Santiago Canyon College Men’s Basketball Newsletter Date: 2/12/18 – 2/18/18 Volume 1 Issue 13 This past week, we wrapped up the regular season with games at Fullerton College and Irvine Valley College. On Tuesday, we lost in a hard-fought game by 6, and on Thursday we deFeated IVC by 20 points. Our overall record is now 19-9 and 6-6 in conFerence play. We will be heading to the California JC State Playoffs this week. We will know our opponent and location on Monday aFternoon. It’s been an incredible journey For our inaugural season and one that we want to last longer by making a deep run in the state playoffs. This team has been resilient all year and has never backed down From a challenge. All the players have been a joy to coach. As a coaching stafF, you couldn’t ask For a better group oF young men to represent Santiago Canyon College on and oFF the basketball court in our First season oF men’s basketball. SCC Men’s Basketball Fast Facts • 4th in California in points per game: 89.3 • 4th in California in Free throw percentage: 74.6% • 1st in California in Free throws made and 3rd in attempted: 566/759 • 1st in scoring in the Orange Empire ConFerence: 85.2 • 1st in 3-point field goals made in the Orange Empire ConFerence: 160 • 1st in 3-point field goal percentage in the Orange Empire ConFerence: 41.0% • 1st in Assists per game in the Orange Empire ConFerence: 16.6 • 2nd in Free Throw percentage in the Orange Empire ConFerence: 74.2% • Massey Rating (as oF 2/12/18) = #19 in California • Rocket Henderson is 1st in points scored in California with 744 points • Rocket Henderson is 2nd in scoring average in California at 26.6 points per game • Antoine Jenkins is 4th in scoring average in California at 26.1 points per game • AJ Garrity averaged 11.2 points per game in conference • Rocket Henderson was 1st in points per game in the OEC: 31.2 points per game • Antoine Jenkins was 2nd in points per game in the OEC: 26.1 points per game • Antoine Jenkins was 2nd in 3-point field goal percentage in the OEC: 52.3% • AJ Garrity was 5th in assists per game in the OEC: 3.6 assists per game • Rocket Henderson was selected OFFensive Player oF the Year in the OEC • Antoine Jenkins was selected 1st Team All-ConFerence in the OEC • 2 Tournament Championships: SCC/SAC Tournament & Pasadena City Tournament • Orange Empire ConFerence Record: 6 – 6 • Overall Record: 19 – 8 1 Game #28: Game Summary - Thursday, February 15, 2018 Opponent: Irvine Valley College Final Score: SCC 78 IVC 58 Antoine Jenkins scored 22 of his 31 points in the first half and Rocket Henderson torched the nets for 26 of his 28 points in the second half to lead the Santiago Canyon College Hawks to a 78-58 victory over the Irvine Valley College Lasers. The Hawks finish the regular season with a 19-9 overall record, going 6- 6 in Orange Empire Conference play. They finished in 5th place in the 9-team conference and now await their playoff opponent and destination. Information should be forthcoming on Sunday evening. Irvine Valley, the only conference team to defeat conference champion, Orange Coast College, finishes the season at 14-15 and 3-9 in league play. The Hawks led most of the first half and stretched their lead to 12 but the Lasers fought back and trimmed the deficit to 32-28. With 6 seconds left in the half, Coach Todd Dixon called a timeout to draw up a play at the end of the half. The play worked to perfection as AJ Garrity penetrated the defense and kicked a pass to Jenkins who nailed a cold blooded 28-footer just before the half time buzzer for a 35-28 advantage. Santiago Canyon never trailed in the second half but the Lasers kept the game within striking distance before the Hawks pulled away in the final 6 minutes behind Henderson's scoring outburst. Henderson also had a game high 12 rebounds. Zane Paddon led Irvine Valley with 14 points. The Hawks shot 49% from the field while holding the Lasers to 42% mark. Santiago Canyon could play again on either Wednesday or Friday night. Whenever they play and whoever they play, just means that this incredible journey of a first basketball season will continue for at least another game and maybe longer. The Hawks have proven right away that they can play and compete with anyone in California Community College Basketball. Stay tuned. The playoffs are coming! SCC vs. Irvine Valley Box Score SCC vs. Irvine Valley Game Highlights Game #27: Game Summary - Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Opponent: Fullerton College Final Score: SCC 83 Fullerton 89 After a 20-point win against Cypress College on Friday, the Santiago Canyon College Basketball Team was hoping to build off of that victory against Fullerton College on Tuesday. However, it was the Hornets of Fullerton who came out on top by a score of 89-83. The Hawks are now 5-6 in Orange Empire conference play and are 18-9 overall. Fullerton concludes their regular season with a 20-7 overall mark going 9-3 in league play, good enough for second place to conference champion, Orange Coast College. Santiago Canyon has one more game left at Irvine Valley College on Thursday night. Fullerton definitely will be in the state playoffs and the Hawks are confident that they will be included as well. A win on Thursday against the Lasers will increase their chances of post season play. Fullerton (ranked #12 in California) opened the game with an 11-0 run, using their height advantage over Santiago Canyon to get the ball inside. The Hawks have been resilient all season and were so again on Tuesday. They fought back quickly after the early deficit and took the lead for the first time in the first half at 39-37. Santiago Canyon led at the half by a score of 41-39. Antoine Jenkins, Rocket Henderson, and Troy Recktenwald combined for 35 of the 41 points for the Hawks. The second half was back and forth most of the way until Fullerton took the lead for good with 6:40 left on a basket by guard Jason Richardson. The bucket made it 64-63 and the Hawks would never lead again. Fullerton outrebounded Santiago Canyon 46-26, but the Hawks did force 20 turnovers while only committing 8 miscues on their end. After shooting 47% from the field in the first half, Santiago Canyon connected on only 37% of their attempts in the second half including an ice cold 3-20 from 3-point land. Jenkins led all scorers with 36 points 2 while Henderson finished with 26 while also leading the Hawks with 8 rebounds. Recktenwald had his second consecutive solid outing off the bench and finished with 12 points. Richardson, a transfer from Cal State Northridge, led Fullerton with 24 points. The 2 teams met earlier this season on January 19 and it was Santiago Canyon who came out on top by a score of 70-69. Game time at Irvine Valley College on Thursday is at 6:00 p.m. A win on Thursday would put the Hawks at 6-6 in the Orange Empire Conference. It has been a remarkable first season of competitive college basketball and Coach Todd Dixon and his team are ready for the challenge. " We played pretty well today, but made too many mistakes to beat a team like Fullerton. We have to bounce back quickly and get ready for Irvine Valley. Our players love to compete and we all would like to end our regular season with a win." Irvine Valley is 14-14 overall and 3-8 in league play. Playoff teams and seedings will be announced Monday afternoon. SCC vs Fullerton Box Score SCC vs Fullerton Game Highlights Next Games: Date Opponent Location Time Wednesday, 2/21/18 Quarter-Finals State PlayoFFs TBA 7:00pm Saturday, 2/24/18 Semi-Finals State PlayoFFs TBA 7:00pm 3 .