Pasadena City College men's basketball sophomore forward-center Deandro Worrell has signed to continue his playing/educational career with NCAA Division III McMurry University in Abline, Tx. For Worrell, it's going back to his home state of Texas for the two-year letterman as the 6-foot-6 talent originally came to PCC from El Dorado High in El Paso.
Sophomore point guard London Benford and frosh shooting guard Rasheet Wilson were the Pasadena City College selections on the 11-player, 2019-2020 All-South Coast Conference men's basketball team.
For the first time in six years, the Pasadena City College men's basketball team placed as high as second in the South Coast Conference North Division. The Lancers closed out the 2019-2020 season by winning two close games in the final week, including Friday's 79-77 triumph at Mt. San Antonio College.
When the Pasadena City College men's basketball team first met state No. 3-ranked East Los Angeles, the result was a program downer. The Lancers suffered their worst loss of the season by 30 points against the talented Huskies. Looking for an easy time again on Friday at PCC, ELAC learned the hosts were not allowing for "showtime" or the cameras of Last Chance U for that matter.
After falling behind by as much as 13 points late in the first half and nine at halftime, 42-33, the Pasadena City College men's basketball team looked for someone to energize the troops. Sophomore forward Deandro Worrell took on the task, scoring 15 of his 18 points in the second half to lift the Lancers over Mt. San Antonio, 85-69, at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium Wednesday evening.
On a Friday night when Pasadena City College men's basketball guard Rasheet Wilson poured in 39 points, he wasn't even the game's leading scorer as Los Angeles Trade Tech's Mark Chin scored 40 points as part of a triple-double. The Lancers lost a wild, South Coast Conference North Division game, 110-105.
A sophomore point guard who routinely plays all 40 minutes on many nights, Pasadena CIty College men's basketball's London Benford is known more for his defense and passing, content to let others reach high in the scoring column. But on Friday night with his team in desperate need of a win, it was the 6-foot-2 Benford who PCC leaned on to get more involved in the offense.
While they don't count in the South Coast Conference North Division standings, crossover games v. South Division opponents were a nightmare for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team in 2020. Cerritos extended PCC's losing streak to six games, 91-85, on Friday at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium. It was also the fifth consecutive defeat v. a SCC South opponent since the start of the new year.
The Pasadena City College men's basketball team can't seem to finish games of late and despite being within a basket in the last minute in each of its last three games, the Lancers lost all of them. On Wednesday, LA Harbor rallied from 15 points down midway through the second half and handed PCC a 72-71 defeat in a South Coast Conference crossover game at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
The Pasadena City College men's basketball team let one slip away in the semifinals of the Santa Barbara City College Holiday Classic Dec. 13-15, but the Lancers 2-1 showing garnered third place at the tourney. PCC upped its overall record to 8-5, winning eight of its last 10 contests.
George Terzian, the winningest men's basketball coach in Pasadena City College history, has died at the age of 83 after a determined battle with cancer. Terzian passed away on Sunday at his home in Altadena.
For the third time in a 6-1 winning stretch by the Pasadena City College men's basketball team, the Lancers held an opponent to less than 50 points. This time it was El Camino that had trouble with PCC's intense defensive approach as Pasadena posted a 72-47 victory Wednesday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Joe Barnes, who was an assistant coach on two state champion Pasadena City College men's basketball teams and was the head coach when Lakers great Michael Cooper attended PCC, died last night at the age of 79. Barnes served as a chemistry professor in Natural Sciences for 35 years before retiring in 2005.
One of the things standing out in a current 5-1 stretch for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team is the Lancers ability to put the ball through the hoop. With a 90-72 win over 134/2 Freeway rival Glendale at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium Wednesday night, PCC is averaging 83.5 points during the winning run.
The Pasadena City College men's basketball team is finding more of an identity with a 4-1 mark in its last five games, including taking third place at the 8-team, Lancers-hosted Skip Robinson Classic Nov. 14-16. When PCC puts its foot to the pedal on defense, it's turned into baskets going the other way.
Reserve guard Rasheet Wilson picked up the intensity and helped the Pasadena City College men's basketball team turn around a 10-point deficit in a wild second-half rally as the Lancers roared past Barstow, 89-69, in the opening round of the Skip Robinson Classic Thursday night. The contest was one of four games played at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Fresh off of rebounding from an 0-3 start to the 2019-20 season with two victories at the Los Angeles Valley Classic, the Pasadena City College men's basketball team will host the 3rd Skip Robinson Classic this Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 14-16 at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium. It will be the Lancers first home games on their refurbished home floor.
The cycle of community college basketball's 2-year system is such that one season you can be blessed with a veteran lineup and the next year a whole new rotation. That's the case for the 2019-2020 Pasadena City College men's basketball team.