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11/18/08
McGuire
Earns PCC Athlete of the Week
The Pacific Coast Conference
has selected Knights' forward Jamel McGuire as its Men's
Athlete of the Week for the week that ended on November
16.
McGuire, who
signed a letter of intent to play at Cal State Fullerton
last week, helped lead the Knights to a second place
finish at the Knights Invitational Tournament. He
averaged 24 points and 3.3 steals during the 3-game
tournament. McGuire also shot 60 percent from the floor
and made 14-of-16 free throws. He was also named to the
All-Tournament Team.
11/16/08
Knights
Get 2nd Place at Invitational
The SDCC men's basketball
team finished in second place at the Knights
Invitational held at the Harry West Gymnasium.
The Knights won the first
two games of the tournament by defeating Mt. San Antonio
(78-62) and Santa Barbara (82-66), but were defeated in
the championship game, 99-93, by the Citrus Fighting
Owls who are the defending state champs and are
currently ranked No. 1.
Citrus jumped out to a
quick 10-2 lead and extended it to as much as 16 in the
first half, but the Knights managed to trim the deficit
to 48-38 at the half.
In the second half,
Citrus stretched its halftime lead to as much 18 by
hitting a barrage of three-pointers. The Fighting Owls
went 6-for-11 from beyond the arc in the second half
with guard Jose Rivera making four of those.
Down 96-83 with 2:48
remaining, Knights' guard Marquintice Davis led a 10-0
run that cut Citrus' lead to three point with under one
minute, but the Knights were forced to foul as the
Fighting Owls were trying to dribble out the clock.
Citrus guard Kelly
Johnson made 3-of-4 free throws in the final 24 seconds
to put the game away.
Malcolm Thomas led the
way for the Knights with 22 points, 14 rebounds, eight
blocks, and five assists. Jamel McGuire had 21 points
and three steals. Davis went 3-for-5 from the
three-point line and totaled 19 points. Adam Brooke
recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Knights Invitational
All-Tournament Team
Aaron Trigg - Napa Valley
Ross Williams - Palomar
Troy Payne (MVP) - Citrus
Kelly Johnson - Citrus
Justin Johnson - Citrus
Malcolm Thomas - SD City
Marquintice Davis - SD City
Jamel McGuire - SD City
11/13/08
Thomas,
McGuire Sign Letters of Intent
San Diego City College men's
basketball players Malcolm Thomas and Jamel McGuire have
both signed national letters of intent with Division I
programs.
Thomas, a
6-foot-9 sophomore forward, has signed on to join the
San Diego State Aztecs for the 2009-10 season. Thomas
came to SDCC after playing his freshman year at
Pepperdine where he was selected All-WCC honorable
mention and to the WCC All-Freshman Team.
"Malcolm is a beast and
he will be in the NBA within three years," said SDCC
Head Coach Mitch Charlens.
"He is 6-foot-9 and can play any position. He is
a tremendous athlete, he can handle the ball and
he's an incredible passer and decision maker and can
score from anywhere, whenever he wants. With all of
these talents, he is one of the most unselfish
athletes I have ever been around."
McGuire, a 6-foot-5
forward from Gompers High in San Diego, Calif., signed a
letter of intent with Cal State Fullerton for the
2009-10 season. McGuire is currently in his second
season with the SDCC Knights.
"Jamel is the fastest
person with a basketball I
have ever
seen," said Charlens. "No one on the planet
can stay in front of him. He is also always in a
good mood. Always smiling."
11/9/08
Knights
Win Consolation Bracket at Marines.com Tip-Off Classic
The SDCC men's basketball
team defeated Siskiyous, 107-96, in double overtime to
win the consolation championship at the Marines.com
Tip-off Classic in San Francisco.
After dropping the opening
game of the tournament to San Francisco (95-92), the
Knights bounced back to beat Canada College, 75-59, to
advance to the championship game of the consolation
bracket against San Francisco.
Forward Malcolm Thomas
was selected to the All-Tournament Team. He averaged
27.7 points per game during the three game tournament.
Marcquintice Davis recorded a triple-double in Sunday's
contest against San Francisco. He had 20 points, 10
rebounds and 11 assists.
Mitch
Charlens returns for his
fifth year leading the San Diego City College Knights men's
basketball team. Coach Charlens has created a winning basketball
program at San Diego City College. In June of 2004 Charlens took
over a program that won only seven games the previous year and
had no returning players. With a month and a half to field a
team, Charlens built a foundation instilling pride, respect,
accountability, solid work ethic, and honor into each member of
his program. Charlens' Knights finished with an 18-10 overall
record (10-0 at home) and a 12-2 conference record which earned
them the 2004-05 Pacific Coast Conference Championship. The team
also advanced to post season play where they went on to reach
the second round of the Regional State Playoffs. In addition,
the team's success brought upon three All-Conference Player
Selections and a Coach of the Year for All Sports award in the
Pacific Coast Conference for Coach Charlens.[more]
Knights' Notes
Head Coach:
Mitch Charlens Phone: (619) 388-3703
Email:
mcharlen@sdccd.edu Assistant Coaches:
Bob Andreasen
Jerome Sherman
Joe D'Ambro
