2018-19 Men's Basketball News
VENTURA - Rodrick McCobb scored a game-high 23 points and tournament MVP Lance Coleman added 18 as Fullerton College took an early lead and never let City College of San Francisco catch it the rest of the way, as the Hornets won their first California Community College Athletic Association Men's Basketball Championship since 2006 with an 85-79 victory on Sunday afternoon at Ventura College.
Saddleback and Fullerton College shared a bulk of the awards for the All-Orange Empire Conference team.
Despite losing at red-hot at Saddleback College 69-65 on Friday, the Hornets still won the Orange Empire Conference title.
The Saddleback men's basketball team sits in a tie for first place in the Orange Empire Conference after an 83-66 win at Santa Ana College on Wednesday night in Santa Ana.
After a tough Orange Empire Conference loss, the Hornets picked themselves back up beating Orange Coast College at home Wednesday night 93-53.
It has been a great start to the men’s basketball season with six out nine Orange Empire Conference teams ending 2018 with a winning record. Two teams are ranked in the top 20 in state, and three are ranked in Southern California.
The No. 4 Hornets (5-1 overall) had a busy Thanksgiving break knocking off two ranked teams in No. 9 Mt. San Jacinto and No. 16 Cerritos.