Another Griffs hoops sweep of Cuyamaca

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: February 25, 2026

2025-26 COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

East County Sports.com

RANCHO SAN DIEGO – A sudden surge of defense by Cuyamaca College allowed the Coyotes to transform an extremely close contest into a 10-point lead over arch-rival Grossmont College with seven minutes remaining

A few moments later, the lead stood at 62-53 when the Griffins answered with an incredible run of their own.

Grossmont closed the ballgame with a 21-2 scoring rtun, racing to a 74-64 decision to cap the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference regular season in a rare Saturday (Feb. 21) matinee (3 p.m.) special.

The Griffins finish their PCAC campaign in fifth place at 8-8 after claiming seven of their final eights ballgames. Cuyamaca finishes in a deadlock with San Diego Mesa at 6-10 marks in PCAC action.

Grossmong built a pair of significant leads — one in Cuyamaca’s guards stop the bleeding.

In the first half, the Griffins held the host scoreless over a 6-minute span, as the Coyotes scored juts three four shots while shooting 0-for-17 from the field over an 7-minute span.

The second half saw an 8-poiny cushion disappear, again thanks to Cuyamaca guard Saiah Aquino. a freshman out of Olympian, stole the ball more than a half-dozen times,all leading to transition buckets.

The second Aquino stint gave Cuyamaca its late, 10-point advantage, Hweever, the Griffins shut the door in, perhaps, their biggest scoring spree of the season.

Gavin Berg scored 9 of his 16 points over the final 10 minutes, including a pair of 3-point goals.

Tyson Lefever added 14 points. Meanwhile, Tre’ Stonebraker tallied 10 of his 12 points in the final 20 minutes.

With this season;s series sweep, Grossmont owns a 32-17 advantge against its district rivals.

Since Cuyamaca’s last winning season in 2009-10, they have sweep the griffins just thrice over the ensuing 15 seasons.

The Battle for East County

Grossmont vs. Cuyamaca
PCAC Men’s Basketball
(Grossmont leads series, 32p17)

Season	Round One	Round Two
1998-99	Gros 87-78	Gros 83-66
1999-00	Gros 74-61	Cuya 75-72
2200-01	Gros 92-80	Gros 66-57
2001-02	Gros 95-85	Gros 87-62
2002-03	*Cuya 91-67	*Cuya 77-72
2003-04	Cuya 54-51	Cuya 80-65
2004-05	Cuya 62-59	+Gros 83-79
2005-06	Cuya 67-58	Cuya 73-65
2006-07	Cuya 74-61	+Gros 66-63
2007-08	Cuya 81-69	Gros 88-80
2008-09	Gros 67-52	Gros 88-80
2009-10	Cuya 66-59	Cuya 52-49
2010-11	Cuya 76-69	Gros 73-68
2011-12	Gros 63-56	Gros 64-61
2012-13	Gros 69-61	—
2013-14	Gros 70-65	—
2014-15	Gros 59-46	—
2015-16	Gros 62-51	—
2016-17	Gros 84-72	Gros 84-65
2017-18	Gros 76-54	Gros 81-42
2018-19	Cuya 78-68	Gros 70-61
2019-20	Gros 65-46	Cuya 78-70
2020-21	No games	COVID-19
2021-22	Cuya 68-65	Cuya 60-57
2022-23	Gros 85-82	Gros 100-65
2023-24	Cuya 67-61	Cuya 75-72
2025-25	Cuya 63-61	Cuya 65-59
2025-26	Gros 65-61	Gros 74-64