SF James Spencer put on a shooting exhibition, making 11 of 14 shots for 24 points, and #4 LA City (22-2, 2-0 in SCC-North) raced out to an early 15-0 lead and cruised the rest of the way past host Pasadena (10-13, 0-2), 86-72, Wednesday night at Hutto-Patterson gym.
Spencer scored 17 of his points in the first half as LACC shot 64% and led at halftime, 46-29. But he wasn't the only hot hand for the Cubs. Overall, LACC shot 56.5% from the floor and had six scorers with at least 8 points each.
Spencer staked the Cubs to a 2-0 lead in the game's opening seconds, and after SG Dejon Prejean made a jumper to make it 4-0, Spencer scored on a putback to make it 6-0. Then a hook shot by Joseph Taylor made it 8-0. PF Marque Rollin took a pass from PG Terrell Powell and scored to make it 10-0. And then Spencer made a short jumper and a three to make it 15-0.
Meanwhile, Pasadena was having trouble holding onto the ball. The Lancers went 0-for-4 from the floor during their game-opening drought, but also committed 7 turnovers. Finally, PG Hasaan Moody made a jumper to get Pasadena on the board, but by then LACC was in control.
The Cub lead was never less than 13 the rest of the game. A basket by Spencer on a give-and-go with SG Rudy Smith after a steal by Spencer pushed the lead to 20 at 32-12. And a pair of free throws by Ctr Joseph Taylor pushed it even farther, making the score 38-17 after drawing a foul on Pasadena Ctr William Perkins. It was Perkins' 4th foul of the game, sending Pasadena's only player taller than 6-3 to the bench with just over 5 minutes left in the first half.
The LACC lead at halftime was 46-29, and the second half was just more of the same as the lead flucutated between 13 (at 50-37) and 24 (at 80-56) the rest of the say.
In addition to Spencer, Powell (15 pts, 6 asts despite fouling out with 7:22 left)and Prejean (11 pts, 7 rebs, 6 asts) scored in double digits. Smith had 9 pts while Rollin and PF Kenny Butler each had 8. Taylor had just 4 points but had 4 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals and a game-high 10 rebs.
For Pasadena, SF Harold Cleveland came off the bench and scored 17 pts to lead all scorers. Moody had 15 to lead the starters. SF Jamaal Hall had 11 plus 5 rebs and 3 asts. SG Travis Smith grabbed 6 rebs to lead the Lancers.
box score
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 7:30 pm
at Hutto-Patterson Gym, Pasadena CC, Pasadena
South Coast Conference, North Division
LA City Cubs 86:
12-James Spencer, SF - 11/14 fg, 0/1 ft, 4 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 24 pts
20-Joseph Taylor, C - 1/7 fg, 2/2 ft, 10 reb, 4 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
21-Dejon Prejean, SG - 4/8 fg, 3/3 ft, 7 reb, 6 ast, 4 pf, 11 pts
22-Terrell Powell, PG - 5/9 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 6 ast, 5 pf, 15 pts
33-Marque Rollin, PF - 3/10 fg, 2/3 ft, 6 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
5-Kenny Butler, F - 4/4 fg, 0/1 ft, 1 rewb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
11-Rudy Smith, G - 4/5 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 9 pts
15-Diego Belizario, C - 2/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 5 pts
30-Deetrius Evans, F - 1/1 fg, 0/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 pf, 2 pts
0-Treyvon Johnson, G - 1 stl, 0 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 35/62 fg (.565), 11/18 ft (.611), 38 reb, 23 ast, 2 blk, 9 stl, 25 pf, 86 pts
3-pt fg (5): Powell 3, Spencer 2
Technical Foul: Prejean
Fouled Out: Powell 7:22 left
Turnovers (24): Powell 8, Prejean 5, Rollin 2, Smith 2, Belizario 2, Evans 2, Spencer, Taylor, Johnson
Pasadena Lancers 72:
14-Hasaan Moody, PG - 6/10 fg, 3/8 ft, 3 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 15 pts
22-Jamaal Hall, SF - 4/9 fg, 3/4 ft, 5 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 11 pts
24-Caleb Rouse, PF - 2/6 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
32-Travis Smith, SG - 2/8 fg, 2/4 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 6 pts
40-Aaron Burrus, C - 2/2 fg, 3 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
30-Chris Johnson, G - 0/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 2 pts
54-William Perkins, C - 3/6 fg, 0/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 stl, 4 pf, 6 pts
52-Harold Cleveland, F - 6/13 fg, 5/8 ft, 5 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 17 pts
10-L.B. Taylor, G - 2/5 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 3 pf, 5 pts
12-Billy Ritter, F - 1/2 fg, 1 reb, 2 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 28/63 fg (.444), 15/28 ft (.536), 35 reb, 8 ast, 2 blk, 9 stl, 20 pf, 72 pts
3-pt fg (1): Taylor
Turnovers (22): Moody 4, Smith 4, Taylor 4, Hall 2, Johnson 2, Cleveland 2, Rouse, Burrus, Perkins, team
Halftime Score: LA City 46, Pasadena 29
Updated Records: LA City 22-2 overall, 2-0 in SCC-N; Pasadena 10-13 overall, 0-2 in SCC-N
LACC began the game on a 15-0 run and led by 13+ the rest of the way
