SG Calen Coleman had 21 pts, 16 in the second half, and PF Malte Kramer had 16 as #13 Cuesta maintained at least a share of the WSC-North lead with a 73-66 win over host Santa Barbara Saturday night.
Cuesta (16-7, 4-1) saw an 11-point first-half lead disappear, and fell behind, 46-41, early in the second half. But then the Cougars went on a 12-0 run and led the rest of the way, finally clinching the win with four free throws in the final 28.1 seconds.
Cuesta jumped out to a 16-8 lead midway through the first half, only to see Santa Barbara (3-17, 0-5) go on a 10-0 run to take an 18-16 lead. But the Cougars responded with a 14-2 run, puushing the lead to 11, after 3-pointers by Kramer and Coleman, with just under four minutes left in the first half.
Santa Barbara cut the deficit to four points at halftime to trail, 31-27, and tied the score on a 3-point play by SF Scott Burrows with 17:08 that made it 36-36. The Vaqueros took a 39-38 lead on a 3-point field goal by Burrows moments later, and yet another Burrows 3-pointer broke a 41-all tie. Then a lay-up by Ctr Michael Hansen made it 46-41 with just under 14 minutes left in the game.
Then came Cuesta's 12-0 run, with the Cougars taking a 49-46 lead on a 3-pointer by SG Jertemy Landenbergue and pushing the lead to seven on a pair of baskets by Ctr Nick Sauer that made it 53-46 with 9:40 left. A 3-pointer by PG Denis Dobkowski-Rylko eventually pushed the lead to eight points at 58-50.
Santa Barbara rallied again, cutting the deficit to three points on a baseline jumper by SG John Dodson with 48.8 seconds left that made it 69-66. But Dodson was whistled for a foul with 28.1 seconds left, and Landerbergue made a pair of free throws to make it 71-66. PG Kenny Robinson made two more free throws with 13.2 seconds left to make it 73-66 and seal the win for the Cougars.
Coleman finished with 21 pts, including 3 threes, on 8-for-11 from the floor and also had 4 rebs and 4 asts. Kramer had 16 pts, including 3 threes, plus 5 rebs and 4 asts. Landenbergue came off the bench for 12 pts, 5 rebs and 4 asts, and Sauer had 9 pts and 6 rebs. Cuesta shot 51% from the floor for the night.
For Santa Barbara, Burrows led the way with 20 pts, including 4 threes, coming off the bench. PG Robert Cid and PF Eric Becker had 11 pts each. PG Alex DiManno came off the bench for 2 pts and added game-highs of 6 asts and 4 steals. But SBCC shot 43% from the floor and was outrebounded, 37-25, on the night.
Box Score
Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 7 pm
at the SBCC Sports Pavilion, Santa Barbara
WSC-North
Cuesta Cougars 73:
14-Kenny Robinson, PG - 1/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 pf, 4 pts
32-Calen Coleman, SG - 8/11 fg, 2/5 ft, 4 reb, 4 ast, 21 pts
33-Sofian M'Rad, C - 2/3 fg, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 pf, 4 pts
35-Plamen Hristov, SF - 1/5 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 1 pf, 3 pts
44-Malte Kramer, PF - 5/9 fg, 3/4 ft, 5 reb, 4 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 16 pts
1-Jeremy Landenbergue, G - 3/6 fg, 5/5 ft, 5 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 12 pts
24-Marc Hopkinson, F - 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
3-Denis Dobkowski-Rylko, G - 1/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
40-Nick Sauer, C - 3/8 fg, 3/4 ft, 6 reb, 5 pf, 9 pts
12-Luis Marrero, G - 1 ast, 1 stl, 0 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 24/47 fg (.511), 16/22 ft (.727), 37 reb, 18 ast, 2 blk, 6 stl, 17 pf, 73 pts
3-pt fg (9): Coleman 3, Kramer 3, Hristov, Landenbergue, Dobkowski-Rylko
Fouled Out: Sauer 2:06 left
Turnovers (18): Robinson 3, Coleman 3, Kramer 3, Hopkinson 3, Dobkowski-Rylko 3, M'Rad, Landenbergue, Sauer
Santa Barbara Vaqueros 66:
11-Robert Cid, PG - 4/8 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 11 pts
31-Cameron Nelson, SF - 1/1 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 4 pf, 4 pts
35-Kenneth C.J. Edwards, SG - 0/5 fg, 4 reb, 2 ast, 1 pf, 0 pts
41-Eric Becker, PF - 4/8 fg, 3/4 ft, 2 eb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 11 pts
50-Kenneth Thomas, C - 3/5 fg, 4 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 6 pts
12-Alex DiManno, G - 1/4 fg, 3 reb, 6 ast, 4 stl, 3 pf, 2 pts
21-John Dodson, G - 2/5 fg, 3/4 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 7 pts
45-Anthony Williams, F - 0/1 fg, 2 pf, 0 pts
32-Jalani Davis, F - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 2 pf, 0 pts
34-Michael Hansen, C - 2/4 fg, 1 reb, 1 pf, 5 pts
33-Scott Burrows, F - 7/12 fg, 2/3 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 20 pts
54-Tanner Foster, F - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 24/56 fg (.429), 11/15 ft (.733), 25 reb, 16 ast, 1 blk, 7 stl, 20 pf, 66 pts
3-pt fg (7): Burrows 4, Cid, Nelson, Hansen
Turnovers (14); Burrows 4, Cid 2, Edwards 2, DiManno 2, Dodson 2, Nelson, Williams
Halftime Score: Cuesta 31, Santa Barbara 27
Updated Records: Cuesta (#13-South) 16-7, 4-1 in WSC-North; Santa Barbara 3-17, 0-5 in WSC-North
Cuesta led by 11 at 31-20 in the 1st half. SBCC led by 5 at 46-41 in the 2nd half.
Cuesta went on a 12-0 run to lead 53-46 and led the rest of the way.
SBCC got within 3 in the final minute but 2 FTs each by Landenbergue & Robinson in the final 28.1 seconds clinched it for Cuesta.