2018-19 College of the Canyons Men's Basketball News
The Cougar Basketball Camp will offer two four-day sessions running July 8-11 & July 15-18. Early bird registration are $200 per player through May 15.
COC sophomores Jude Agbasi, Anthony Simone and Denzel Nwanguma were all honored with post-season accolades.
Canyons (13-14, 4-3) remains in the postseason hunt after its 81-74 road win at West L.A.
COC freshman Zach Phipps helped lead the way with a season-high 26 points and 12 rebounds.
COC freshman Denzel Nwanguma made a pair of late free throws to help the Cougars seal a 74-72 road victory over L.A. Pierce.
Canyons (10-13, 1-2) battled back in the second half but could not overcome a sluggish start.
Canyons (9-10) was led by sophomore forward Jude Agbasi who finished with 26 points on an 8-of-14 shooting night.
COC (9-9) outscored L.A. Trad Tech College (10-2) in the second half, but could not overcome an 18-point first half deficit.
COC (9-8) erased a 20-point halftime deficit to defeat Ohlone College 75-59 in the opening game of the 29th Annual Cougar Holiday Classic.
The Cougars (7-6) have now won three of the last four games including a third-place tourney finish last weekend in Santa Barbara,
Canyons (6-6) went 2-1 over the weekend capped by an 86-72 victory over host Santa Barbara in Saturday’s third place game.
Canyons (2-2) was led by freshman Staffon Chiles who scored 22 points in the winning effort.
Canyons suffered an opening day loss to East L.A. College then bounced back to defeat Oxnard College on day two.
Canyons will square off vs. East Los Angeles College at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1. Prior to that, Glendale College will do battle with Oxnard College beginning at 3 p.m.