Griffins fall in season opener at Desert tourney

By ECS Staff
Updated: November 5, 2015

2015-16 COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

By Bill Dickens
© EastCountySports.com

PALM DESERT (11-6-15) — Grossmont College opened the 2015-16 men’s basketball season against highly ranked San Bernardino Valley College in Thursday’s (Nov. 5) first round of the Frank Garcia Tournament at College of the Desert.

The Wolverines overpowered the Griffins 82-73.

“We’re a brand new unit and we looked pretty sharp,” said Griffins assistant coach JOHN CLARK. “But we were playing a team that’s probably going to wind up in the Final Four.”

Griffin sophomore KAELEN MITCHELL, out of Helix, poured in 23 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and nailed 5 of 12 from 3-point range.

MARCOS MEZA, the other returning sophomore in the Grossmont lineup, scored only 3 points but dished 8 assists.

Newcomers that stood out included DANIEL McCOWN, who hails from Palm Desert, hit 4 of 9 three-pointers and finished with 18 points.

Strong off the bench for Grossmont was LeANDRE POWELL (Chula Vista) with 10 points.

“Mitchell and Meza showed their experience,” said Clark, “and Powell did all his damage in 15 minutes. He’s a great energy guy.”

Grossmont will face Pacific Coast Athletic Conference rival San Diego Mesa in Friday’s (Nov. 6) second round at 1 p.m.

Grossmont vs. San Bernardino
@ Palm Desert, CA
11/5/2015 at 3:00 PM

Grossmont
73

San Bernardino
82

2ND HALF	1	2	T
Grossmont (0-1)	28	45	73
San Bernardino (1-0)	42	40	82

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Grossmont
44	Spencer Vering – f	24	1-7	0-2	4-6	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	6
12	Marcos Meza – g	33	1-3	0-2	1-4	0	3	3	8	0	0	2	2	3
22	Daniel McCown – g	27	7-12	4-9	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	18
30	Remy Lawyer – g	25	2-6	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	3	1	0	1	3	4
33	Kaelen Mitchell – g	27	9-21	5-12	0-2	1	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	23
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10	Larry Stokes	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ervin Shepherd	8	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
20	Dominique Walker	9	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0
24	Luke Jackson	15	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	2	4
40	LeAndre Powell	15	4-6	0-0	2-4	1	3	4	2	1	0	0	1	10
42	Corwin Feerick	16	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	3
TM	TEAM					10	1	11				0	0
TOTALS			28-67 41.8%	10-30 33.3%	7-16 43.8%	17	21	38	17	6	0	10	17	73

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
San Bernardino
10	Jacardo Hawkins – f	21	5-8	0-0	1-2	2	5	7	2	0	1	1	1	11
05	Trey Edwards – c	14	2-2	0-0	0-1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4
01	Perris Hicks – g	29	6-13	1-6	4-6	0	4	4	4	0	0	3	2	17
02	Nino Jackson – g	24	6-11	3-7	2-2	0	2	2	1	4	1	3	2	17
11	Brandon Jolley – g	29	2-2	0-0	4-6	0	7	7	7	1	3	4	1	8
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
03	Ja Morgan	17	0-2	0-2	1-2	0	5	5	3	0	0	2	2	1
04	Tymorae Glover	8	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
13	Dock Gooch	16	4-5	1-1	0-2	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	2	9
15	Steven Adams	9	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4
21	Zach Rollins	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	2
32	Robert Lewis	27	3-7	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	7
33	Lucas Colimero	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TM	TEAM					4	1	5				2	0
TOTALS			32-58 55.2%	6-22 27.3%	12-21 57.1%	15	33	48	20	6	5	19	14	82

GROSSMONT	TEAM STATISTICS	SAN BERNARDINO
41.8% ( 28-67)	Field Goal %	55.2% ( 32-58)
33.3% ( 10-30)	3pt Field Goal %	27.3% ( 6-22)
43.8% ( 7-16)	Free Throw %	57.1% ( 12-21)
38	Rebounds	48
17	Assists	20
10	Turnovers	19
16	Points off Turnovers	11
12	2nd Chance Points	14
30	Points in the Paint	44
14	Fastbreak Points	14
19	Bench Points	25
3	Largest Lead	21
1st-14:46	Time of Largest Lead	2nd-06:10
Ties: 4; Lead Changes: 5