Community College Roundup : Cerritos Defeats Saddleback

Sophomore guard Joe Yezbak hit his first seven shots and ended with 19 points Wednesday night to lead Cerritos College to a 77-68 South Coast Conference victory over Saddleback at Mission Viejo.

Freshman Marlon Wadlington added 15 for the Falcons (11-3), who won their second SCC game.

Cerritos’ Brian Coleman had a game-high 12 rebounds. Saddleback forward Eric Cornly led all scorers with 24 points, and had 10 rebounds.

CERRITOS (77)--Wadlington 15, Yezbak 19, Coleman 12, Heicke 11, Guy 16, Fischer 2, Miller 2.

SADDLEBACK (68)--Hamilton 19, Mulder 7, Thomas 10, Cornly 24, Dawson 1, Taylor 5, Sullivan 2

Halftime--Cerritos, 45-32. In other games:

Santa Ana 78, Compton 75--The Dons’ Chuck Lewis made two free throws with 21 seconds remaining to seal the conference-opening win at Santa Ana.

Mt. San Antonio 85, Golden West 57--The Mounties shut down Golden West’s forward Marc Lorigan, Southern California’s leading scorer, in the first half to pull out a South Coast conference victory at Huntington Beach.

MT. SAC (85)--Richard 14, Bailey 14, Rameriz 18, Leonard 6, Tarkanian 2, Bragg 14, Frazier 2, Jenkins 3, Gardner 4, Terich 8.

GOLDEN WEST (57)--Lorigan 22, Love 10, Hutson 8, Smith 2, Bruce 4, Debbs 6, Mann 4, Jeffers 1.

Halftime--Mt. SAC, 36-15. Fullerton 69, Orange Coast 54--Hornet Mike Long led ther attack with with 20 points and 9 rebounds, and teammates Paul Rollins and Jon Samuelson combined for 22 points. Shaughn Ryan led the Pirates with 15 points and 12 rebounds.