Scores from Wednesday's Nor Cal JC games

Below are the outcomes from Wednesday's matchups involving Nor Cal JC teams:

* Yuba College 87, Contra Costa College 85

Kirk Barron game reports.

Yuba College Men's Basketball: "Great win for 49'ers tonight! 2 kids sick, one jammed finger and no Manny Malou (foot injury) and the 49'ers come from 16 down in the first half to rally back and beat the Comets down the stretch 87-75!!! Zamora leads with 28 and Ogalue finishes with 23 and double figure rebounds."

CCC Men's Basketball: "The Comets dropped a tough one to #12 Yuba College 87-75. The Comets jumped out to an 11 point lead early but cold shooting and turnovers doomed the Comets. G Tajai Johnson led the Comets with 26 points and 6 rebounds while G Dawson Johnson added 11 points and 6 assists. The Comets are now 12-12 overall with a 9-5 record in Bay Valley Conference play."

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* Fresno City College 74, West Hills College 68

Fresno Bee:

"Even without its best defender, the Fresno City College men’s basketball team still came away with a victory.

Freshman guard Evan Stillahn hit four 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 14 points as the Rams — ranked No. 1 in the state for a third straight week — clinched a tie for the Central Valley Conference title with a 74-68 victory over West Hills on Wednesday.

The Rams (25-3, 9-0) played without sophomore guard Dejon Burdeaux, who’s nursing a shoulder injury. But long-range shooting, with the Rams nailing 12 3-pointers in all, helped move Fresno City within a win over Reedley on Saturday of wrapping up the CVC outright and likely clinching the No. 1 seed in the North Regional..."

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*  Las Positas College 82 - Cañada College 77 box

For CC: Rohndell (West High) Goodwin led with 19 points but shot 1-10 from long distance, Rodrigo (Burlingame High) Puliceno totaled 14 points plus eight boards and Manny Martin's 15 rebouds led the Colts.

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* Chabot College 80, Skyline College 68

From Chabot Men's Basketball: "Chabot pulls out a huge road victory over Skyline 80-68 Well balanced effort tonight; Kellen Sweetwyne 20, DeCarlos Frank 20 pts 5 assists, Raymond Baldwin 15, Shanquel Watson 11, Khalil James 6, Shane Haley 5, Austin Medeiros 3."

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* Napa Valley College 73, Mendocino College 71

For MC: Noel Crabtree led with 23 points with Chris Ketter earning a 14 rebound, 13 point double-double.

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* College of Marin 65, Solano College 43

Tim Menicutch game reports.

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* San Jose City College 82 - DeAnza College 54

For SJCC, Chris (Delano High) Sterling was big with 31 points. He shot 11-14 overall, 3-4 from beyond the arc and also contributed six boards, four assists and three steals.

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*  Cabrillo College 72 - Monterey Peninsula College 70

From Cabrillo College Basketball:

With 4 games remaining in the regular season the Cabrillo Men's Basketball Team found themselves with their backs against the wall. Win 4 straight or possibly miss the playoffs for the first time since 2009. First up was a tough Monterey Peninsula Team that had knocked off Cabrillo in Monterey in January. This time the game was in Aptos and Cabrillo was seeking revenge. The game did not start well for the Seahawks, MPC started the game on fire, hitting everything they shot and jumped on Cabrillo early to the tune of a 26-13 advantage with about eight minutes left in the first half. A big three in the corner by Johann Schmidt got the comeback started, Cabrillo's defensive intensity stepped up and a Zavon Jackson basket with 29 seconds left in the half would culminate the comeback and tie it all at 34. An MPC answered with a triple as the half ended, giving them a 37-34 lead at the break.

As the second half got started MPC came out firing again, increasing their lead to 10, 48-38 before another furious Cabrillo rally made the game close. A Latrell Wilson three with 10 minutes left would give Cabrillo its first lead at 58-56 and the rest of the game was a back and forth affair, neither team able to hold a lead. With a 69-68 lead and under a minute to play MPC would finish at the rim to take a 70-69 lead. After a Cabrillo time out, Cabrillo put the ball in the hands of Allen Wilcher who drove to the basket as the shot clock ticked down, drew three MPC defenders and found Seth Warfield on the right wing for a wide open three that he would knock down giving Cabrillo a 72-70 lead with under 20 seconds to go. Monterey had one last shot to win it with a deep three as time ran out but it would fall short and Cabrillo would prevail.

Wilcher would lead the Seahawks in scoring with 21, Wilson had 20 and Jackson finished with 11. 

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* Merritt College 97, College of Alameda 83 box

For MC: Travon King was on top with 21 points, closely followed by Denzel (McClymonds High) Bellot's 20, 18 from Rodney (Freedom High) Pope and D.J. (Pittsburg High) Kennedy's 14 points, eight boards and eight assists. It was 23 assists on 31 baskets.

For CoA: Antwan Johnson's 26 points was is the lead while Aaron (Skyline High Jacobs finished with 12.

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* Merced College 83, Columbia College 81 OT

For MC: Rob (Golden Valley High) Martinez 15, John (Buhach Colony High) Zaragoza 15 (five treys), Deonta Woodard 12, Jermaine Crowder 12

For CC: Marquell Hubbard 28, Rafe King 16, Michael (William Jessup University) Merserole 13.

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* West Valley College 65 - Hartnell College 62

From John Devine: "Chase Ealy has 17 points in Hartnell's 65-62 loss to West Valley. Anthony Jasso and Hyram Miskin each have 12."

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* Foothill College 57 - Ohlone College 50

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* Southwestern College beat Imperial Valley College 80-65 last night with Noah (Bethel High) Wellington totaling 15 points and six rebounds.