2018-19 Pasadena City College Men's Basketball News
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Lancers Simpson And Blount Named All-SCC Men's Basketball
March 04, 2019Pasadena City College two-year letterman forward Jordan Simpson and transfer sophomore forward Chris Blount were selected to the 11-player, 2018-2019 All-South Coast Conference North Division Men's Basketball Team. -
Cuesta Hands Men's Cagers Round 1 Playoff Loss
February 27, 2019One of the state's best 3-point shooting teams made the nets at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium seem like their own as #17 seed Cuesta College rained in 15 threes to send the #14 Pasadena City College to a 70-62 defeat in a Southern California Regional Round 1 Playoff game Wednesday night.
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Men's Hoops Take #14 Seed, Hosts #17 Cuesta In SoCal Playoff Round 1
February 26, 2019For the first time in 15 years, the Pasadena City College men's basketball team will host a postseason game. The Lancers (17-11) earned the No. 14 seed and will host #17 seed Cuesta College in Round 1 of the Southern California Regional Playoffs on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Tip-off is 7 p.m. at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
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Men's Cagers Clinch SCC 3rd With Win Over Mt. SAC
February 20, 2019The Pasadena CIty College men's basketball team sealed third place in the 6-team, South Coast Conference North Division after rolling over Mt. San Antonio, 80-63, on Sophomore Night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium Wednesday night.
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Men's Cagers Take Sole Possession Of 3rd Place in SCC North
February 15, 2019The Pasadena City College men's basketball team continues to get closer to gaining a postseason berth after taking sole possession of third place in the South Coast Conference North Division Friday night. The visiting Lancers beat state #23-ranked LA Trade Tech for the second time in conference play, 80-73, to even their SCC mark at 4-4 and up their overall record to 16-10.
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Men's Basketball Counts By 3s In Win Over Rio Hondo
February 08, 2019In a tight contest leading 19-15, the Pasadena City College men's basketball team worked it around until Josiah Woods swished a 3-pointer from the corner. The next trip down Giovonni Jackson launched in a trey from the top of the circle. Then Patric Panoosi liked what he was seeing and he netted back-to-back triples. Then it was backup Rod Terry's turn and he added three 3s himself. In all, PCC made nine 3-point baskets in a wild first half and went on to beat Rio Hondo, 80-65, Friday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
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Chaffey Controls Post To Beat Men's Cagers
February 06, 2019One of the Pasadena City College men's basketball teams strengths has been the ability to outplay opponents in in the post with a swarming defense and hard-nosed rebounding. On Wednesday, Chaffey's 6-foot-8 center Manu Oulai proved a little too much for the Lancers, scoring 24 points and grabbing 14 rebounds to send the Lancers to a 78-69 loss at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
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Letdown For Men's Basketball At Mt. SAC
February 01, 2019Basking in the glow of its second upset over a state top 12 team in the last two weeks on Wednesday (a win over #12 LA Trade Tech), the Pasadena City College men's basketball team figured it would get easier when it faced a struggling Mt. San Antonio team that had lost its previous two games by 30 and then 28 points.
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Underdog Men's Cagers Roll Over State #12 Trade Tech
January 30, 2019Until this week, the California Community Colleges feel-good story was the emergence of Los Angeles Trade Tech, a program that had struggled in recent years but had won 16 of its last 17 games and rose to No. 12 in the state men's basketball rankings. Meanwhile, unranked Pasadena City College has flown under the radar despite a recent upset over No. 10 Cerritos and Friday's near miss in a 1-point overtime loss to No. 5 East Los Angeles.
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Men's Hoops Push State No. 5 ELAC To Brink, But Lose In OT
January 25, 2019The unranked Pasadena City College men's basketball team did all it could, but in the end missed free throws prevented the Lancers from an upset as state No. 5-ranked East Los Angeles edged the Lancers, 69-68, in overtime Friday night. The South Coast Conference North Division game was played at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
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Men's Basketball Still Perfect In OT Games, Win SCC North Opener
January 23, 2019Extra time has been winning time for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team. The Lancers opened South Coast Conference North Division play with a 74-73 overtime victory at Rio Hondo College Wednesday night. The Lancers moved to 4-0 in OT games this season.
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Men's Basketball Biggest Win In 4 Years, Upset State #10 Cerritos, 72-68
January 19, 2019In the Pasadena City College men's basketball team's most influential victory in four years, the Lancers upset state No. 10-ranked and host Cerritos, 72-68, Friday night in a South Coast Conference crossover game.
