Nor Cal JC game scores from Tuesday

Below are the scores from Tuesday matchups involving northern California JC teams:

* Cosumnes River College 85 - San Joaquin Delta College 73

Dave Campbell game reports:

"...In the men's game, the Hawks quickly ran their eight-point halftime lead to 13 points and eventually led by 20. A spirited comeback by the Mustangs came up short.

“Cosumnes River deserved to win,” Delta coach Rich Ressa said. “They played with more of an edge and more purpose. The right team won tonight.”

Twice late in the game, Delta (13-5, 3-2) closed to within 14 and both times the Mustangs followed those baskets with a steal, only to throw the ball away. Jordan Belasco’s 3-pointer with 2:16 remaining again narrowed the deficit to 14 and started a 7-2 run for Delta with Belasco scoring all seven points, drawing the Mustangs within 78-67 with 1:53 remaining.

After a ferocious offensive rebound by Troy Anderson, Belasco hit another 3-pointer with 1:01 left to make it 82-72, but that was as close as the Mustangs would come. Belasco led Delta with 17 points — all in the second half — followed by Anderson with 15 and Dwayne Lee with 13.  

Anderson’s defensive prowess has been a mainstay of the Delta attack and he came into the game with the second-best rebounding average in the state at 13.3 per game. Anderson made it a double-double when he tallied 15 rebounds to go with his 15 points and he had five steals down the stretch.

Mitchell Love of the Hawks (12-8, 3-2) scored a game-high 21 points."

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* Yuba College 107, Merritt College 87

The Appeal Democrat game reports.

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* Diablo Valley College 71 - Sacramento City College 68

For DVC: Jelani (Freedom High) Hardaway 4 7-8 16, Spencer (Concord High) Clark 5 4-6 14, Rico (Half Moon Bay High) Nuno 5 2-6 13, Olajuwon (Deer Valley High) Garner 4 1-2 10

For SCC: Brandon (Valley High) Rowden 10 5-5 25, Adam (Bella Vista High) Ciszewski 6 1-3 16 (three treys)

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* American River College 64 - Santa Rosa Junior College 51

For SRJC: Corey (Cardinal Newman High) Hammell 18, Parker (Humboldt State) Farris 12, Siaan (Concord High) Rojas 11.

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* College of Marin 82 - Mendocino College 69

For MC: Chris Ketter led with 22 points, Michael Escobedo tallied 18 on six treys and Paul (Ukiah High) Steliga nabbed a double-double of 10 points plus 10 assists.

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* Napa Valley College 78 - Los Medanos College 68

For NVC: Sonoma State signee Naaman (Vanden High) Hightower achieved a 19 point, 15 rebound double-double.

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* Sierra College 54 - Modesto Junior College 51

* Solano College 79 - College of Alameda 67