CCCAA Nor Cal scores and more from Friday

San Jose CC tourney

* Merritt College 74, Foothill College 68

Foothill was the first half winner, leading 34-30 after 20 minutes, The Owls enjoyed better ball movement, displaying a pass-first rather than shot- first unselfishness, spacing well and drawing double teams leading to kickouts for open shots. Nobody holds the ball in this offense. Plus despite limited size, Foothill performed well on the offensive boards with a number of putbacks. Come the second 20 minutes, Merritt began pressing and back-to-back layups gave the Thunderbirds a 51-47 lead with 11.46 remaining and the Owls stayed on the 47 mark for four minutes. Omari (Sacred Heart Cathedral) Brown and Tyrell (El Cerrito High) Alcorn mostly showed well in the Merritt backcourt and fellow frosh Andrew (Berkeley High) Pierson provided some second half scoring to power the Thunderbirds. Call this one a tale of two halfs.

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* Riverside City College 83, Monterey Peninsula College 77

MPC enjoyed a 44-36 lead at the first buzzer but RCC must have gotten religion in the locker room and went ahead in the first five minutes of the second period. The matchup went back and forth but the Lobos missed a number of free throws. The last four shot attempts in the game for MPC were approximately from 15 feet, 15 feet, 21 feet and 21 feet. Building on his 16 point, eight rebound, six assist effort from the night before, 6-foot-1 sophomore DeOndre (Sacred Heart Cathedral) Otis was again very productive and displayed excellent court smarts and vision. Another tale of two halfs.

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* San Jose City College 81, Lassen College 64

The Lassen crew played tough and hung tough in actually reducing a 43-23 Jaguar halftime lead. Having no one to match up with 6-foot-10 Akil Douglas, the lefty tallied 15 first half points before finishing with 24. His initial 20 minutes of scoring came on a foul line jumper, and and1 from five feet out on the baseline, a fastbreak and1 layup, a putback, another putback, an alley-oop dunk and finally a free throw. The outside shooting for Speed City still looks to be a work in progress. 

CCSF tourney

* City College of San Francisco 94, Yuba College 79

Yuba Mens Hoops: "Zamora goes for 34. Saraba injured in 1st 5 minutes. Out shot  28-12 from ft line. Malou with 15."

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* Mt. San Antonio College 83, College of Marin 79

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* Fresno City College 111, Napa Valley College 64 (it was 63-44 at halftime)

B.J. Shelton paced the Rams with 17 points on 8-10 shooting while Taylor Freeman tallied 15, going 4-5 from beyond the arc.

Anthony Galaviz/Fresno Bee: "The Fresno City College men’s basketball team had a relatively easy time in the first round of the City College of San Francisco Tip-Off tournament.

BJ Shelton scored a game-high 17 points, leading the state fifth-ranked Rams over Napa 111-64 in a season-opening game for both teams Friday night.

Fresno City (1-0) will face Santa Rosa (1-0) at 5 p.m. Saturday in a semifinal. The Bear Cubs routed Alameda 86-53.

Three others Rams scored in double figures: Taylor Freeman had 15, Mike Crawley 12 and Aaron Cameron 11.

Fresno City built a 63-34 halftime lead. Calvin Johnson led the Storm (0-1) with 14 points."

The FCC box

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* Santa Rosa Junior College 86, College of Alameda 53

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Las Positas College tourney

* Contra Costa College 80, Diablo Valley College 76

CCC Men's Basketball: "The Comets rebounded from yesterdays close defeat, defeating rival Diablo Valley College 70-66 in the consolation round of the Las Positas Tournament. After a cold 1st half which left them trailing by 11 at halftime, the Comets pushed the tempo and turned the game into their favor. G Bobby Syvanthong led the Comets with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists, while G Rae Jackson added 17 points and 4 rebounds. The Comets play tomorrow at 12 PM in the consolation championship of the tournament vs. Mendocino or Siskiyous College...GO COMETS!!!"

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* Sacramento City College 76, Las Positas College 74

James Giacomazzi: "last shot by Cam Moses rolls off the rim which would have given us the lead with 3 seconds to go."

LPC athletics game report.

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* Butte College 77, Columbia College 68

It was Trey Foster Night as the 6-foot freshman scored 25 points (8-12, 4-7, 5-5 shooting) and earned seven assists while 6-foot-7 Michael (Corning High) Shoemaker got back into the swing with 18 points (9-12 shooting), eight rebounds and four assists.

The Butte box

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* Mendocino College 75, College of the Siskiyous 69

Hartnell College tourney

* Gavilan College 83, Merced 79

Gavilan Basketball: "Robert Jones 13 pts, RJ Collins 13 pts, Robbie Skinner 12 pts, Dylan Mitchell 12 pts,Chris Harrigan 11 pts and Isaac Sears with 10 pts."

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* Hartnell College 85, Porterville College 81

Sierra College tourney

* Sierra College 93, Solano College 81

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* Feather River College 101, Reedley College 65

Down south

* Fullerton College 82, Cañada College 69

* Saddleback College 82, West Valley College 47