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Top Five
Hold Steady in CCCWBCA Poll
[ Poll,
Week of 11/24/03 ]
Positions remain unchanged
amongst the top five colleges in this week's CCCWBCA State Poll. In rank order,
they are Mt. San Antonio College (5-0), Merced College (6-0), Contra Costa College
(2-0), Sierra College (4-0) and idle Ventura College (2-1).
It was light schedule for
COA teams being an extra third week between the beginning of the season and
Thanksgiving weekend. Mt. San Antonio went to Long Beach City College on Friday
and won 97-36.
Merced had a more formidable
foe at #15-North's Cosumnes River College, but asserted themselves to a 79-56
victory. Cosumnes dropped out of the North Region rankings.
Sierra also made a road
trip to Feather River College. The climb up the mountains did little to slow
the Wolverines as the 87-39 final shows.
Contra Costa and Butte began
their season at the only tournament of last week, the Butte College Team Sports
Classic. Both schools won handily in the first round, but Butte forced Contra
Costa into overtime in the title game. Contra Costa lifted themselves to a 77-73
win. Butte fell to #13 in the State Poll, but rose a spot to #6 in North Region
voting.
Reedley College had better
luck with upsets with an exciting 56-52 score over San Joaquin Delta College
in North Region's game of the week. #9 Reedley lept seven spots higher for state
while Delta dropped five.
Cerritos continued their
annual series with host Orange Coast College. Cerritos entered with a #7 ranking,
a spot behind the #6 Pirates. They left with the #6 booty, dropping Orange Coast
to #8, nearly breaking into the top five. The score was 77-72.
Tournament of the Week:
The Sixth Annual Ventura College Women's Basketball Tournament of Champions
has half of the top eight teams entered: #1 Mt. San Antonio, #3 Contra Costa,
#5 Ventura and #8 Orange Coast College. The event runs from Friday afternoon
to Sunday's 4:00 PM championship game.
North Region Game of the
Week:
#9 Reedley tries to upset another top ten team at Sierra, Tuesday, November
25 at 5:00 PM.
South Region Game of the
Week:
#15 South Cypress College will argue for a playoff spot at #3 South Cerritos,
Wednesday, November 26. Call Cerritos for gametime.
Greg Murphy gregm@altair.csustan.edu
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