Owls Fall in Regional Semi-Finals
Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Citrus (16-9) | 29 | 32 | 61 | |
Mt. San Jacinto (25-4) | 38 | 54 | 92 |
Mt. San Jacinto
Game Statistics | Citrus | Mt. San Jacinto |
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Field Goals | (18-46) | (32-63) |
Field Goal % | 39.1% | 50.8% |
Rebounds | 23 | 50 |
Assists | 9 | 13 |
Turnovers | 14 | 13 |
Pts off Turnovers | 14 | 12 |
2nd Chance Pts | 4 | 18 |
Pts in the Paint | 16 | 36 |
Fastbreak Pts | 2 | 0 |
Bench Pts | 23 | 26 |
San Jacinto, CA -- The Citrus College Men's Basketball team's 2013-2014 season came to a close on Wednesday evening at the hands of #3 seed Mt. San Jacinto College. The Owls kept it close until midway through the second half when the Eagles ran away with things in a 61-92 loss.
With a raucous crowd on their side, Mt. San Jacinto took an early lead in Wednesday's contest. The Owls would lead just once in the game, taking a 14-13 lead with 13:30 to go in the first half. After that Mt. San Jacinto went on a 16-1 win to go up, 29-15. Citrus rallied cutting the lead back down to single digits, and went into the break trailing 38-29.
Out of the half, Citrus scored the first five points, but the Eagles answered right back. The Owls would keep their deficit around single digits, until a huge run that lasted a little over nine minutes put the game away. The Eagles scored 23 of the next 29 points, putting Citrus in too big of a hole.
In the loss, Citrus was led by a team high 14 points from freshman John Roach. Freshman Chris Reyes added 13.
With the loss, Citrus' season comes to a close with a 16-9 record.