2012 Post Season Media Guide - Antelope Valley College

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NO. 7 MARAUDER MEN HOSTS NO. 15 EL CAMINO FOR THIRD-ROUND PLAYOFF GAME THIS WEEK: THE MATCH-UPS: THE MARAUDERS: BRACKET: SEEDINGS: STREAKS: TICKETS: Southern California Bracket No. 2 2011 Men's State Basketball Playoffs ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE Marauder Athletics MEDIA RELEASE for February 29, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Glenn Haller -- 661-722-6445 or 270-9613; e-mail: avcsid@avc.edu 2012 Men's Basketbal Team with highest seeding will be home team -- Brackets after seed State Cham Wed., Feb. 29, No. 7 Antelope Valley College Marauders (22-7, 9-5 and third place in the Foothill Conference) vs. No. 15 El First Camino Round College Warriors (18-9, Second 7-6 Round and third place in the Third South Round Coast South), Marauder Gym, Lancaster, Wed., 7 p.m. Feb. 22 Fri, Feb. 24; Sat, Feb. 25 Wed., Feb. 29 Sat., Mar. Quarters 4 The Marauders got to the third round by virtue of a 69-57 win over Irvine Valley, and get to host because of El Camino’s 57-56 upset of No. 2 Mt. San Antonio on Saturday. The Warriors beat Santa Monica 82-77 in the first round to advance against the Mounties. SOUTH The winner of this game will play the winner of No. 6 Saddleback and No. 19 Riverside for the right to go to state. The last time the two met was in the championship game of the Glendale Tournament 1. - Citrus won by the Warriors - 92 in 2008. In the six meetings, the squads have always 16. met Hancock on a neutral court. 72 Sat. 1. Citrus (26-1) 17. Imperial Valley 78 The 2011-12 Marauder team is one that can handle anyone. And can be handled by anyone. Of their seven losses, three 17. are at Imperial the hands Valley of teams 79not near .500 in the standings - the other four to No.1 Citrus, No. 3 Mt. San Jacinto and No. 4 San Bernardino 9. Valley Cuesta twice. And then 74they beat No. 3 Mt. San Jacinto twice, No. 6. Saddleback, No. 8 Chaffey twice, No. 11 San Diego Fri. City, No. 129. Ventura Cuesta twice, (24-7) No. 13 LA Valley, No. 19 Riverside twice and No. 20 Canyons. 8. Chaffey Led in scoring by Jason 68 Johnson and overall on the court by point guard Da’Shawn Gomez, the two sophomores were named All-Foothill Conference and are No. 1 and 2 in scoring and three pointers. Gomez leads AVC in assists. For more information about the Marauders, go to GoMarauders.avc.edu. 5. LA Southwest 75 Fri. 12. Ventura (19-11) AVC has not faced anyone they might meet 12. in Ventura their bracket this year. 80 20. Canyons 61 Well, AVC isn’t 13th like they had been 13. for the LA last Valley three years. In 76fact, the Marauders have their best seed since 2004, when AVC was second. Actually, AVC pulled the fifth seed, but because of rules preventing conference teams 13. LA in the Valley same bracket, 75 the Marauders Sat. had to settle for seventh. 4. San Bernardino But seeing as Valley this team (24-5) was on a three game losing streak just three games 4. San ago, Bernardino that they Val hosted 87the second round is a testament to the strength of the Foothill Conference. “How strong is it?” I hear you ask. Well, four teams are in the playoffs representing 14. LA the conference, Harbor and 55all four are in the top eight seeds, and therefore hosting the second round. 19. Riverside 79 OT The Marauders 19. have Riverside now made playoffs 67 for 22 of the Sat. last 23 seasons. AVC 19. Riverside is on a three (16-10) game winning streak. They are on a one game winning 3. streak Mt. San in the Jacinto playoffs, and 76a six game playoff winning streak at home. 6. Saddleback 65 Tickets for the game are set by the Commission on Athletics and are set at $8 for adults, $5 students, faculty, senior citizens and children under 12. No passes Fri. except those approved 6. Saddleback by COA will (20-8) be accepted. 11. SD City 55 --More-- 7. Antelope Valley 69 Fri. 7. Antelope Valley (22-7) 10. Irvine Valley 57 15. El Camino 82 15. El Camino 57 18. Santa Monica 77 Sat. 15. El Camino (18-9) 2. Mt. San Antonio 56
