Community College Roundup : Cypress Hits a Cold Streak and Cerritos Wins Another, 60-58

L.A. Times Archives

Jan. 31, 1985 12 AM PT

Cerritos College ran its win streak to 12 games Wednesday night to finish the first round of South Coast Conference play undefeated by beating Cypress, 60-58, at Cypress.

Cerritos (8-0, 17-3) took a 27-21 halftime lead as Cypress (4-4, 10-8) missed its first 16 field goal attempts and did not score a basket for the first 12:16.

The Falcons extended their lead to as many as 10 points in the second half before Cypress rallied to take the lead with a little more than six minutes to play. But Cerritos, which was down by as many as three, started its comeback to retake the lead for good, 50-48, with 3:32 remaining on a basket by Marlon Wadlington.

The Falcons made 6 of 8 free throw attempts in the final 1:26 to clinch the win.

Guard Joe Yezbak led Cerritos with 18 points, and forward John Berwick had 18 for Cypress, 17 in the second half.

CERRITOS (60)--Wadlington 10, Collins 2, Yezbak 18, Coleman 9, Guy 4, Buell 4.

CYPRESS (58)--Bailey 11, Umans 1, Horn 11, Simmons 9, Marusich 9, Swanner 10, Berwick 18.

Halftime--Cerrtios, 27-21.

In other South Coast action:

Mt. SAC 48, Fullerton 46--Paul Rollins’ tip-in at the buzzer was not allowed as time ran out and the Mounties held on for the win at Fullerton.

Mt. SAC (7-1, 20-2) was led by Larry Richard’s 17 points. Todd Trueman paced Fullerton (5-3, 11-10) with 14.

MT. SAC (48)--Richard 17, Bailey 4, Rameriz 4, Leonard 9, Tarkanian 9, Bragg 5.

FULLERTON (46)--Smith 6, Trueman 14, Samuelson 5, Rollins 5, Pratt 6, Haymond 10.

Saddleback 81, Compton 65--Sophomore forward Eric Cornly scored a season-high 35 points to lead the Gauchos (4-4) to their fourth staright win. Cornly’s 35 was the most points scored by a Saddleback player in three years.

COMPTON (65)--Henderson 4, D. Johnson 14, R. Johnson 5, Bullocks 13, Stewart 18, Cross 1, Fleming 8, Crawford 4.

SADDLEBACK (81)--Hamilton 11, Cornly 35, Mulder 10, Dawson 12, Thomas 7, Carr 2, Cunningham 2, Jarvis 2.

Halftime--Saddleback, 37-33.