Santiago Canyon College Men’s Basketball Newsletter Date: 12/4/17 – 12/10/17 Volume 1 Issue 6

We only played one game this week. It was on Friday against Southwestern from San Diego. We were victorious by the score of 79-75. They are a talented team and we had a battle all game long. We will play two games this week. On Thursday, December 14th we will host Cuyamaca College in our gym and on Saturday, December 16th we will play at College of the Desert out in the Palm Springs area. Looking forward to our final two games before conference play, which starts on Wednesday, January 3rd in the new year.

SCC Men’s Basketball Fast Facts • Massey Rating (as of 12/9/17) = #8 in California • CCCMBCA Poll (as of 12/4/17) = #10 in Southern California Region • CCCMBCA Poll (as of 12/4/17) = #18 in California • Antoine Jenkins is first in points scored in California with 366 points • Rocket Henderson is second in points scored in California with 321 points • 2 Tournament Championships (SCC/SAC Tournament & Pasadena City Tournament) • Record (as of 12/10/17) = 11-3

Game #14: Game Summary - Friday, December 8, 2017 Opponent: Southwestern Final Score: SCC 79 Southwestern 75 The Santiago Canyon College Basketball Team played a home game for the first time in over a month yesterday and came away with a victory over Southwestern College of Chula Vista by a score of 79-75. The Hawks are now 11-3 this season. The athletic Jaguars led most of the way in this contest as they built an early 14-point lead before Santiago Canyon rallied and cut the deficit to 4 at half. Southwestern kept applying the pressure in the second half as they pressed Santiago Canyon defensively for most of the game. The Jaguars were led by point guard Quincy Ferebee who scored 22 points. The Hawks battled back in the second half, finally grabbing the lead with 7:23 left to play on a 3-point basket by Rocket Henderson. Southwestern would not go away as they came right back to go back on top, but the Hawks had several players come through in the last 5 minutes. A.J. Garrity (15 points on 5 3-pointers) hit 2 huge 3-point shots. Kamron Fleming (10 points and 6 rebounds) slashed his way to the basket. Henderson (20 points on 3 of 6 3-point shots) scored on the fast break and guard Antoine Jenkins, who led the Hawks with 22 points, sealed the victory with 4 clutch free throws in the last minute.

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Coach Todd Dixon was pleased to come away with the win, "We'll take it. That was a battle tonight. I thought Southwestern played very well and was proud of how we responded after the early deficit. It is the second game in a row where we have had a slow start which is a little concerning. Hopefully, we can get that turned around on Thursday." Santiago Canyon is off until Thursday, December 14th when they host Cuyamaca College of San Diego. The contest starts at 5:00 p.m.

SCC vs. Southwestern Box Score SCC vs. Southwestern Game Highlights

Next Games: Date Opponent Location Time Thursday, 12/14/17 Cuyamaca College Santiago Canyon College 5:00pm Saturday, 12/16/17 College of the Desert College of the Desert 7:00pm

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