2018-2019 Citrus College Men's Basketball News

Clockwise from top left: Josh Caston, Jesse Elrod, Psalm Maduakor, Colby Orr, Treyvon Watts-Hale, and Sam Gagliardi.
Men's Basketball Continues Tradition of Excellent Matriculation

August 05, 2019

Citrus Basketball?s 2018-2019 matriculating class has grown by 6 student-athletes. Josh Caston, Psalm Maduakor, Jesse Elrod, Treyvon Watts-Hale, Colby Orr and Sam Gagliardi have...

Psalm Maduakor battles for a rebound. Image: Mike Baker
Men's Basketball State Championships: Owls Soar Over Giants and Advance to Semifinals

March 14, 2019

Citrus Men’s Basketball kicked off the 2019 CCCAA State Basketball Championships in style on Thursday, beating the Giants of College of the Sequoias 70-59...

The Fighting Owls Pose For a Post-Win Photo. Image: Linnae Barber Matthews
Men's Basketball Regional Playoffs: Citrus Beats Long Beach, Advances to State

March 09, 2019

Citrus Men’s Basketball played host to Long Beach City College for the CCCAA Southern California Regional Finals on Saturday. The Fighting Owls beat the Vikings...

Sam Gagliardi attacks the basket. image: Richard Miranda, II
Men's Basketball Regional Playoffs: Fighting Owls Thump the Cougars

March 02, 2019

Citrus Men's Basketball has moved on to Round 3 of the CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoffs with a 95-58 routing of visiting Cuesta College...

Men's Basketball Seals the Deal on 3rd Consecutive WSC East Title
Men's Basketball Seals the Deal on 3rd Consecutive WSC East Title

February 22, 2019

For the third consecutive season, the Citrus Men’s Basketball team has clinched the Western State Conference East title. The Owls had solidified the title previously, but Friday’s win against Victor Valley marked the official end of conference play. The Owls were perfect in conference with a 10-0 record... 

Kendal Frey shoots a jumper over his defender. Image: Richard Miranda, II
Owls Send Marauders Sailing Away With No Loot

February 19, 2019

The Fighting Owl Men’s Basketball team played its final regular season home game on Tuesday when it played host to WSC East Conference foe Antelope Valley. The Owls sent the Marauders home with a 66-58 loss, solidifying Citrus' prominent spot on top of the conference at 9-0...

Sam Galgliardi shoots a three pointer. Gagliardi broke the Citrus single game record for three pointers with 10. Image: Richard Miranda, II
Third Straight Conference Title Clinched by Men's Basketball

February 16, 2019

With 8 straight conference wins and 2 more regular season games left to play, the Men’s Basketball team has clinched its third straight Western State Conference East title on Saturday. The Owls beat visiting Barstow 85-59, and put themselves out of reach of the rest of the field, thereby claiming the outright title...

Colby Orr probes the Glendale defense.
Men's Basketball Picks Up 8th Straight Conference Win

February 13, 2019

Citrus Men’s Basketball inched one step closer to clinching the outright Western State Conference East title for the third consecutive year on Wednesday. Citrus travelled to Glendale and handed the Vaqueros a 73-63 loss and grabbed onto at least a share of the conference title. If the Owls win Saturday, the title will be all theirs...

Psalm Maduakor lights up a three pointer, much to the pleasure of his teammates. Image: Andrew Wheeler
Men's Basketball Surging Towards Conference Title

February 09, 2019

Men’s Basketball moved one step closer to a 3rd consecutive Western State Conference East championship on Saturday with a decisive win over visiting LA Valley. The Owls defended their home court with gusto as they outdid the Monarchs 82-66...

Treyvon Watts-Hale eyes up his opponent. Watts-Hale leads the Owls in steals this season with 36.
Owls Stay Perfect Through Round One of WSC East Play

February 02, 2019

Men’s basketball sealed up the first round of WSC East conference play on Saturday. The Owls handily beat the visiting Victor Valley Rams 88-61. Citrus stays undefeated in conference with a 5-0 mark...

Josh Caston puts up a long range jumper. Image: Andrew Wheeler
Owls Perched On Top of WSC East

January 30, 2019

The Citrus Men's Basketball team continued its dominance over the Western State Conference East on Wednesday with a 74-67 road win over Antelope Valley. The Owls are undefeated in conference play in 2019, and are 15-6...

Toby Okwuokei drives the lane and lays up for 2.
Owls Stay Unbeaten in Conference Play

January 26, 2019

Men’s Basketball kept their unbeaten conference streak alive Saturday, when they took on Barstow on the road, beating the vikings 93-74...

Sam Gagliardi sinks one of his 4 three-pointers.
Team Defense and Stellar Shooting Too Much For Glendale

January 23, 2019

Fighting Owl Men's Basketball unloaded its offensive arsenal and walloped visiting WSC East conference rival Glendale College on Wednesday, utilizing the entire active Citrus roster. The Owls beat the Vaqueros 93-65, moving to 2-0 in conference play and 13-6 overall...

Head Coach Brett Lauer draws up a play for his players.
Lucrative Turnovers Push Owls Over the Top in Conference Premiere

January 19, 2019

Despite being out-rebounded, outshot and outscored in the paint, Citrus Men’s Basketball persevered and opened conference play with a win over LA Valley Saturday, 79-75...

Men's Hoopsters Find Themselves in 3 Game Skid
Men's Hoopsters Find Themselves in 3 Game Skid

December 07, 2018

Men's Basketball hosted Santiago Canyon on Friday night in a CCCAA regional contest. The Owls fell to the Hawks 64-86 in a rare lopsided loss...