San Jose City College Basketball

Randel, Lassiter and Reggins Find Good Fortune in
San Jose City 57-55 Win in Tournament Opener

Riddled with turnovers and missed open shots, San Jose trailed Feather River for the entire first half, which ended with Feather River leading 33-25, an 8-point margin that they increased a fourth of the way in the second half to 45-34.

After a half-time adjustment session with the coaches, San Jose worked the lead down to 1-point with 5 minutes remaining in the contest when forward Chris Randel grabbed a defensive rebound, hit with a pass the streaking upcourt Quinston Reggins, who handed off to B.J. Lassiter in the right side fast break lane for the lay-up.
On the next possession, Reggins notched a stolen pass and hurled to ball to Lassiter, who when his path down the lane was blocked, stopped, stepped out, pivoted, and then hit an 6-foot jumper.

The Jags then grabbed the game's momentum for the last 5-minute run when Randel stole a Feather River look-in pass, hit Reggins who missed the downcourt lay-up when double-teamed at the other end, and then grabbed the follow-up rebound for a 2-point put-back.
Feather River missed 4 scoring opportunities with the game tied 55-55 in the last minute as Feather River set their sight on the win and San Jose defended for the overtime.

And then the Jags got an unexpected break

A Feather River turnover on an inbound pass with ELEVEN seconds left on the clock led to a missed shot by San Jose that rebounded off a Feather River's player hands, to the floor, and into the waiting grasp of San Jose's B.J. Lassiter, whose floater after the loose-ball pickup swished the Jaguar net to ice the cake with 1 second left.

It was unexpected good fortune for Percy Carr's team, which is now 3-2 and headed for the tourney semi-final game with Solano (5-2) Saturday at 6pm. If the Jags make it to final game it will be against perennial rivals DVC or Cabrillo, last year's conference champion.