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Lancers Men's Basketball Alum McKay Anderson Now At USC
January 16, 2019McKay Anderson, an All-South Coast Conference First Team selection from the 2016-17 Pasadena City College men's basketball team, is currently a Trojan, playing for USC as a walk-on junior guard during the '18-19 season.
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State No. 6 Long Beach Stops Lancers 3-Game Win Streak
January 16, 2019For the first 17 minutes Wednesday night, the unrated Pasadena City College men's basketball team went basket-for-basket against state No. 6 Long Beach City College. The Lancers led 23-17 and then 30-29 after a 3-pointer by Giovonni Jackson.
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SCC Crossover Swing All Men's Basketball
January 11, 2019The Pasadena City College men's basketball team's crossover trip through the South Coast Conference South Division has been a fruitful one thus far for the Lancers. PCC is 3-0 in the new year and 3-0 v. the other division after knocking off Compton, 71-59, Friday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium. PCC earned other crossover wins over LA Southwest and LA Harbor.
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Double-Doubles For Simpson, Blount As Men's Cagers Now Double Digits In Wins
January 10, 2019Double the pleasure, double the fun. That was the theme for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team on Wednesday in a 72-53 win at Los Angeles Harbor College. Forwards Chris Blount and Jordan Simpson recorded double-doubles in points and rebounds in helping the Lancers reach double digits in wins at 10. PCC matched its victory total of last season in only 15 games (10-5 record).
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Courseault Rescues Men's Basketball In 68-65 Win
January 04, 2019The Pasadena City College men's basketball team jumped out to a 12-point halftime lead, extended it to 15 and then let it slip away late Friday night against visiting Los Angeles Southwest College. But point guard Khristion Courseault came to the rescue, making a pair of jump shots in the last 70 seconds to give the Lancers a 68-65 victory.
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Depth Lends Helping Hands For Men's Cagers
December 17, 2018Every game different players are stepping up for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team. The results are a Lancers squad now three games over the .500 mark at 7-4.
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Men's Hoops Beats Local Freeway Rival Glendale In OT, 95-90
November 22, 2018Chris Blount made a jumper with 51 seconds left in overtime to give the Pasadena City College men's basketball team the final lead in a 95-90, non-conference victory at Glendale College Wednesday night. PCC improved its record to 5-3.
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Men's Cagers Settle For 2nd Place At Skip Robinson Classic
November 17, 2018In a preview of coming attractions, or otherwise known as the 2019 South Coast Conference North Division race, the Pasadena City College men's basketball team put out its best effort, but fell a little short in a 71-66 loss to the Beavers in the championship game of PCC's 2nd Skip Robinson Classic on Saturday afternoon.
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Men's Basketball Advances To Skip Robinson Classic Final
November 16, 2018The Pasadena City College men's basketball team has used a sense of urgency late in games that has served it well in the early part of the season. Strong defense, speed and energetic athleticism produced big plays in the final few minutes Friday as the Lancers defeated LA Valley, 65-60, to advance to the championship game of the 2nd Skip Robinson Classic.
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Dunk Show By Egbunike As Men's Hoops Beats Pierce, 83-66
November 15, 2018Ivan Egbunike went up and over Pierce College Thursday night in the first round of the Pasadena City College-hosted 2nd Skip Robinson Classic. Egbunike slam dunked on three of his baskets as part of his 17 points to lead the Lancers to an 83-66 win at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
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Men's Cagers Enjoy High-Scoring 2nd Half In ECC Win
November 10, 2018For the first 23 minutes, Pasadena City College battled host El Camino College as the two teams were tied at 43-43 in the South Coast Conference men's basketball crossover contest. The Lancers then stepped on the accelerator, scoring 17 unanswered points over the next four minutes on their way to a 90-63 victory. Pasadena outscored the Warriors, 54-27, in the second half.
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Double OT Win For PCC As Men's Basketball 2018-19 Season Opens
November 01, 2018The Pasadena City College men's basketball team passed its first test out of the gate, outlasting Moorpark College in double overtime, 93-86, in the Lancers 2018-19 season opener at the Ventura We Play Hard Tournament on Thursday.
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Last State Champion PCC Men's Hoops Coach Dan Ayala Passes At 82
September 18, 2018Dan Ayala, who coached the last Pasadena City College men's basketball state champion team in 1969, passed away Monday due to complications from a heart condition. He was 81. Ayala succeeded the legendary Jerry Tarkanian as PCC head coach and won the state title in his debut Lancers season.
