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Santa Ana Holds on for 71-68 Victory over Cuyamaca
SANTA ANA, CA - The Santa Ana College (SAC) men's basketball team defeated visiting Cuyamaca College 71-68 in a non-conference game. The Dons improved to 2-7 on the season with both wins coming in their only home games. Cuyamaca falls to 2-7 after the loss.
After leading by as many as eight points in the first half, SAC led Cuyamaca 37-32 at half time. The Dons shot 52% in the first half and were perfect from the free throw line (5-5).
SAC extended its lead to 48-39 five minutes into the second half but were unable to pull away. The Dons held the lead for the majority of the half until Cuyamaca was able to tie the game at 62-62 with less then five minutes in the game.
Cuyamaca took its first lead of the second half with 2:15 remaining at 68-66. With less than one minute left in the game Raymont Jennings buried a three pointer from the corner to put the Dons up for good at 69-68.
David Brandon (Long Beach Poly HS) led all scorers with 22 points followed by Tyre Thompson (Centennial HS) with 14 points.
NEXT: Santa Ana at the Rio Hondo Tournament, Thurs-Sat, Dec 6-8
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