COUGAR HOLIDAY CLASSIC: CANYONS TOPS AVC FOR THIRD.Byline: Jack Pollon Special to the Daily News With Dax Crooms and Nic Eschevestre scoring 15 points apiece Friday, host College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. took third place in the Cougar cougar: see puma. cougar or puma or mountain lion or panther Species (Puma concolor) of large, graceful cat that lives in a wide variety of habitats in the Americas, from southern Alaska to Patagonia. Holiday Classic with a 78-71 win over Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . ``We worked hard and our free-throw shooting was much better than (Thursday) night,'' Canyons coach Howard Fisher said. The win was even more impressive as the Cougars, who improved to 5-13, played without leading scorer Nana Gbwonyo in the second half. Gbwonyo, a Kennedy High of Granada Hills graduate, sprained his ankle with 12 seconds remaining in the first half and did not return. ``We were fired up after the injury,'' Fisher said. ``We have been positive in spite of our record. . . . We knew we could play with Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley regardless of Nana's absence.'' After playing to a halftime tie, AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C held a slight lead in the opening minutes of the second half, with Brady Chellete nailing a 3-pointer with 14 minutes remaining. Canyons then went on a 16-6 run to take a 62-56 lead. ``They went back to a man-to-man defense Man to man defense is a type of defensive tactic used in basketball and Football (Soccer) in which each player is assigned to defend and follow the movements of a single player on offense. Often, a player guards his counterpart (e.g. and we felt we had advantages that we capitalized on,'' Fisher said. AVC's Bo Segeberg (17 points) cut the lead to one with five minutes remaining, but Canyons responded with an 8-2 run to put the game away. Chellete, an all-Foothill Conference selection who scored two points in the semifinal, led the Marauders with 18 points. Jerome Edwards and Gbwonyo had 13 points each for Canyons. --L.A. Trade Tech 79, Ventura 73: In a consolation game, Trade Tech held on for a 79-73 victory over Ventura. Trade Tech had four players in double figures - Eddie Moore (18), Jerod Jenkins (15), Vin Davis (14) and Eric Alvarez (13). Desmond Penigar was held to six points for Ventura. |
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