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Men's Basketball - 1/9/08
Knights Nearly
Pull Off A Comback
Trailing 58-49 to MiraCosta with
6:43 to play, the Knights made a strong push as Omari Johnson
hit consecutive three-pointers that sparked a 16-5 run and gave
them a 65-63 advantage with 2:20 remaining in regulation.
MiraCosta, however, recaptured the lead for good after Corey
Clark hit a three-pointer 13 seconds later. MiraCosta held the
Knights to two points the rest of the game as the won 75-67.
Johnson led the Knights with 18 points and five rebounds. Jesse
LeBeau added 11 points, five rebounds and four assists.
In the conference home opener, the
San Diego City College men's basketball team used a second half
surge to rally past Palomar for a 93-78 victory.
Trailing 49-41 early in the
second half, the Knights turned up the heat on Palomar by going
on a 22-0 run and taking a lead that would eventually balloon to
as much as 23 points. Jesse LeBeau led the way offensively for
the Knights with a career-high 29 points. He went 5-9 from
beyond the 3-point arc and a perfect 10-10 from the free throw
line. LeBeau also added six assists and seven rebounds.
Freshman forward Arcelon Osborne
also had a career-night with 22 rebounds to go along with 17
points and four blocks.
Three other Knights scored in
double-figures including Nehemiah Simpkins, 15, Deandre
Matthews, 10, and Shaun Williams, 10.
SDCC now moves to 2-0 in the
Pacific Coast Conference and 6-7 overall.
Box Score
Mitch
Charlens returns for his fourth year as head
coach of the San Diego City College Knights men's
basketball team. Charlens has built a winning program
going 54-40 in his first three years as head coach, an average
of 18 wins per season. In his first year, Charlens wasted no time in turning around the basketball
program at San Diego City College. In June of 2004
Charlens took over a program that won only seven games the
previous year and had no returning players. With a month
and a half to field a team, Charlens built a foundation
instilling pride, respect, accountability, solid work
ethic, and honor into each member of his program. He
also transformed San Diego City College into a winning
basketball program. Charlens' Knights finished with an
18-10 overall record (10-0 at home) and a 12-2
conference record which earned them the 2004-05 Pacific
Coast Conference Championship. The team also advanced to
post season play where they went on to reach the second
round of the Regional State Playoffs. In addition, the
team's success brought upon three All-Conference Player
Selections and a Coach of the Year for All Sports award
in the Pacific Coast Conference for Coach Charlens.[more]
Knights' Notes
Head Coach:
Mitch Charlens Phone: (619) 388-3703
Email:
mcharlen@sdccd.edu Assistant Coaches:
Jerome Sherman
Joe D'Ambro
Greg Ebben
Marc Carter
