Community College Men’s Basketball : Oklahoma Transfer Scores 28 to Lead Orange Coast Over Citrus

Center Joe Seager scored 28 points and had 13 rebounds Friday night to lead Orange Coast College to an 85-72 nonconference win over Citrus in Peterson Gym in Costa Mesa.

Seager, a 6-foot 10-inch transfer from Oklahoma, made 13 of 17 field goals attempts as Orange Coast won its second game of the year against no losses. Citrus is 0-1.

Point guard Jon Johnston added 14 points and 9 assists for the Pirates, and Scott Clements had 12 points.

Orange Coast plays host to San Diego Mesa tonight at 7:30.

CITRUS (72)--Burns 7, R. Smith 3, Dixon 24, Arnett 14, Orosz 6, M. Smith 10, Richard 8.

ORANGE COAST (85)--Johnston 14, McGavran 8, Seager 28, Bickett 7, Kelly 6, Clements 12, Judd 8, Radovcich 2.

Halftime--Orange Coast, 42-36.

In Tip Off Tournament action:

Rancho Santiago 88, Biola JV 65--Mark Moses scored 22 points and Eric Schurman added 18 as the Dons routed the Eagle JV team.

Rancho Santiago (2-0) will play the Pomona Pitzer JV team, which it defeated Wednesday in its season opener, 93-73, for the tournament title tonight at 8.

BIOLA JV (65)--Gishweiller 4, Gunter 2, Dietzman 9, McCollum 0, Larsen 10, Watkins 6, Mata 14, Heida 4, Connolly 16.

RANCHO SANTIAGO (88)--Hata 0, Brown 10, Lee 3, Moses 22, Thomas 6, Schurman 18, Davis 2, McConnell 4, Elliott 6, Martin 8, Cole 9.

Halftime--Rancho Santiago, 42-30.

Pomona Pitzer JV 79, College of the Desert 76 (OT)--Rick Duque scored 23 points and Garrett Arima added 22 to lead the Pomona Pitzer JV team to the first-round win. Boris King of College of the Desert led all scorers with 28.

In Lee College (Tex.) Tournament action:

McLennan 59, Cypress College 58--The Chargers could not hold a 29-24 half time lead and were defeated by the Highlanders in Texas. It was the Chargers’ third loss in as many games in the round-robin tournament.

Forward Greg Marusich was the leading scorer for the Chargers with 14 points. Sophomore Paul Horn added 12. Cypress is 1-3.