	Marcos Meza	36	5-10	1-3	0-0	1	3	4	5	1	0	0	2	11
15	Spencer Vering	25	7-14	1-4	1-1	1	7	8	0	0	0	0	3	16
23	Kaelen Mitchell	23	2-8	1-6	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	5
24	Luke Jackson	23	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	3	3
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5	Daniel McCown	24	0-6	0-4	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	3	2	0
11	Corwin Feerick	26	3-10	0-5	2-4	2	3	5	0	1	1	0	3	8
20	Larry Stokes	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
25	LeAndre Powell	11	1-1	1-1	2-6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	5
TM	Team					0	0	0				1	1
TOTALS			24-63 38.1%	5-27 18.5%	8-15 53.3%	6	23	29	15	5	2	8	21	61

PALOMAR	TEAM STATISTICS	GROSSMONT
39.6% ( 21-53)	Field Goal %	38.1% ( 24-63)
33.3% ( 7-21)	3pt Field Goal %	18.5% ( 5-27)
90.9% ( 20-22)	Free Throw %	53.3% ( 8-15)
36	Rebounds	29
9	Assists	15
13	Turnovers	8
5	Points off Turnovers	17
8	2nd Chance Points	4
24	Points in the Paint	22
4	Fastbreak Points	2
6	Bench Points	15
8	Largest Lead	3
2nd-00:08	Time of Largest Lead	1st-18:20
Ties: 8; Lead Changes: 7