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Box Score (2/8/2012) The Griffins won a hard fought PCAC victory over cross-town rival Cuyamaca 64-61 on Wednesday. The Griffins were the beneficiaries of a monster game from Tim Patrick, who pulls double duty as a starting wideout on the Grossmont football squad. Patrick hauled down 18 rebounds, four fewer than the entire Cuyamaca roster, and connected on 8-of-9 shots for a game-best 18 points. Grossmont ran their lead to as many as 11 points several times in the second half, but needed a handful of clutch baskets down the stretch to hold off the Coyotes. Grossmont never trailed in the game until a pair of Keko Moore free-throws gave Cuyamaca a 59-57 edge with 2:41 to play. A Patrick layup off a Rey Rice assist knotted the score at 59-all with 2:17 to go. It stayed that way until Trevon Ash hit his only field goal of the game, a deep three-pointer with 1:15 to go for a 62-59 lead. Cuyamaca got within a point at 61-62, but were unable to connect on a desperation three-pointer, and Rice canned a pair of free-throws to ice the game. Four of the five Griffin starters reached double-figure scoring - Patrick 19, Casey Healy 15, Rice 14, Wittick 10. Doug Weber's squad moved to 10-11 on the season with two road games to play.
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Griffins prevail in overtime
Box Score (2/1/2012) Grossmont coughed up an 11-point lead, but rallied to drop visiting Southwestern 76-71 in overtime. The Griffins raised their second half lead to 55-44 with 8:50 to go. Southwestern then clawed back and tied the game on a driving layup by Aaron Harris with :01 second to play. Casey Healy had a team best 17 points for the Griffins. Guard Trevon Ash had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Michael Overson came off the bench and played an important role over the game's final 10 minutes and the entire overtime finishing with 14 points and 7 rebounds. Forward Raymon Taylor had a game-high 10 rebounds and nine points. The Grossmont defense held Southwestern scoreless for the final 1:39 in overtime finishing on a 7-0 run to close out the extra period.
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Griffins fall at the buzzer to Miramar
Box Score (1/27/2012) The Griffins dropped a heartbreaker on a controversial put-back at the buzzer to visiting Miramar 77-76. With 5 seconds remaining the Griffins had to inbound the ball, wait to get fouled and run the clock out. But facing pressure they forced the inbound pass and it went out of bounds giving the Jets a chance with 5 seconds left on their end of the court. Miramar inbounded the ball, missed a layup, then brought in the offensive rebound and hit a 5-ft put-back off the backboard as the buzzer sounded.
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Griffins down visiting Olympians
Box Score (1/18/2012) The Griffins survived a furious comeback attempt by visiting Mesa to secure a 77-69 conference victory at home Wednesday evening. Forward Casey Healy had a team best 19 points for the Griffins. After finding themselves down by 15 at the half, Mesa cranked up the pressure and clawed to within four points with a minute and a half to play. The Griffins took care of the ball and hit enough free throws down the stretch to even their season record at 8-8. Michael Overson came off the bench for Grossmont with a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds. Guards Cody Wittick (10) and Trevon Ash (10) were the other Griffins in double digits scoring.
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Mira Costa takes down host Griffs with pressure
Box Score (1/11/2012) Mira Costa's full court pressure and half court match-up zone were too much for the Griffins to overcome in a PCAC loss at home Wednesday. The Griffins were forced into 29 turnovers in the loss. The lone Griffin in double-digit scoring was forward Casey Healy with 11 points. The Griffins did defend the basket well, blocking a season-best 13 shots. Healy registered a team-high 5, with forward Tim Patrick adding 4 to his 9 points on the night.
