Knights Win all 3 at Allan Hancock Tourney
San Diego City started the weekend with Mitch Charlens' 400th victory, a 36-point blowout over Barstow, and then ended it with two wins against top-20 opponents, including Sunday's 87-72 victory over No. 18 Allan Hancock.
San Diego City started the weekend with Mitch Charlens' 400th victory, a 36-point blowout over Barstow, and then ended it with two wins against top-20 opponents, including Sunday's 87-72 victory over No. 18 Allan Hancock.
Dylan Griffin and Junior Camacho were selected to the all-tournament team after helping the Knights win all three games at the Allan Hancock tournament.
The Knights have played four teams that made the CCCMBCA preseason top-20 and are 3-1 in those games with the only loss coming to No. 4 West Valley. The wins have come against No. 8 East L.A., No. 9 San Jose City, and No. 18 Allan Hancock.
Griffin led the Knights in the win over Barstow on Friday night with 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting.
The next night, San Diego City fell behind by 10 to San Jose early in the second half, but used a 21-6 run to grab a 5-point lead on Luke Hecht's 3-pointer with 7:26 remaining. After the Knights went up by seven with just over three minutes to go, San Jose clawed back and cut it to 60-59 with 59 seconds showing on the clock.
On the Knights' next possession Junior Camacho, who led with 15 points off the bench, hit a clutch 3-pointer to extend their lead back to four with 30 seconds left and they were able to hang on in the final seconds for a 65-64 win.
San Diego City then went on to have its best shooting game of the season in the 15-point victory over the host of this weekend's Home Motors Tournament, Allan Hancock College.
The Knights shot 54.7 percent overall and made a season-high 11-of-26 (42.3%) 3-pointers.
Five players scored in double figures, including Andrew Azebeokhai Jr and Larry Lewis III who each scored 13 points. Luke Hecht and Cyprian Hyde put in 12 points a piece, and Griffin led the team with 18 points, five rebounds, and four assists.
Allan Hancock was ahead by four with 13 minutes left when the Knights turned it around with a 26-5 burst to open up a 17-point lead and cruise to a win.
The Knights are now 4-2 on the season and will be off until Dec. 5 when they play DeAnza College at 4 p.m. at the Grossmont College tournament.
