Griffins put clamps on tall tourney host Knights

By Bill Dickens
Updated: November 14, 2015

2015-16 COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

By Bill Dickens

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SAN DIEGO (11-15-15) — It was not quite a case of David vs. Goliath, but the visiting Grossmont College Griffins were clearly dwarfed by host San Diego City College in the Knights Men’s Basketball Invitational.

The tallest player on Grossmont’s roster is CORWIN FEERICK, a 6-foot-8 freshman out of University City High.

On the flip side San Diego City has three players measuring 7-feet tall.

The smaller Griffins overcame that height advantage as 6-foot-5 sophomore KAELEN MITCHELL hammered down 21 points in Grossmont’s 75-73 tournament victory over the Knights.

“He provides us with a great leadership role,” said Griffins assistant coach JOHN CLARK. “Right now he owns it.”

Mitchell nailed 7 of 13 shots from the floor, including 4 of 7 three-pointers. He also yanked down 6 rebounds.

“This was a great win for our program,” said Clark. “City’s three bigs combined for only 16 points. That’s impressive.”

Clark credited DANIEL McCOWN (11 pts, 3 reb), 6-foot-6 SPENCER VERING (8 pts, 4 reb) and Feerick (7 pts, 5 reb) for putting the brakes on the SDCC giants.

San Diego City got 31 points from guard Taylor Nelson, with 26 of those points coming in the first half when Grossmont built a 46-42 lead.

“The game came down to the last three or four possessions,” Clark said. “And we got the edge.”

Grossmont will play for the tournament championship against the winner of Mt. San Jacinto and Citrus, Sunday (Nov. 15) at 5 p.m. in Harry West Gymnasium.

Tournament bracket

Grossmont at San Diego CC
@ San Diego, Calif.
11/14/2015 at 5:00 PM

Grossmont
75

San Diego
73

FINAL	1	2	T
Grossmont (3-2)	46	29	75
San Diego (2-1)	42	31	73

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Grossmont
22	Daniel McCown	30	3-8	1-4	4-4	0	3	3	1	1	0	2	0	11
24	Luke Jackson	29	1-3	0-1	1-2	1	4	5	1	1	0	0	2	3
30	Remy Lawyer	22	3-6	0-1	2-3	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	3	8
33	Kaelen Mitchell	35	7-13	4-7	3-3	2	4	6	1	0	0	2	3	21
44	Spencer Vering	27	2-12	2-3	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	8
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10	Larry Stokes	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ervin Shepherd	8	2-2	2-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8
12	Marcos Meza	17	1-2	0-1	1-2	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	5	3
20	Dominique Walker	10	0-0	0-0	5-6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5
40	LeAndre Powell	4	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	1
42	Corwin Feerick	15	3-7	1-3	0-0	1	4	5	0	1	0	0	2	7
TM	TEAM					3	1	4				1	0
TOTALS			22-54 40.7%	10-23 43.5%	21-26 80.8%	9	27	36	9	6	0	13	22	75

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
San Diego
05	Alex Wilbourn – f	26	1-6	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	4	2
20	Leonard Allen – c	33	6-14	0-0	2-5	3	3	6	0	1	3	0	3	14
01	Nate Queen – g	22	2-4	0-1	0-1	3	3	6	0	2	0	2	3	4
11	Taylor Nelson – g	33	11-19	5-9	4-6	0	8	8	4	2	0	3	0	31
12	Jahmere Mitchell – g	30	4-6	1-1	1-4	1	0	1	1	2	1	2	3	10
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
00	Jaire Roberts	12	1-3	0-0	1-1	3	1	4	0	0	0	2	3	3
02	Romario Wilson	11	2-3	1-2	1-2	1	3	4	3	1	0	1	2	6
03	Spencer Mattox	20	0-2	0-0	1-3	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	4	1
21	Steven Dreyfuss	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Nik Dewinne	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	Michael Feng	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
TM	TEAM					0	4	4				0	0
TOTALS			28-60 46.7%	7-14 50.0%	10-22 45.5%	14	25	39	16	8	6	14	25	73

GROSSMONT	TEAM STATISTICS	SAN DIEGO
40.7% ( 22-54)	Field Goal %	46.7% ( 28-60)
43.5% ( 10-23)	3pt Field Goal %	50.0% ( 7-14)
80.8% ( 21-26)	Free Throw %	45.5% ( 10-22)
36	Rebounds	39
9	Assists	16
13	Turnovers	14
19	Points off Turnovers	11
7	2nd Chance Points	6
16	Points in the Paint	28
0	Fastbreak Points	6
24	Bench Points	12
6	Largest Lead	8
1st-02:11	Time of Largest Lead	1st-14:08
Ties: 10; Lead Changes: 19