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Griffs balanced attack takes down Imperial Valley
Box Score (1/4/2012) Grossmont had three players score at least ten points and out-rebounded a bigger IVC squad for a 64-54 PCAC victory at home Wednesday night. Grossmont, who does not start a player taller than 6-5 Raymon Taylor outplayed an 11-3 IVC squad ranked #10 in Southern California. IVC suited up four players that were at least 6-6, including 6-10 Josue Mulamba. Despite the height difference, Grossmont out-rebounded IVC 31-23 and shot 48% from the floor. Taylor and reserve forward Tim Patrick paced the Grossmont offense with 12 points each. Patrick closed out the Grossmont scoring with an emphatic two-hand dunk with 31 seconds remaining. Taylor hauled in 8 rebounds and Patrick 9. Guard Reynard Rice chipped in 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting. Trevon Ash knocked down a trio of three-pointers for 9 points and fellow guard Cody Wittick cashed in a pair of treys amongst his 9 points.
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Healy
is Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Men’s Athletes of the
Week
Griffins
dump Coyotes
Wittick powers conference win| 1 | 2 | Total | |
| Palomar | 33 | 32 | 65 |
| Grossmont | 37 | 41 | 78 |
Box Score
(12/9/2011) Grossmont's Cody Wittick came through with a game high 24 points to give the Griffins their first conference victory of the season 78-65 at home against Palomar.
Wittick connected on 6-of-8 three-point attempts on the night, the third-best total in school history. The sophomore also hauled in 5 rebounds and dished out 5 assists.
Grossmont and Palomar made the same number of field goals each, at 27. The difference was Grossmont's marksmanship from behind the line, where they shot 10-for-23.
Michael Oveson hit 2 treys among his 12 points.
Forward Casey Healy had 16 points and 9 boards in the winning effort. Fellow forward Tim Patrick had a near double-double off the bench with 9 points and 8 rebounds.
The Griffins (4-4, 1-1) will travel to Miramar on Wednesday for a 7:00 tipoff.
Rice
honored by PCAC
(12/6/2011) Grossmont College basketball player Reynard Rice
and Palomar wrestler Tim Randall are Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference Men’s Athletes of the Week.Rice, a 6-foot-1 sophomore point guard from University City High School, played what coach Doug Weber considered the biggest role as the Griffins won the Grossmont Invitational Tournament. It was only the third time in 40 years Grossmont has won its own tournament.
“He was a great leader (in the tournament) at both ends of the floor and played fantastic defense,” Weber said. “(Rice) was the key to (Grossmont’s two all-tournament selections, MVP) Tim Patrick and Cody Wittick getting points and us getting wins.”
In victories over Cuesta (67-64 in the semifinals) and Los Angeles Southwest (73-69 in the championship game), Rice went 6-for-9 from the field, 9-for-14 from the free throw line and contributed 10 assists and five steals. He scored 16 points and had four assists and five steals vs. Cuesta, then dished off six assists against L.A. Southwest.
40th Annual Grossmont College Invitational
BRACKET(12/1/2011) The 40th edition of Grossmont College's Men's Basketball Tournament tips off Friday December 2nd at 2:00 pm.
This year's bracket features a new wrinkle, seven teams instead of the usual eight, which was caused when a participating team was forced to withdraw.
This means there will be no 8:00 pm game on Friday night, and Grossmont will receive a bye into Saturday's semifinal.
The winner of the Cuesta vs. Cypress game will face Grossmont Saturday night, and the loser will play Miramar College on Saturday at 2:00 pm.
Friday game times are below.
Game Times
Friday December 2nd
2:00 - Saddleback 54 vs. L.A. Southwest 66 BOX
4:00 - College of the Desert 64 vs. Southwestern 77 BOX
6:00 - Cuesta 87 vs. Cypress 74 BOX
Saturday December 3rd
2:00 - Consolation Semi #1 - Cypress 60 vs. Miramar 62 BOX
4:00 - Consolation Semi #2 - Saddleback 94 vs. College of the Desert 73 BOX
6:00 - Semifinal #1 - Cuesta 64 vs. Grossmont 67 BOX
8:00 - Semifinal #2 - L.A. Southwest 63 vs. Southwestern 52 BOX
Sunday December 4th
3:00 - Third Place Game - Southwestern 56 vs. Cuesta 55 BOX
5:00 - Championship Game - L.A. Southwest 69 vs. Grossmont 73 BOX
All Tournament Team
Tim Patrick - Grossmont - Most Valuable Player
Cody Wittick - Grossmont
Brandon Johnson - L.A Southwest
Shannen Garner - L.A. Southwest
Derrick Thompson - Southwestern College
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Griffins win championship with impressive output
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(12/4/2011) For only the 3rd time in 40 years, the Griffin men won their own tournament championhsip.
