Nor Cal JC scores from Friday

Below are Friday's scores involving northern California JC teams:

* Cosumnes River College 88 - Sacramento City College 58 box 

The score was 48-15 at halftime.

For CRC: Phil (Edison High) Randles led with 16 points, Josh (Cosumnes Oaks High) Johnson passed out nine assists and Donald (Center High) Mims contributed eight rebounds and four blocks in his 24 minutes.

For SCC: Arnie (Lindhurst High) Vargas scored 14 points on almost perfect shooting (5-5 overall, 3-3 from long distance, 1-2 at the foul line).

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* Contra Costa College 95 - Mendocino College 80

From CCC Men's Basketball: "The Comets defeated Mendocino College 95-80 in high scoring contest. After jumping out to an early lead, the Comets held down several comeback attempts by Mendocino. G Tajai Johnson led the Comets with 28 points and 6 rebounds while G Dawson Johnson added 22 points and steals. G Jebraile Newkirk added 10 points and 8 assists. The Comets are now back above .500 with a 12-11 overall record and a 9-4 record in Bay Valley Conference play."

For MC: Paul (Ukiah High) Steliga posted a 15 point, seven assist line with teammate Chris Ketter going for 16 points plus 14 rebounds.

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* Napa Valley College 76 - College of Alameda 67

The Napa Valley Register game reports.

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* San Jose City College 121 - Hartnell College 79 box

For SJCC: Junior Anderson compiled 31 points bolstered by shooting 7-11 from long distance, Chris (Delano High) Sterling just missed a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds and Devonne Nolan compiling 15 points and 10 assists.

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* Las Positas College 81 - Chabot College 66

From LPC Men's Basketball:

"LPC recorded its biggest win of the Coast Conference North Division season Friday night -- and perhaps its biggest win of the year -- by beating Chabot 81-66 in Livermore.

The Hawks (13-11, 2-6) and Gladiators (14-11, 5-3) entered the game going in different directions. LPC entered in last place in the conference and losers of 7 of its past 8 games. Chabot, meanwhile, was tied for first place, had won 5 of its previous 6 games, and moved up the rankings to #16 in the state and #9 in Northern California.

What's more, LPC was coming of a gut-wrenching, buzzer-beating loss to Foothill two nights earlier and was down to 9 players because of injuries and team defections.

None of that seemed to matter, though, as the Hawks built a 12-point lead in the first half and entered halftime with a 40-33 advantage. LPC then opened the second half with an 11-2 run after three-pointers by McKayle Harnell, Nick Merrill, and Marti Fonolla, and a follow shot by Merrill to build a 51-33 lead.

Chabot pulled within 59-46 before the Hawks scored 6 straight points on a free throw by Cameron Moses, another three by Merrill, and a turnaround jumper by Rashad Brackeen, making the score 65-46 midway through the second half.

LPC's lead grew to 22 points at 77-55 after Donovan Grant put in a layup off a nifty pass from Moses with 5:10 remaining.

Harnell led the Hawks with 18 points, while Fonolla added 15, and Brackeen and Grant contributed 11 each."

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* Monterey Peninsula College 67 - West Valley College 62 box

From MPC Men's Basketball: "Tough hard nosed win vs West Valley 67-62. Devin Koeplin had 23 pts. Isaac Clark also had 22 points."

Koeplin's points came on 6-10 overall shooting, 5-7 from beyond the arc and 6-7 at the free throw line. Clark shot 9-15 overall.

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* San Joaquin Delta College 56 - Modesto Junior College 49 box

The Modesto Bee:

"It looked promising for 20 minutes for the Modesto Junior College men’s basketball team.

Then came the second half.

A chance for a Big 8 Conference victory faded Friday night when the Pirates managed only 13 points in the second half. The result was a 56-40 loss to San Joaquin Delta at MJC Gym.

Modesto (5-17, 2-8) dropped its sixth game in a row, though it teased its fans with a 27-20 lead at halftime.

The Mustangs (16-7, 6-4), one of several teams chasing Big 8 leader Cosumnes River, scored the first eight points of the second half and pulled away.

Troy Anderson, a 6-foot-5 sophomore, led Delta with 15 points (plus 10 boards, five steals and four blocked shots). Jordan Belasco followed with 11 points (plus eight assists) and Treyvon Merriweather had 11. Sophomore guard Blake Terry topped the Pirates with 11 points."

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* Diablo Valley College 58 - American River College 52

For DVC: Rico Nuno 3 8-10 14, Jaques Carraway 5 0-0 10

For ARC: Marcelas Perry 6 1-2 15, Kei'shaun Sinclair 5 2-3 13

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* Sierra College 70 - Santa Rosa Junior College 69

For SRJC: Davone (Castlemont High) Oliver scored 18 points, Parker (Humboldt State) Farris 13 and Siaan (Concord High) Rojas was also in double figures with 11.

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* Merritt College 87 - Solano College 60

* DeAnza College 81 - Gavilan College 70

* Skyline College 77 - Ohlone College 76 OT

* San Francisco City College 65 - Foothill College 64