MSJC Men's Hoops Wins Big

The MSJC men's basketball team led from start to finish on Monday afternoon as they picked up an Inland Empire Athletic Conference home win over visiting Palo Verde College 114-62.

The Eagles shot an impressive 19 of 34 from the field including going 7 for 14 from the three point line in the first half as they built a lead at intermission of 54-28.  The hot shooting continued throughout the second twenty minutes as well as MSJC cruised to the victory.  For the day MSJC finished 56% from the field and 50% from beyond the arc as they scored a season high 114 points.

Jamaal Barnes followed up his 41 point game from last Wednesday with 20 points in just 18 minutes of action on Monday.  Danilo Da Silva scored a career high 19 off the bench for the Eagles and also dished out 4 assists.  Jerron Hampton just missed recording his first double double of the year as he put up 12 points and hauled in 9 rebounds.  Lenzell Simmons and Kamien Cederlind also each reached double figures in scoring with 11 points a piece.  Chidi Okwarabizie grabbed a game high 10 rebounds for the Eagles as they out rebounded the Pirates 49-32 in the contest.

The win pushed the Eagles record to 9-10 overall and 5-2 in IEAC action while Palo Verde dropped to 2-18 and 1-7.  MSJC has two road games to close out this week as they travel to San Bernardino Valley on Wednesday for a 7 pm game, and to Copper Mountain on Saturday for a 3 pm match up with the Fighting Cacti.