LBCC men’s basketball upsets No.1 Mt. SAC
Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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Long Beach 23-6, So.#8 seed | 30 | 45 | 75 |
Mt. San Antonio 27-2, So.#1 seed | 33 | 39 | 72 |
Team Stats
Game Statistics | Long Beach | Mt. San Antonio |
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Field Goals | (24-50) | (22-52) |
Field Goal % | 48.0% | 42.3% |
Rebounds | 23 | 46 |
Assists | 8 | 10 |
Turnovers | 14 | 25 |
Pts off Turnovers | 25 | 19 |
2nd Chance Pts | 15 | 21 |
Pts in the Paint | 28 | 30 |
Fastbreak Pts | 10 | 2 |
Bench Pts | 11 | 29 |
By JJ Fidler, Press Telegram
The Long Beach City College men's basketball team continued its impressive playoff run with an upset win on Wednesday at top-seeded Mt. San Antonio College, 75-72, in the Southern California Regional Playoffs. LBCC will host East Los Angeles on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Southern California final and the winner advances to the state championships in Cerritos.
Four Vikings scored in double digits, while guard Brandon Staton put up a game-high 22 points with seven rebounds and four 3-pointers. Michael Shivers scored 11 of his 19 points in the second half. LBCC held a slight lead for most of the first half, but a Mt. SAC's Malcom Whittington hit a 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer for a 33-30 Mounties lead at the break.
Long Beach City College retook the lead early in the second half, but Mt. SAC went up 55-53 with 7:21 left. Staton answered with a layup at the other end and after an offensive foul, Jovan Pearson's free throws put the Vikings up for good. Mt. SAC's 6-0 run made it a two-point game with less than two minutes left, but Shivers' layup stopped the home momentum.
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