JC games scores from Saturday

Below are the Saturday scores involving northern California JC teams:

* Yuba College 83 - Solano College 48

From the Appeal-Democrat:

"Vasilije Saraba piled up 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists in a little more than a half of play before the Yuba College men's team went to the bench in an 83-48 victory against visiting Solano College on Saturday in Linda.

The 49ers kept pace with College of Marin atop the Bay Valley Conference standings as the Mariners beat Los Medanos 71-65. Both teams are 8-1 in conference.

Jalen Coates scored 12 points and dished out six assists, Manny Malou posted a double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks, and Barry Ogalue netted 14 points for Yuba..."

From the Daily Republic: "Koree Cox poured in 20 points, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Solano Community College men’s basketball team from suffering an 83-48 rout at the hands of Yuba College, Saturday."

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* San Jose City College 62 - Monterey Peninsula College 59 box

For the Jags, Chris (Delano High) Sterling led with 21 points and added eight boards plus five assists, Maurice Joiner enjoyed a 16 and 10 double-double with Stevenaire (Mt. Eden High) Young producing a 12 and 10 double-double.

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* College of Marin 71 - Los Medanos College 65

From the Marin Independent Journal:

"Pierre Carter scored 26 points to help guide the College of Marin men's basketball team to its fifth consecutive victory with a 73-65 home win against Los Medanos on Saturday.

The Mariners (17-3, 8-1 Bay Valley Conference) picked up an important victory two days after surging into a first-place tie by defeating previously unbeaten Yuba.

"I'm definitely proud of our guys," COM coach Dave Granucci said. "It was one of those trap games. You get a big win, a real important win for your team and program in playing Yuba and you have to come back and can't have a letdown. ... There were some tough stretches tonight but we hung tough and were able to pull it out."

COM had an 11-point lead at the half but Los Medanos (3-17, 0-9) got hot from long range and took a one-point lead. COM responded with a run of its own and was able to put the game to bed with a few minutes to spare.

Granucci credited Carter, Bobby Reeves and Miller Blake with making some key plays late to help secure the win.

"We made enough plays down the stretch and got enough stops to secure a win with a few minutes left in the game," Granucci said. "It wasn't pretty but, for the week we've had at Mendocino on Tuesday then Yuba at home then a day and a half later playing Los Medanos — a dangerous team — on Saturday, I was really happy with what we accomplished this week.

Former Drake High standout Luke Chavez had 12 points for COM. Blake added 11 while Reeves and George Johnson each scored nine."

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* Merritt College 91 - Contra Costa College 81 box

For the Thunderbirds, Leo (Oakland Tech) Smith scored 22 points on just seven shots, Jovontae (El Cerrito High) Carleton produced 20 and Rodney (Freedom High) Pope went for 18.

From CCC Men's Basketball: "The Comets struggled on defense and with ball control this afternoon, turning the ball over 21 times en route to a 91-81 defeat at the hands of #9 Merritt College. G Tajai Johnson led the Comets with 24 pts and 4 reb while G Dawson Johnson added 15 pts and 5 ast. F Justin Johnson added 12 pts, 7 ast, and 5 reb."

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* Fresno City College 69 - Columbia College 61

From the Fresno Bee:

"Nick Hilton finished with a game-high 18 points, including six 3-pointers, in state-ranked No. 2 Fresno City College’s 68-61 victory over Columbia in a Central Valley Conference men’s basketball game Saturday.

The Rams trailed 7-0 before capturing the lead at the 11:45 mark when Hilton drained consecutive 3-pointers as Fresno City (21-3, 5-0) moved ahead 16-10 and never looked back in handing Columbia (14-7, 5-1) its first conference loss. Marquell Hubbard led the Claim Jumpers with 13 points."

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* Butte College 77 - Shasta College 68

From TJ Holmes/ChicoER:

"Butte extended its winning streak to seven games with a 77-68 road win over Shasta Saturday night.

The Roadrunners, ranked 12th in the state, shook off a narrow deficit in the first five minutes but got in a groove with its inside-out game between Michael Shoemaker in the paint and leaving the outside open for Jud Sailsbery to bury 3-pointers.

Sailsbery, who finished with 19 points on four three-pointers, nailed treys on two straight possessions at the 9:35 mark in the first half to give Butte a double digit lead that would hold until early in the second half.

Shasta cut it to five with 3:57 remaining on a transition bucket from Andrew Fitzhugh following a Blake Marchant steal. But Butte wasted no time to build its lead back to 14 as another Sailsbery trey ignited a 7-0 run and Shasta couldn’t get closer than seven the rest of the way..."

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* Mendocino College 87 - College of Alameda 84 box

For MC, Ronnie Turkvan Jr. led with 24 points while teammates Michael Ketter and Chris Escobedo tallied 17 apiece.

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* College of the Redwoods 78 - College of the Siskiyous 65

Ray Aspuria game reports as Justin (Fortuna High) Claus enjoyed six treys.

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* Lassen College 78 - Feather River College 55

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* Allan Hancock College 83 - Santa Barbara City College 43

For AHC, sophomore guard Andre (Serra High) Miller finished with 15 points, six boards, four assists and a pair of steals. He shot 3-5 from long distance.