Saturday: CCSF 62, Butte 60

On Saturday in The City, City College of San Francisco and Butte battled until the end with the Rams winning 62-60. Zach (Berkeley High) Copeland paced the victors with 16 points and three assists while adding six rebounds. Eddie (Archbishop Riordan) Stansberry tallied 13 points.

Darrien Manker led Butte with 17 points and teammate Darae Elliott totaled 19 rebounds (11 on the offensive end) and 12 points.

Neither team shot well, with San Francisco finishing at 35.6% to 32.4% for the visitors. Butte won on the boards 56-33 but committed 22 turnovers to 15 for the Rams.

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"Butte basketball’s rally falls short against San Francisco" -- ChicoER

"The Butte College men’s basketball team’s run in the playoffs came to an end Saturday night in San Francisco. But the Roadrunners didn’t make it easy for the No. 1-seeded City College of San Francisco.

The ninth-seeded Roadrunners fell 62-60 against San Francisco on the road after rallying back from a 12-point deficit with 3 minutes, 36 seconds left in the second half.

Darrien Manker led the way for the Roadrunners with 17 points. Darae Elliot provided 12 points and grabbed 19 rebounds. Josiah Wood added 12 points and six rebounds while Brandon Sheppard had 11 points and six boards.

After falling behind 58-46, a pair of free throws and 3-ball from Manker helped inch Butte closer to San Francisco.

Wood hit a pair of free throws, then Elliot made a layup and followed up with a dunk that cut the lead to 62-59 with a little over a minute to play.

Elliot would hit one of two buckets from the line to trail 62-60 but Butte couldn’t get any closer as time ran out..."