Maryland JUCO Men's Basketball Tournament To Commence At Prince George's On Friday
LARGO, Md. – Prince George's Community College and Novak Field House will be the home of the 2018 Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference (MD JUCO) Men's Basketball Tournament. The men's tournament will be played on Friday, February 16-Sunday, February 18. Tickets are $8.
Prince George's will be providing live statistics throughout the tournament and every game will be streamed online. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be on the PGCCOwls YouTube channel before PGCCTV will broadcast the championship game on its YouTube channel.
The quarterfinals get underway on Friday when third seed Frederick Community College (21-3, 12-2 MD JUCO) battles sixth seed Cecil College (10-13, 7-7 MD JUCO) at 12 p.m. The Cougars downed the Seahawks 72-69 on Jan. 27 in the regular season meeting.
The second quarterfinal game features second seed Allegany College of Maryland (23-2, 12-2 MD JUCO) against No. 7 College of Southern Maryland (14-10, 6-8 MD JUCO) at 2 p.m. The Trojans downed the Hawks 91-79 on Jan. 26 in the regular season matchup. The tilt will feature the top two of the top offenses and defenses in the league.
The other half of the bracket starts with the No. 4 seed Baltimore City Community College (17-10, 11-3 MD JUCO) taking on No. 5 Montgomery College (20-6, 10-4 MD JUCO) at 4 p.m. The Raptors took the regular season meeting 105-90 on Dec. 6.
In the final quarterfinal battle on Friday, top seed Harford Community College (18-6, 13-1 MD JUCO) takes on eighth seed and tournament host Prince George's Community College (15-11, 6-8 MD JUCO) at 6 p.m. The Fighting Owls earned a 98-93 overtime decision in the regular season contest on Feb. 7.
The men's basketball semifinals will take place on Saturday after the women's basketball semifinals. The Cecil-Frederick winner will face the Howard-Allegany winner in the first semifinals at 4 p.m. The Montgomery-Baltimore City winner will battle the Prince George's-Harford winner at 6 p.m. The winners of the semifinals will play for the MD JUCO Men's Basketball Championship on Sunday at 3 p.m.
MD JUCO Men's Basketball Tournament Capsules
MD JUCO Quarterfinals #1 | Friday, February 16, 2018 | 12 p.m.
#6 Cecil (10-13, 7-7 MD JUCO) vs. #3 Frederick (21-3, 12-2 MD JUCO)
LAST MEETING: Jan. 27, 2018 | Frederick 72, Cecil 69 | Box Score
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Frederick – Morris Robinson 21; Cecil Caleb Johnson 23
SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Frederick 79.2 (8th in MD JUCO); Cecil 78.7
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Frederick 65.5 (1st in MD JUCO); Cecil 75.0 (9th in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON SCORER: Frederick – Morris Robinson 13.6 ppg.; Cecil – Jordan Griggs 13.7
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Frederick – Dwayne Garner 6.5 rpg.; Cecil – Cornell Corbin 7.4
MD JUCO Quarterfinals #2 | Friday, February 16, 2018 | 2 p.m.
#7 College of Southern Maryland (14-10, 6-8 MD JUCO) vs. #2 Allegany (23-2, 12-2 MD JUCO)
LAST MEETING: Jan. 26, 2018 | Allegany 91, College of Southern Maryland 79 | Box Score
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Allegany – Demarcus Demonia 23; College of Southern Maryland – Sean Scott 28
SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Allegany 93.8 (1st in MD JUCO); College of Southern Maryland 90.0 (3rd in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Allegany 66.8 (2nd in MD JUCO); College of Southern Maryland 63.7 (3rd in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON SCORER: Allegany – Demarcus Demonia 17.6 ppg. (8th in MD JUCO); College of Southern Maryland - Juwan Smith 20.8 ppg. (3rd in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Allegany – Jason Copman 13.0 rpg. (1st in MD JUCO); College of Southern Maryland Levon Randall 8.2 rpg. (6th in MD JUCO)
MD JUCO Quarterfinals #3 | Friday, February 16, 2018 | 4 p.m.
#5 Montgomery (20-6, 10-4 MD JUCO) vs. #4 Baltimore City (17-10, 11-3 MD JUCO)
LAST MEETING: Dec. 6, 2017 | Montgomery 105, Baltimore City 90 | Box Score
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Baltimore City – De'Ante Robinson 25; Montgomery – Collin Turner 43
SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Montgomery 86.9 (4th in MD JUCO); Baltimore City 79.4 (10th in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Montgomery 75.3 (10th in MD JUCO); Baltimore City 72.5
LEADING SEASON SCORER: Montgomery – Collin Turner 29.6 ppg. (1st in MD JUCO); Baltimore City – Ed Oliver-Hampton 11.1 ppg.
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Montgomery – Freddie Harris 12.7 rpg. (2nd in MD JUCO); Baltimore City – De'Ante Robinson 5.9 rpg.
MD JUCO Quarterfinals #4 | Friday, February 16, 2018 | 6 p.m.
#8 Prince George's (15-11, 6-8 MD JUCO) vs. #1 Harford (18-6, 13-1 MD JUCO)
LAST MEETING: Feb. 7, 2018 | Harford 98, Prince George's 93 | Box Score
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Harford – Isaiah Boggs 26; Prince George's – Mykal Johnson 24
SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Harford 82.3 (6th in MD JUCO); Prince George's 81.3 (7th in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Harford 74.0 (6th in MD JUCO); Prince George's 76.2
LEADING SEASON SCORER: Harford – Khalil Williams-Diggins 14.0 ppg.; Prince George's – Gus Stone 18.1 ppg. (6th in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Harford – DeZ Brown 7.9 rpg. (8th in MD JUCO); Prince George's – James Hagins 7.6 rpg. (10th in MD JUCO)