SCC Surges to 3-0 Record to Start the Season

The Santiago Canyon College Men's Basketball Team has started the season with 3 straight wins.  In tonight's contest, the Hawks defeated Chaffey College by the score of 86-68.  SCC started out fast and led by as many as 13 points early in the half.  Erik Howlin continues to put up numbers for SCC and led the team with 9 points in the half, all on three-pointers.  Harrison Wiese connected on two 3-point shots and scored 8 points. Cameron Calcote also connected on 2 threes and had 6 points. Drew Yezbak tallied 5 rebounds for the Hawks.  Chaffey battled back to tie the game at 30, but would never take the lead as SCC went on a mini 8-2 run to end the half with the score 38-32.

SCC jumped out quick in the second half and was able to build a 26-point lead on some hot shooting.  The Hawks finished with 18 made three-pointers and attempted 37 for a solid percentage of 48.6%.  Yezbak and Calcote were both 4 for 6 from the three-point line to lead the way.  Yezbak's 18 total points led the team in scoring and were a season high. Calcote finished with 12 points, while Howlin and Wiese both chipped in with 11 points. Yezbak also led the team with 7 rebounds on the night.  David Agba had a solid all around game with 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists.  The Hawks bench once again was solid with 40 points compared to 17 bench points for Chaffey.

Santiago Canyon will wrap up this week's games with another home game on Friday vs. Mira Costa.  Mira Costa, ranked #19, comes into the game with a close loss last week to #7 ranked San Diego City.  Tip-off is set for 6pm.