6th man Tim Patrick was named the tournament MVP, while Cody Wittick was an All-Tournament selection.
For his efforts guard Rey Rice was named the PCAC Athlete of the Week.
“He was a great leader (in the tournament) at both ends of the floor and played fantastic defense,” Weber said. “(Rice) was the key to (Grossmont’s two all-tournament selections, MVP) Tim Patrick and Cody Wittick getting points and us getting wins.”
Griffins knock off #9 Cuesta, advance to championship
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(12/3/2011) Grossmont took full advantage of their first round bye in their own tournament by upsetting Cuesta College in the semifinals 67-64.
Grossmont (2-3) will be the home team in Sunday's 5:00 tournament championship against L.A. Southwest.
Cuesta came into the contest ranked #16 overall in the state, and #9 in Southern California, and advanced to the semis by virtue of an 87-74 first-round win over Cypress.
Grossmont shot out to an early ten point lead forcing Cuesta into 10 turnovers in the game's first ten minutes. The Cougars then settled down and clawed back to close the halftime deficit to 33-29.
A Nick Sauer layup midway through the second half gave Cuesta a brief 42-41 advantage.
Grossmont countered 30 seconds later when Reynard Rice dropped in a layup for a 43-41 lead the Griffins would never relinquish.
A couple of free throws in the waning seconds by Michael Overson and Rice sealed the win, though two desperation three-point attempts by Cuesta at the end of the game were well of the mark.
Rice finished with a game high 16 points, 5 steals, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Guard Cody Wittick dropped in 15 for Grossmont, including 3-of-7 from three-point range.
Warriors rally to drop Griffins
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By Andrew Smith
©
East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (11-17-11) — The latest edition of the Grossmont
College men's basketball team, beginning the season against
an El Camino squad that already had three victories under
its belt, was a tall task for this newly assembled group.
After a see-saw first half that featured three deadlocks and
five lead changes, the Griffins led at the break 27-26.
Obtaining a 3-point lead at the 13:01 mark of the second half, the Warriors exploded on a 13-1 run over a 5:10 minute stretch that ended all hope for the Griffins, as the hosts eventually fell, 69-57.
“We came out a little rusty, but give them credit – they are a good team,” Wittick said. He led the Griffins in scoring with 14 points and also added 7 rebounds.
Fourteen offensive rebounds leading to 19 second-chance points and 13 turnovers didn’t help the Griffins cause.
“Turnovers and offensive rebounds eventually killed us,” Wittick admitted.
The future does appear to be bright with this group coach Weber has assembled and it’s only a matter of time until this bunch clicks.
“Give us two weeks and we’ll be someone to be scared of. I promise you that,” Patrick warned.
NEXT UP — Grossmont travels to San Diego City College for the Knights’ Invitational on Friday (Nov. 18) where the Griffins face Los Angeles Pierce at 5 p.m.
2011-12 Season Preview
By Andrew Smith
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (11-17-11) — It hasn’t been too often Grossmont
College head coach DOUG WEBER has had reason for incredible
optimism coming into a season. The Griffins have only
managed to put together one team with a winning record since
the 2007-08 campaign.
“I’m actually pretty excited about the group of guys I have this year,” he stated. “We have a bunch of sophomores returning that will give us a leg up in the leadership department and everyone has been working extremely hard ever since school started.”
That leadership starts with sophomore CODY WITTICK. The 6-foot-2 guard out of Tesoro High in Rancho San Margarita played quarterback in high school and is known to be a natural leader on the court.
“We’ll play him at both the 1 and 2 guard spots,” Weber said. “He comes out of a great program and has all the natural leadership skills you can ask for.”
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