SBVC, Chaffey basketball teams to square off
The basketball teams from Chaffey and San Bernardino Valley College hardly need any additional incentive when they square off tonight at Chaffey. But both games loom large in the Foothill Conference picture.
On the men's side the teams are tied for second place behind Antelope Valley (22-6, 8-0) and Mt. San Jacinto (22-4, 6-2).
The Wolverines (10-12, 5-3) rely on a solid 1-2 punch in Lewis Leonard (25.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg) and Johnny Barnes (19 ppg, 10.4 rpg) while the Panthers (16-8, 5-3) rely on balance. Four players are averaging double figures led by freshmen guards Winston Robinson (15.2 ppg, 8.1 rpg) and Nick Turner (13.1 ppg).
The women's race is equally close. Mt. San Jacinto (17-8, 9-1) is a half game up on SBVC (19-5, 81) and a full game up on Chaffey (20-5, 8-2). The game will be key not only in the conference picture but potential playoff seeding as well.
SBVC is ranked 13th in the state and seventh in the South while Chaffey is 20th in the state and 11th in the South.
SBVC won both games on their own floor earlier this season with the men winning 96-93 and women winning 71-57.
Tip off for the women's game is 5 p.m., with the men's game immediately following.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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