SoCal JC Basketball Tournament News

PCC, Mt. Sac in Citrus Thanksgiving Classic--(November 27, 1997)

Pasadena City College and Mount San Antonio College will play in the Citrus College Thanksgiving Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament at Citrus College on November 26, 28 and 29. The Tournament is also known as the Neil Edwards Thanksgiving Tournament; we're sure there's a story behind the name somewhere, but we don't know it. If you do, let us know.

The tournament started yesterday, November 26, and featured Eastern Arizona against PCC at 2 pm. Eastern Arizona won in a squeaker 72-70. Santa Barbara City College then matched up against San Bernardino CC at 4 pm; San Berdoo won 78-62; Mt. Sac took on Santa Ana at 6 pm, and won by a score of 93-86. Finally Citrus matched up with Riverside CC at 8 p.m., with Riverside not showing any manners at all. . .they beat up on the host Owls by a score of 100-71.

The top scorer for the day was Tape of Santa Ana, who had 33 points. Clardy and Johnson, both of Mt. Sac, each had 22 points; Hooks of Mt. Sac had 23, and Daily of Eastern Arizona scored 21. Finally, Smith of San Bernadino Valley College scored 20 points.

The tournament takes a rest today, and resumes tomorrow with additional pool play games. It will conclude on Saturday, with the third place game at 3 p.m. and the Championship game at 5 p.m.

Citrus College is located at 1000 West Foothill Boulevard, Glendora, California 91741-1899.

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