(2/26) Grossmont basketball player Dan Williams was named
this week's PCAC Men’s Athletes of the Week.
Williams, a 6-foot-4 freshman forward from Aldine High
School in Houston, TX, scored 19 points on 9-for-13
shooting, with 11 rebounds and two blocks, in the Griffins’
94-89 win over San Diego City.
(2/19) The Grossmont men's basketball team brought the
2009-10 season to a satisfying conclusion with a 94-89 win
over visiting San Diego City College Friday night.
Grossmont dominated City on the boards to the tune of a
51-32 rebounding advantage. More importantly the Griffins
maintained possession with 28 offensive rebounds.
Forward Dan Williams had a huge double-double of 19
points and 11 rebounds, 6 offensive. Eric Williams had 8
rebounds to compliment his 11 points.
Guard Branded Pride hit 9-of-12 free throws en route to
16 points. Guard Dan Eberhardt had 15 points, 6 rebounds and
5 assists in the effort.
James Josephson notched 12 points, 8 rebounds and two
blocks, including a key rejection with under a minute to
play.
ALL-PACIFIC COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL
TEAM
Player of the Year
Anthony Cosentino, Southwestern
Coach of the Year
John Cosentino, Southwestern
First Team
Anthony Cosentino, Southwestern
Charles Joseph, Southwestern
Chris Raybon, MiraCosta
Kenny Bradford, Cuyamaca
Kevin Deeb, Palomar
Devone Davis, Southwestern
Carl Hauke, Miramar
Anthony Allen, Southwestern
Second Team
Josh Holmes, Imperial Valley
Mike Brown, Palomar
Bryant Taylor, Miramar
Steve Aldridge, San Diego City College
Tony Cali, Mira Costa
Donnell Webb Jr., San Diego City College
Steve Jones, Miramar
Honorable Mention Grossmont – Dan Eberhardt Southwestern – Donald Gaines, Mark Kiefer
Miramar – Tyler Fricke
Cuyamaca – Barrett Braun, Brandon Fountain
Imperial Valley – Isaac Waters, Jose Perez
(2/17) The Grossmont men mounted a furious rally with two
minutes to play, but fell to visiting Mira Costa 68-73 at
home.
Down 56-63 with two minutes to play the Griffins got a
Branden Pride three pointer, a Casey Healy steal and layup,
and a James Josephson steal and slam dunk to tie the score
63 all.
The Griffins however turned the ball over on their next
two possessions to fall behind 67-63 with a minute to go.
Another Pride steal and layup cut the lead to 65-67, but
the Griffins wouldn't get any closer.
Pride finished with a game best 19 points and 4 assists.
Healey finished with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Forwards Dan Williams and Eric Wilson each added 6 points
and 6 rebounds.
(2/10) Grossmont fell to conference leader Southwestern
College 60-73 at home Wednesday night despite outrebounding
the Jaguars.
Grossmont finished the contest with a 49-29 rebounding
edge over Southwestern. The Griffins had huge contributions
on the glass from Dan Eberhardt (10 rebounds), Eric Wilson
10, Casey Healy 8, Charles Conner 7 & Ty Hosley 7.
Grossmont played the front-running Jaguars close going
into the half down 29-33, but Southwestern used a 9-0
scoring run to start the second half to put the game out of
reach.
Grossmont scoring leaders: Conner 16, Wilson 14, Healy 9.
Grossmont falls in overtime
(1/29) The Griffins scrambled back to close the gap, but
were bested in overtime by visiting Miramar College 70-65.
Despite holding a slim 29-27 advantage heading into the
locker room at halftime, Grossmont trailed for almost the
entire second half.
Trailing 56-59 Elhadji N'Diaye drilled a deep,
desperation 3-pointer with 4 seconds remaining in regulation
to knot the score at 59-all.
The Griffins had trouble with Miramar's inside game all
night as evidenced by the rebound margin, 40-27 in the Jets
favor.
Grossmont next host Cuyamaca as part of a Mens-Womens
doubleheader Wednesday February 3rd at 7:00pm.
(1/6) The Grossmont men picked up their second win of the
season by knocking off visiting Palomar 61-59.
Down 58-59 with under 20 seconds remaining, guard Redd
Narcisse took a reversal pass and canned the game-winning
3-point basket.
The Griffins then held off Palomar on two consecutive
defensive possessions to secure the win.
Forward Dan Williams had perhaps his best performance of
the season hitting 7-of-9 shots and all three free-throw
attempts on his way to a team high-17 points. Williams was
also huge around the basket collecting 8 rebounds and 5
blocked shots.
Guard Dan Eberhardt had a team best 7 assists to go with
9 points. Forward Eric Williams chipped in 8 points and 7
rebounds.
(12/2) Grossmont College men's head coach Doug Weber
welcomes seven other teams to this weekend's Grossmont
College Invitational.
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for schedule and scores which will be updated throughout the
tournament. Also be sure to follow Grossmont on
Twitter for halftime and final score updates.
2009 All Tournament Team
Saddleback College
Perry Webster MVP
Saddleback College
Kyle Wallace
Cuesta College
Christian Koutras
Cuesta College
Seth Koenig
Cypress
Tim Austin
College of the Desert
Antoine Davis
2008 Results
Championship Game
5:00
Chaffey 97
Cypress 85
Third-Place Game
3:00
Cuesta 70
Ohlone 67
Consolation Final
1:00
L.A. Southwest
75
College of the Desert 73
Griffins
look for first win of season
(11/25) Grossmont looks to notch their first win of the
season Saturday November 28 when they host El Camino College
at 3:00pm.
Grossmont is off to an 0-3 start in the early going of the
2009-2010 campaign. The Griffins opened the season with a
pair of setbacks to Citrus and Mt San Jacinto in the San
Diego City College Tournament.
The new look Griffins return only two players from the
2008-2009 squad. In the season opening game with Citrus
newcomer Elhadji N'Diaye had a team bes 16 points and nine
rebounds. The 6-4 Sophomore forward comes to Grossmont from
New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn NY.
The team's second game against Mt San Jacinto saw four
Griffins score in double digits with Sophomore guard Elige
Carter out of Steele Canyon High School scoring a team high
17. Dan Eberhardt added 14, N'Diaye had 12 and Branded Pride
had 10.
