Host Griffins win opener at annual tournament

By ECS Staff
Updated: December 3, 2016

Grossmont tips off against Balboa Prep on Friday.

2016-17 GROSSMONT COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

By Chris Davis
© East County Sports.com

EL CAJON (12-3-16) — The Grossmont College Griffin men’s basketball team got back on the winning ways on Friday (Dec. 2) as they defeated Balboa Prep Academy by a 75-62 score in a 1st Round game at the 45th Annual Grossmont College Invitational at Grossmont College.

Grossmont (4-4) came into their own tournament on a 3-game losing skid, albeit two of those three games were against pre-season top 5 teams.

“We played well on both ends of the court today,” Griffins head coach DOUG WEBER said after the game. “We have been defending, but today we were also scoring.”

BRYCE PARSONS (West Hills) led all scorers with 20 points. “Bryce is our leading scorer and rebounder,” Weber stated.

Joining Parsons in double figures for GC was DAVID WHEELER (Mira Mesa, 16) and RONALD BLAIN (McDonough, Georgia, 12).

The Griffins shooting was outstanding as they shot 47.6 percent (30-of-63), which is second to only their victory over Antelope Valley on Nov. 18 when they shot 48.3 percent from the field.

Shooting from the free throw line was also exemplary as the Green and Gold was 72.2 percent (13-of-18), which was their best day at the line from a made free throw standpoint.

The Griffins will face Los Angeles Southwest (4-5) on Saturday in the first championship semi-final. The Cougars put 106 on the board against College of the Desert on Friday. “Their two big kids are really good,” Weber said looking towards the match-up on Saturday. “We just can’t get into a track meet with them. They want to go fast and COD wanted to play fast as well.”

Balboa Prep at Grossmont
@ Grossmont College – El Cajon, Calif.
12/2/2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Balboa Prep
62

Grossmont
75

FINAL	1	2	T
Balboa Prep	30	32	62
Grossmont (4-4)	39	36	75

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Balboa Prep
01	N. Brown-Henderson	30	5-11	3-8	3-6	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	5	16
02	Andre Allen	24	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
04	Isaiah Camon	25	4-7	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	5	2	0	1	1	9
21	Ismaila Kane	17	2-3	0-0	3-4	2	8	10	1	1	5	3	3	7
55	Jose Serrano	24	4-9	0-1	3-5	0	3	3	3	0	0	3	1	11
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
13	Mojus Mojus	23	3-9	0-4	0-0	1	3	4	2	1	0	6	1	6
15	Berrit Keith	6	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
24	Christian Wilson	27	4-7	0-0	1-2	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	4	9
32	Malcolm Little	24	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	3	3
TM	TEAM					2	0	2				0	0
TOTALS			23-53 43.4%	5-18 27.8%	11-19 57.9%	5	26	31	17	7	5	20	19	62

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Grossmont
05	Daniel McCowen	29	2-8	0-3	2-2	0	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	6
11	Bryce Parsons	36	8-13	1-1	3-4	3	5	8	3	2	0	0	3	20
15	Oscar Limon	32	4-6	0-1	0-0	0	6	6	3	1	0	1	1	8
20	Ronald Blain	31	5-14	0-0	2-5	1	5	6	1	4	2	3	2	12
23	David Wheeler	22	6-10	1-4	3-3	2	5	7	3	1	0	2	3	16
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
01	Kyle Ruiz	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
04	Corwin Feerick	16	1-5	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	1	2	0	1	2
10	Josh Moran	19	1-4	0-2	2-3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	4
30	Taka Hall	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	Quinn Skillin	11	3-3	0-0	1-1	1	3	4	0	2	0	3	1	7
TM	TEAM					2	1	3				0	0
TOTALS			30-63 47.6%	2-11 18.2%	13-18 72.2%	10	27	37	18	13	4	12	15	75

BALBOA PREP	TEAM STATISTICS	GROSSMONT
43.4% ( 23-53)	Field Goal %	47.6% ( 30-63)
27.8% ( 5-18)	3pt Field Goal %	18.2% ( 2-11)
57.9% ( 11-19)	Free Throw %	72.2% ( 13-18)
31	Rebounds	37
17	Assists	18
20	Turnovers	12
16	Points off Turnovers	15
8	2nd Chance Points	10
32	Points in the Paint	46
15	Fastbreak Points	8
19	Bench Points	13
3	Largest Lead	16
1st-13:10	Time of Largest Lead	2nd-18:41
Ties: 1; Lead Changes: 4