Area College Basketball : Cypress Beats Grossmont for Fifth Straight

Cypress College won its fifth-straight game with a 78-62 victory over Grossmont Wednesday night in the opening round of the Riverside Holiday Tournament at Riverside City College.

Cypress (6-3) led by seven at the half and pulled out to a 15-point lead early in the second half and was never really challenged. Greg Marusich led the Chargers with 19 points on 8 of 8 shooting and had five assists and Paul Horn added 17 points.

Shaun Manning led the Griffins with 14 points.

Cypress (78)--Martineau 5, Horn 17, Dobbs 8, Marusich 19, Gerlach 6, Umans 9, Kirksey 2, Swanner 12.

Grossmont (62)--Dedmon 4, Curtis 2, Rittgers 2, Celestine 2, Morgan 11, Turner 4, Muldrow 11, Manning 14, Espinoza 10, Jemison 2.

Halftime: 34-27, Cypress.

In other nonconference action:

Palomar 66, Orange Coast College 53--Forward Derwin Wesley scored 17 points to lead the Comets to the victory. Joe Seager, the Pirates’ 6-foot 10-inch center, led Orange Coast (4-5) with 13 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Palomar improved its record to 4-6 with the win.

OCC (53)--Johnston 5, McGavran 4, Seager 13, Clements 11, Mulcahey 4, Bickett 8, Mullet 6, Stamps 2.

PALOMAR (66)--Hurd 9, Ruggles 6, Nelson 8, Sommers 6, Davis 10, Wesley 17, Craven 8, Harris 2.

Halftime--Palomar, 24-19.

Southern California College 101, San Bernardino 73--Forward Ty Myles scored 18 points to lead the Vanguards to the win at home.

SAN BERNADINO (73)--Ames 17, Burns 12, Pruitt 6, Jackson 4, Wimby 5, Horton 7, Bujnovsky 18, Branton 4.

SCC (101)--Haar 10, Bardsley 8, Lucas 16, McAllister 6, Aviles 3, Ofelt 2, Lightfoot 9, Myles 18, Silvers 8, Dixon 2, Congdon 12, Page 1, Ogelsby 4.

Halftime--SCC, 40-38.