MARAUDER MEN’S BASKETBALL 2011-12 MARAUDER MEN HOST IRVINE VALLEY IN ROUND TWO OF PLAYOFFS PAGE 2-2-2-2 This season’s contests Fri., Feb. 24 Marauder Gym, 7 p.m. Warriors The Series is led by the Marauders 4-2 AVC ElC N 1984-85 59 72 N 1991-92 103 91 N 1994-95 97 75 N 2004-05 91 68 N 2005-06 72 63 N 2008-09 66 75 MEDIA INFO: ALL-CONFERENCE: Please contact Glenn Haller at avcsid@avc.edu or at 661-722-6445 if you are planning to cover the game. There is somewhat limited space at the press table (although we usually squeeze everyone in), and precedence will be given in the following order: Daily local game story writers, daily local columnists/side-bar writers, school paper writer (only one will be allowed on the table -- provided there is space) and electronic media not broadcasting the game live. Whether there is space at the table or not, Marauder Sports Information provides all necessary services for writing and filing stories, including complete internet access. You will also have a place to write and file your stories after the game. It was announced by the Foothill Conference that the third place Marauders’ Da’Shawn Gomez (PG, 6-2, 180, SO, Inglewood (Inglewood ‘09) and Jason Johnson (G, 6-3, 180, SO, Reseda (Cleveland ‘10) were named First team All- Foothill Conference. Vadal Faniel (F/C, 6-6, 205, FR, Palmdale (Pete Knight ‘10) and Michaelyn Scott (G, 6-2, 170, FR, Los Angeles (Washington Prep ‘11) were named honorable mention. Gomenz was named to the All-Foothill Conference team for the second year, Gomez was second in scoring and three pointers for the Marauders, and averaged 5.3 assists on the season. He was also second in scoring and threes for AVC in conference play. Johnson, who was honorable mention last season, led the Marauders in scoring with a 15.3 points per game average, which included a 30 point game against Ventura. He was also tops in three pointers. He also led AVC in conference with a 13.4 ppg. HONORABLE MENTION - Vadal Faniel played most of his best games in conference, with all three of his Marauder leading scoring efforts and three of his four rebounding highs coming during conference play. He averaged 8.3 ppg during the season, and upped that to 10.5 in conference play. He also leads AVC shooting 55.2 percent from the field. Michaelynn Scott shot 48.6 percent from three pointer territory during conference play. El Camino College The Warriors are a member of the South Coast Conf. and are coached by Micahel Fenison JOHN TAYLOR: John Taylor is in his second season as the Marauder head coach, and is in his second playoffs with the team. He is 41-17 (.707) as the Marauders’ men’s coach He began the 2010-11 season as both men’s and women’s coach. His women Marauder teams were 241-103 overall and included six Foothill Conference championships - four straight from 2003 to 2006 and this season. AVC finished second in the Foothill Conference in his first two seasons, before 2002- 03's undefeated in conference champion team and again this season. He guided AVC to ten straight seasons of 19 wins or more and the playoffs each year. In 2006-07 he became the winningest Marauder women's basketball coach with win 143 and in 2007-08 season coached the Marauders to his 100th Foothill Conference win. He has crafted a 426-213 (.667) record overall, and his teams now play in the playoffs for the 17th straight season. Taylor was named WSC women's Coach of the Year in 1995-96, and was tabbed as the Foothill Conference women's Coach of the Year in 2002-03 and 2003-04. ELSEWHERE IN The Foothill Conference put four teams in the playoff this season, but only two CONFERENCE: made it out of the first week of playoffs. No. 3 Mt. San Jacinto lost to No. 19 Riverside in overtime 79-76. No. 4. San Bernardino Valley beat No. 13 LA Valley 87-76 and will host No. 12 Ventura on Wednesday. No. 8 Chaffey lost to No. 9 Cuesta 74-68. -AVC- 9
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