The Jaguar Men Sunday won the game and the James Clark Classic tournament championship hosted by Cosumnes River College in Sacramento with a dominating win over Feather River, a team they only beat with a gift basket in the last seconds a week ago.
The win gives San Jose city a 7-3 record, which they take into this weekend's San Jose City College Classic Tournament in the Jaguar Den.
Feather River's cold shooting in the first half and San Jose's motion offense allowed the Jags to compile a 20-point lead at halftime.
B.J. Lassiter hit three treys and two field goals in the first half to take 13 points into the locker room, and led the Jags to lead 17-9 with 10 minutes left, 27-14 with 5 minutes left, and 34-14 at the end of the first half.
In the second half, City led by between 16-20 points until garbage time arrived in the game's final minutes when Feather River's Garhett Parent, a 6-6 freshman, found a hot hand and scored three consecutive baskets, one a 3-pointer.
SJCC's Neel Narayan, a freshman point guard, was named by the coaches as the tournament's most valuable player. He scored 12 in the final game's win, and had 9 assists against Napa Valley and 7 assists against Alameda in the first two games of the tournament.
The "Fijian Flyer", whose Indian family immigrated from Fiji to Silicon Valley, is finding a home sparking Coach Percy Carr's Speed City offense.
City's Isaiah James, freshman forward, and Chris Randel, sophomore forward, were named to the All-Tournament team. James' leaping prowess and Randel's emerging deft footwork are increasingly snagging the defensive rebounds that launch the Jaguar fast-break scoring machine.
The tournament host, Cosumnes River College, finished third with a win over Alameda. CRC is coached by James Giacomazzi, who played at San Jose City College, received a basketball scholarship to UC Riverside where he was All-Conference his senior year.
He was then an assistant coach at San Jose City College for five years while earning a masters in Human Performance/Sports Management at San Jose State before getting the head coach position at CRC.
The tournament win and their overall 7-3 record help boost San Jose City to move up two places to 10th place in the coaches Northern California poll.
report by Charles Heimler (charlesheimler.blogspot.com)
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Go Jags!
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