2018-19 Pasadena City College Men's Basketball News
Pasadena 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.
One 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.
For 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.
The 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.
The 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.
In 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.
One 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.
Basking 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.
Until 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.
The 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.
Extra 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.
In 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.
McKay 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.
For 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.
The 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.
Double 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).
