Freshman Tyler LaCour scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Citrus' loss at West LA on Wednesday night. Photo By: Alyssa Vaniman
Freshman Tyler LaCour scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Citrus' loss at West LA on Wednesday night. Photo By: Alyssa Vaniman
Posted: Feb 19, 2015

Owls Falter at West LA

Game Leaders
Citrus
Pts: Ryan Wiley - 20
Reb: 2 Players (#3, #5) - 8
Ast: 6 Players (#3, #5, #10, #20, #32, #34) - 1
West LA
Pts: Brandon Hood - 36
Reb: Deandre Brown - 8
Ast: Brandon Yamada - 6
Team Stats
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Culver City, CA -- The Citrus College Men's Basketball team ran into a buzzsaw on Wednesday night when they travelled to West Los Angeles College. The Owls faltered out of the gate, and never recovered in a 80-72 loss.

The Owls watched as West LA came out the gate running shooting 45.2% from the floor. Conversely, Citrus went just 5 of 25 (20%) from the field in the first half as they fell into a 22-37 hole. Citrus fared much better in the second half converting 51.4% of their shots, but the deficit was too much for the Owls as the Wildcats still shot 53.8% over the final 20 minutes of play.

 In the loss, Citrus was paced once again by freshman Ryan Wiley who scored a team high 20 points. Freshman Tyler LaCour added 13 points and seven boards, while sophomore Dominique Walker had 11 points.

With the loss, Citrus drops to 16-9 overall and 9-4 in WSC South play. The Owls will close out the regular season on Saturday with a crucial contest at College of the Canyons set for a 3:00 PM tip.