Nor Cal JC game scores from Saturday

Below are the scores from Saturday's matchups involving northern California JC teams:

* Butte College 71 - Lassen College 69

It was a tale of two halves as BC 'won' the first 20 minutes 42-29 and LC took the second 40-29. Butte's Arthur (Salinas High) Caldwell shot 11-15 as well as taking the game-winning attempt on his way to 28 points and teammate Michael (Corning High) Shoemaker just missed a double-double with 21 points plus nine boards. Murshid (Central High) Randle led Lassen with 22 points.

Joseph Shufelberger game reports.

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* Feather River College 105 - College of the Redwoods 82

From COTR Athletics:

College of the Redwoods allowed 60 first-half points and the men’s basketball team lost its third consecutive Golden Valley Conference game on Saturday, falling to Feather River 105-82 in Quincy.

CR (0-3 in the GVC and 6-12 overall), which has now lost seven of its past eight games since starting the year 5-4, has lost to Butte, Lassen and Feather River by 34, 40 and 22 points, respectively, to start GVC play.

“We’re in a funk,” said CR head coach Justin Mora. “But we have to keep things in perspective and keep working hard because those are three of the better teams in Northern California.”

CR sophomore Johnny Shelton led the Corsairs in scoring with 18 points, while Daymarcco Green (11) and Jamal Easterling (10) also finished in double figures.

“It was actually close for most of the first half,” Mora said. “But in about the last eight minutes they blew it open. We went cold, they got hot and their pressure got to us.”

Redwoods trailed 60-36 at the break and actually outscored the Golden Eagles in the second half, 46-45, but the game was never in reach.

“After the game I told the guys that we just have to stay focused,” Mora said. “We have a couple of winnable games coming up so we’ve got to be ready to go and have a bounce-back game.”

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* Merritt College 82 - Mendocino College 76 OT

For the Thunderbirds, freshman Rodney (Freedom High) Pope led with both 16 points and eight assists, Leo (Oakland Tech) Smith provided 16 and six, Jovontae (El Cerrito High) Carleton scored 14, Travon King 13 plus eight boards and Denzel (McClymonds High) Bellot grabbed 15 rebounds while scoring 11 points.

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* Contra Costa College 65 - Los Medanos College 58

From CCC Men's Basketball: "The Comets got back in the win column, defeating Los Medanos College 65-58 on the road. After falling behind early in the 2nd half the Comets got stingy on D and were able to get some easy buckets in transition. G Dawson Johnson led the Comets with 16 pts and 9 rebs. G Tajai Johnson added 16 pts, 5 rebs, and 3 ast. F Justin Johnson chipped in 10 pts and 4 ast. The Comets now stand at 8-9 overall with a 5-2 record in conference play."

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* Fresno City College 85 - West Hills College 66

From the Fresno Bee:

Fresno City College, the state’s No. 2-ranked men’s basketball team, broke free from what was a tight affair at halftime to beat visiting West Hills 85-66 in a Central Valley Conference game.

Brandon Shelton scored 14 of his 18 points after halftime as the Rams improved to 19-3 overall and 3-0 in the conference ahead of Wednesday’s 5 p.m. game at Reedley. West Hills is 7-13 and 1-2.

Fresno City led 36-35 at the break, but a 9-0 run early in the second half helped the Rams pull away.

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* College of Marin 85 - College of Alameda 55

Ian Ross game reports.