All five starters scored in double figures as City College of San Francisco used a barrage of 3-pointers midway through the second half to pull away for an 86-71 win over Chaffey in the first state semifinal March 12th.
San Francisco (31-1) scored the last 5 points of the first half to lead, 39-34, at the half. The game had been played at the controlled pace Chaffey (25-7) prefers, and the Panthers were only 7 points behind when the threes started falling.
Jerrod Nodar made a three to give CCSF a 48-38 lead with 15:40 left. Zachary Copeland drained one to give the Rams a 55-43 advantage, and Nodar followed with a three with 11:16 left to make it 58-43. A three by Shon Briggs extended the margin to 16 at 63-47 with 10:10 left. Another three by Nodar made it 66-49 with 8:10 left.
After that, CCSF led by double digits the rest of the way despite Chaffey coach Jeff Klein creatively trying to extend the game. A wave of reserves entered with 5:38 left and started fouling to send CCSF to the line. But the Rams made enough free throws to maintain the advantage.
In addition to all the three - CCSF made 5 of them in each half - a key for the Rams was controlling the 3-point line on the defensive end. Chaffey entered the game averaging 8.8 made threes per game, but CCSF held them without a 3-pointer. SoCal Co-Player of the Year Victor Joseph entered averaging over 21 points per game but was held to less than half of that Saturday, finishing with 11 pts on 3-for-14 shooting. The Ram defense disrupted the Chaffey offensive flow enough that the Panthers had just 8 assists on 25 made baskets.
For San Francisco, Copeland had a team-high 22 pts. Briggs had a double-double with 21 pts and 10 rebs, and Nodar had 20 pts. Trevor Dunbar had 11 pts and a game-high 6 asts. Northern California Player of the Year Jalen Canty had a double-double with 10 pts and 13 rebs, and he also had 6 blocked shots.
For Chaffey, Brian Beard scored a game-high 24 pts and also had 9 rebs, 5 asts and 2 steals. Chris Edward had a double-double with 15 pts and a team-high 13 rebs. Donavan Taylor had 14 pts, 5 rebs and 3 steals. Joseph had 11 pts and 7 rebs.
Box Score
Saturday, March 12, 2016 - 5 pm
at Las Positas College, Livermore
State Semifinal #1
Chaffey Panthers 71:
1-Brian Beard, PG - 9/17 fg, 6/11 ft, 9 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 24 pts
2-Victor Joseph, SG - 3/14 fg, 5/8 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 11 pts
20-Alfred Brown, SF - 0/9 fg, 4/5 ft, 2 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
22-Donavan Taylor, PF - 6/12 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 reb, 1 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 14 pts
32-Chris Edward, C - 6/14 fg, 3/3 ft, 13 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 4 pf, 15 pts
5-Mateu Vilakazi, F - 1/5 fg, 1/4 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 3 pts
11-A.J. Kirkwood, C - 0/1 ft, 4 reb, 0 pts
4-C.D. Wright, F - 0 pts
12-Marc Borgeson, G - 2 pf, 0 pts
14-Darrion Willies, F - 0 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 25/71 fg (.352), 21/34 ft (.618), 48 reb, 8 ast, 3 blk, 8 stl, 18 pf, 71 pts
3-pt fg (0): none
Turnovers (15): Beard 8, Joseph 3, Brown 2, Taylor, Edward
San Francisco Rams 86:
4-Shon Briggs, PF - 7/17 fg, 5/6 ft, 10 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 21 pts
11-Trevor Dunbar, PG - 4/8 fg, 3/4 ft, 3 reb, 6 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 11 pts
20-Zachary Copeland, SG - 7/12 fg, 5/6 ft, 4 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 22 pts
23-Jalen Canty, C - 4/8 fg, 2/4 ft, 13 reb, 2 ast, 6 blk, 4 pf, 10 pts
33-Jerrod Nodar, SF - 7/14 fg, 1/1 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 20 pts
15-Jason Smith, G - 1/3 fg, 0/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 2 pts
3-Troy Thompson, G - 0/8 fg, 7 reb, 1 ast, 0 pts
21-LaDonavan Wilder, F - 1 reb, 3 pf, 0 pts
35-Armani Hall, F - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 0 pts
55-Jashandeep Kahlon, C - 0/2 fg, 2 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
42-Keondre Dew, F - 0/1 fg, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 4 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 30/74 fg (.405), 16/23 ft (.696), 53 reb, 17 ast, 7 blk, 5 stl, 24 pf, 86 pts
3-pt fg (10): Nodar 5, Copeland 3, Briggs 2
Turnovers (17): Thompson 3, Copeland 2, Canty 2, Nodar 2, Hall 2, Briggs, Dunbar, Smith, team 3
Halftime Score: San Francisco 39, Chaffey 34
Updated Records: San Francisco (#1-seed North) 31-1, Chaffey (#3-seed South) 25-7
CCSF scored the last 5 points of the first half to take a lead, and gradually pulled away in the 2nd half.
