Kendall Kirkland had 18 pts and 11 rebs and Tim Pace had 16 pts and 10 rebs to lead Cuyamaca to a 74-68 overtime win over Oxnard in the consolation game of Clash at Canyons in Santa Clarita on Saturday.
Cuyamaca (1-2) scored the final 7 points of overtime to get the win after trailing for much of the game. Oxnard (0-2) led by as many as 9 points and held a 9-point lead with 5:18 left in regulation time.
Cuyamaca rallied to tie the score with 1:11 left on a coast-to-coast lay-up by Kirkland that made it 59-59. After Daniel Crocker nailed a jumper for Oxnard with 39 seconds to go, Kirkland scored off a pass from Dominique Watkins with 22.2 seconds left.
In those last 22.2 seconds, Oxnard came painfully close to claiming its first win since January 21, 2012. Crocker pulled up for a 3-pointer with just under 10 seconds left, but it bounced off the rim. Then Matt Ramon had two chances at a contested putback but each try missed. Finally, Crocker grabbed the rebound and tried an off-balance putback attempt of his own, but it also missed, sending the game to overtime.
Oxnard, which reinstated its mens basketball program this season after a 2-year hiatus, jumped out to an early 14-7 lead and led much of the game. The Condors led, 32-26, at the half and pushed the margin to 39-30 about 5 minutes into the second half. And even after missing all those chances for the win, the Condors held a 68-67 lead with under two minutes left in OT.
Cuyamaca never led until overtime, but took the lead for good on a nifty up-and-under move by Pace that also drew Ramon's 5th personal foul of the game. Then Kirkland scored to make it 71-68 with just over a minute left in OT. After a Kirkland steal, Tyrone Hueitt scored on a putback to make it 73-68. Watkins added a free throw with 10.2 seconds left to close out the scoring.
For Cuyamaca, Kirkland led all scorers with his 18 pts and he also had a team-high 11 rebs. Pace also had a double-double with his 16 pts, all in the second half and overtime, plus 10 rebs, 4 asts and 2 steals. Watkins had 8 pts, 5 ast and 3 steals.
For Oxnard, DeSean Scott scored a team-high 17 pts and added 3 rebs, 5 asts and 3 steals. Crocker came off the bench for 16 pts and 8 rebs. Deondre Edwards had 8 pts, 5 asts and a game-high 6 steals.
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2014 Clash at Canyons
Saturday, November 8th @ College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
Third Place Game - 11 am
Oxnard Condors 68:
3-Deondre Edwards, PG - 3/14 fg, 2/4 ft, 3 reb, 5 ast, 6 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
4-DeShaun Nixon, C - 3/6 fg, 3/6 ft, 9 reb, 2 blk, 2 stl, 5 pf, 9 pts
12-Terrance Nunnery, SG - 4/8 fg, 7 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 4 pf, 9 pts
14-Matthew Ramon, PF - 3/12 fg, 2/2 ft, 12 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 2 stl, 5 pf, 9 pts
20-DeSean Scott, SF - 6/18 fg, 3/4 ft, 3 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 4 pf, 17 pts
21-Juan Valdez, C - 1 stl, 1 pf, 0 pts
32-Isiah Morales, G - 0/4 fg, 1 blk, 1 pf, 0 pts
1-Robert Martinez, G - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
24-Daniel Crocker, F - 6/13 fg, 2/2 ft, 8 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 3 pf, 16 pts
10-Joshua Munoz, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 11
Totals: 25/66 fg (.379), 12/18 ft (.667), 53 reb, 18 ast, 6 blk, 17 stl, 24 pf, 68 pts
3-pt fg (6): Scott 2, Crocker 2, Nunnery, Ramon
Technical Foul: Scott
Fouled Out: Nixon 3:05 left in regulation, Ramon 1:43 left in OT
Turnovers (29): Edwards 9, Scott 5, Ramon 4, Nunnery 3, Crocker 3, Nixon 2, Valdez, Morales, team
Cuyamaca Coyotes 74:
12-Dominique Watkins, PG - 3/11 fg, 1/3 ft, 2 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
30-Tim Pace, SG - 4/12 fg, 6/7 ft, 10 reb, 4 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 1 pf, 16 pts
32-Edward Meledje, SF - 2/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 pf, 6 pts
40-Kendall Kirkland, PF - 8/17 fg, 2/4 ft, 11 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 18 pts
42-Bilal Rahim, C - 2/5 fg, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
10-Chase Parsons, G - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
20-Landon Lazoya, G - 1/5 fg, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk, 2 stl, 2 pts
44-James Jackson, F - 2/4 fg, 0/2 ft, 1 blk, 3 stl, 5 pts
52-Tyrone Hueitt, C - 2/3 fg, 2/3 ft, 6 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 6 pts
22-Aaron Heuslein, G - 3/5 fg, 2/3 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 9 pts
24-John Sclales, F - 0/1 fg, 2 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 9
Totals: 27/69 fg (.391), 15/24 ft (.625), 54 reb, 16 ast, 6 blk, 15 stl, 16 pf, 74 pts
3-pt fg (5): Pace 2, Watkins, Jackson, Heuslein
Technical Foul: Pace
Turnovers (24): Pace 6, Kirkland 4, Lazoya 3, Jackson 3, Meledje 2, Rahim 2, Parsons, Hueitt, Heuslein, Scales
Halftime Score: Oxnard 32, Cuyamaca 26
Updated Records: Cuyamaca 1-2, Oxnard 0-2
Oxnard led most of the game and led 57-48 with 5:18 left.
Cuyamaca tied it at 59 with 1:11 left and it was tied 61-61 in the final seconds of regulation.
Oxnard had 4 chances to win it in the final few seconds of regulation.
Cuyamaca scored the last 7 points of OT to get the win.
