Griffins come out steaming against Santa Barbara

By ECS Staff
Updated: December 5, 2015

2015-16 GROSSMONT COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

By James McHugh
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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.

Santa Barbara at Grossmont
@ Grossmont College
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

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Santa Barbara
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

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Grossmont
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
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.