CHAFFEY MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WINS CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP WITH AN 80-76 WIN OVER SAN DIEGO MESA. IMPROVE SEASON RECORD TO 8-2.
CHAFFEY LOST AN OPENING ROUND GAME TO SANTA ANA BUT WON THEIR NEXT TWO GAMES IN THE MT. SAN JACINTO KIWANIS HOOPS AND CROPS TOURNAMENT. KAMERON CURL VOTED TO ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.
CHAFFEY FACED SANTA ANA IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT AND LOST A CLOSE GAME 74-70 DESPITE 56 OF THEIR POINTS COMING OFF THE BENCH. KAMERON CURL HAD 18 PTS., CHADNEY DENNIS 13 PTS., AND ROBERT WHITE 13 PTS. QV JOHNSON OF SANTA ANA LED ALL SCORERS WITH 32 PTS.
CHAFFEY'S 2ND GAME WAS IN THE CONSOLATION BRACKET AGAINST QUESTA COLLEGE. CHAFFEY WON A HIGH SCORING BATTLE 98-90. THERE WERE 15 LEAD CHANGES AND 11 TIES IN THE GAME. KAMERON CURL CONTINUED HIS HOT SHOTTING WITH 25 PTS., MARK BORJESON 14 PTS., AND CHONCEY WHITE 11 PTS. CHRISTIAN CARSON HAD 13 PTS. COMING OFF THE BENCH. FOR QUESTA NOAH SANDERS HAD 28 PTS., AND JOEY LIEM HAD 21 PTS.
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME CHAFFEY DEFEATED SAN DIEGO MESA 80-76 IN A HARD FOUGHT GAME. CHAFFEY SHOT 72.4% FROM THE FREE THROW LINE TO HELP SECURE THE VICTORY. KAMERON CURL HAD 15 PTS., MARK BORJESON 13 PTS., AND CHRISTIAN CARSON 11 PTS. BRIAN BEARD HAD 11 PTS. AND 5 ASSISTS COMING OFF THE BENCH. ARMSTRONG OJUNKWU OF SAN DIEGO MESA LED ALL SCORERS WITH 27 PTS., AND 12 REBOUNDS.
HOST MT. SAN JACINTO WON THE TOURNAMENT 99-96 OVER RIVERSIDE.
NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS IS THE RIVERSIDE TOURNAMENT DEC. 7-10 IN RIVERSIDE.