Community College Basketball : Cypress Makes Semifinals by Beating Mt. San Jacinto

Bill Dobbs scored 14 points to lead Cypress College to a 78-62 victory over Mt. San Jacinto Thursday night and a berth in the championship semifinals of the Riverside Holiday Tournament.

Dwayne Richey led Mt. San Jacinto (5-4) with 18 points.

The Chargers (7-3) will take a seven-game winning streak into tonight’s semifinal at 6 p.m. against Santa Monica.

CYPRESS (78)--Martineau 5, Horn 7, Dobbs 14, Marushich 6, Livesay 8, Krivashei 1, Gerlach 9, Umans 10, Olivarez 6, Kirksey 2, Swanner 8, Kramer 2.

MT. SAN JACINTO (62)--Richey 18, Scott 7, Rabb 5, Bennett 4, Nua 4, Washington 18, Miller 2, Brown 2, Pryor 2.

Halftime--Cypress, 39-19.

In other Riverside Holiday Tournament action:

Riverside City 83, Rancho Santiago 70--Wilson Foster scored 25 points on 11 of 14 shooting and had 8 steals to lead the Tigers (10-1) past the Dons in a championship quarterfinal game. Eric Schurman led Rancho Santiago (8-2) with 25 points. The Dons will play Ventura today at 2 p.m. in a fifth-place semifinal game.

RANCHO SANTIAGO (70)--Brown 2, Moses 8, Thomas 9, Schurman 25, Davis 2, McConnell 2, Elliot 4, Martin 13, Cole 5.

RIVERSIDE CITY (83)--T. Thomas 14, Deckard 7, Landers 12, J. Thomas 13, Larson 2, Foster 25, Mathews 2, Rounds 8.

Halftime: 44-35, Riverside.

Saddleback 73, College of the Desert 67--David Miles scored 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds and Tom Desiano added 14 points and had 8 assists to lead the Gauchos into the consolation semifinals. Saddleback will face Antelope Valley today at 3 p.m. Bill Gooden led the Roadrunners with 15 points.

SADDLEBACK (73)--Desiano 14, Taylor 4, Sullivan 10, Minier 14, Lemon 7, Magee 6, Miles 18.

COLLEGE OF THE DESERT (67)--Boethle 6, Gilliom 4, Becerra 6, Williams 11, Gooden 15, Carrier 12, King 13.

Halftime: 43-34, Saddleback.