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Mountie Men Win Bakersfield College Tournament Consolation Championship; Defeat Orange Coast College, 87-69

Game Leaders

Mt. SAC
Pts: Isaiah Watson - 20
Reb: Josh Johnson - 12
Ast: Ryon O'Quinn - 11
Orange Coast
Pts: Kamar Reese - 20
Reb: Team - 6
Ast: 3 Players (#5, #15, #16) - 2

Team Stats

Mt. SAC
Orange Coast

Field Goals

(29-48)
(26-63)

Field Goal %

60.4%
41.3%

Rebounds

40
27

Assists

17
11

Turnovers

24
20
full stats
Posted: Nov 27, 2016

By John M. Sherrard

 

(BAKERSFIELD) The Mt. SAC Men's Basketball team, winners of three of the last four games, won the consolation championship of the Bakersfield College Renegade Thanksgiving Classic with an 87-69 victory over Orange Coast College Sunday at the Gil Bishop Sports Center.

After dropping the opening game to Mt. San Jacinto College (83-71), who eventually won the tournament, the Mounties won the next two games to claim the consolation title. Mt. SAC defeated Barstow College on Saturday, 82-73.

Mountie sophomore guard Ryon O'Quinn and sophomore guard Charlie Evans IV led the team in the Barstow win with 23 and 19 points respectively.

In the consolation championship game the Mounties had a slim three-point lead over OCC, 36-33, at the half but outscored the Pirates by fifteen points in the second half to win going away.

The Mounties nearly had three players with 20 points in the game as sophomore Isaiah Watson (7 of 9 FG, 5-6 FT) poured in 20 points, while O'Quinn (5 of 6 FG, 8-9 FT, 11 assists) had 18 points and freshman guard Josh Johnson (8 of 13 FG, 12 RB) added 17.

O'Quinn leads the team with a 13.9 points per game average.

As a team the Mounties shot a game-high 60.4% from the field and grabbed 40 rebounds, 31 of which were defensive.

Also scoring for the Mounties was sophomore Ashton McLaurin (3 for 3 FG, 5 RB, 2 blk) with nine points, sophomore guard Jason Jamie with seven points and Evans with six.

With the win on Sunday over OCC, Mt. SAC upped its record to 6-4 and will prepare for the annual Mountie Classic, Dec. 2-4.

The Mounties open up with Middlebrook College on Friday at 7:00 pm.

 

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