Maryland JUCO Tournament Semifinals Set For Saturday At Novak Field House

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 and Women's Basketball Tournament Semifinals on Saturday. Tickets are $8.

Prince George's will be providing live statistics throughout the tournament and every game will be streamed online. The semifinals will be on the PGCCOwls YouTube channel before PGCCTV will broadcast the championship game on its YouTube channel.

The women's basketball semifinals start the afternoon when No. 6 Chesapeake College (13-10, 5-5 MD JUCO) battles No. 2 Baltimore City Community College (20-5, 8-2 MD JUCO) at 12 p.m. The Panthers defeated the Skipjacks 75-52 in the regular season meeting on Jan. 3. Chesapeake earned a spot in the semifinals with a 71-65 win against No. 3 Montgomery College while the Panthers moved into the semifinals with a 118-37 victory against No. 7 Hagerstown Community College on Thursday.

The second semifinal features the top seed Harford Community College (21-2, 11-0 MD JUCO) and No. 4 Cecil College (20-4, 7-3 MD JUCO) at 2 p.m. The Fighting Owls downed the Seahawks 78-58 in the regular season matchup on Jan. 11. Cecil defeated No. 5 Frederick Community College 79-57 and Harford earned a 130-40 win against No. 8 Allegany College of Maryland to punch their tickets to the semifinals.

On the men's side, No. 6 Cecil College (11-13, 7-7 MD JUCO) will face No. 7 College of Southern Maryland (15-10, 6-8 MD JUCO) after a pair of upsets on this side of the bracket at 4 p.m. The Seahawks defeated the Hawks 92-79 in the regular season meeting on Feb. 3. Cecil became the second No. 6 seed to defeat a No. 3 seed in the MD JUCO Tournament thanks to a 78-76 double-overtime victory and the College of Southern Maryland stunned No.2 Allegany College of Maryland to set up the semifinal battle.

Fifth-seed Montgomery College (21-6, 10-4 MD JUCO) and top seed Harford Community College (19-6, 13-1 MD JUCO) will play in the other semifinal tilt on the men's side at 6 p.m. The Fighting Owls took the regular season meeting 76-70 on Jan. 17. Montgomery defeated No. 4 Baltimore City Community College 95-84 and Harford downed Prince George's Community College 90-78 to establish the semifinal matchup. The Raptors and Fighting Owls also took out the two teams that battled for the tournament title last season.

Women's Basketball: MD JUCO Semifinals #1 | Saturday, February 17, 2018 | 12 p.m.
#6 Chesapeake (13-10, 5-5 MD JUCO) vs. #2 Baltimore City (20-5, 8-2 MD JUCO)

LAST MEETING: Jan. 3, 2018 | Baltimore City 75, Chesapeake 52  
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Baltimore City – Kanesha Afi 19; Chesapeake –  Emily Truitt 23

SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Baltimore City 85.5 (2nd in MD JUCO); Chesapeake 72.4 (5th in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Baltimore City 50.6 (1st in MD JUCO); Chesapeake 63.5 (6th in MD JUCO)

LEADING SEASON SCORER: Baltimore City – Dony'e Moses 11.4 ppg.; Chesapeake – Emily Truitt 20.4 ppg. (2nd in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Baltimore City – Dony'e Moses 9.2 rpg; Chesapeake – Reeva Jackson 11.3 rpg. (5th in MD JUCO)

Women's Basketball: MD JUCO Semifinals #2 | Saturday, February 17, 2018 | 2 p.m.
#4 Cecil (20-4, 7-3 MD JUCO) vs #1 Harford (21-2, 11-0 MD JUCO)

LAST MEETING: Jan. 11, 2018 | Harford 78, Cecil 58
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Harford – Janiece Loney 13, Destinee McQueen 13; Cecil – Tiana Garvin

SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Harford 94.0 (1st in MD JUCO); Cecil 86.6 (2nd in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Harford 50.6 (2nd in MD JUCO); Cecil 59.8 (4th in MD JUCO)

LEADING SEASON SCORER: Harford – Ryan Holder 13.5 ppg.; Cecil – Nyjayha Lockwood 14.7 ppg

LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Harford – Destinee McQueen 7.6 rpg., Ryan Holder 7.6 rpg. ; Cecil – Chyna Steele 10.0 rpg. (8th in MD JUCO)

Men's Basketball: MD JUCO Semifinals #1 | Saturday, February 17, 2018 | 4 p.m.
#6 Cecil (11-13, 7-7 MD JUCO) vs. #7 College of Southern Maryland (15-10, 6-8 MD JUCO)

LAST MEETING: Feb. 3, 2018 | Cecil 92, Southern Maryland 79
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Southern Maryland – Juwan Smith 25; Cecil – Cornell Corbin 25

SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE:  Cecil 78.7; College of Southern Maryland 89.7 (3rd in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE:  Cecil 75.0 (9th in MD JUCO); College of Southern Maryland 64.1 (2nd in MD JUCO)

LEADING SEASON SCORER:  Cecil – Jordan Griggs 13.8; College of Southern Maryland - Juwan Smith 20.8 ppg. (3rd in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER:  Cecil – Cornell Corbin 7.8 (9th in MD JUCO); College of Southern Maryland Levon Randall 8.0 rpg. (7th in MD JUCO)
 

Men's Basketball: MD JUCO Semifinals #2 | Saturday, February 17, 2018 | 6 p.m.
#5 Montgomery (21-6, 10-4 MD JUCO) vs. #1 Harford (19-6, 13-1 MD JUCO)

LAST MEETING: Jan. 17, 2018 | Harford 76, Montgomery 70
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Harford – Malik Jones 20; Montgomery – Elisha Arnold 17, Afanna Offar 17

SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Harford 92.3 (2nd in MD JUCO); Montgomery 87.2 (4th in MD JUCO)

SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Harford 74.1 (7th in MD JUCO); Montgomery 75.6 (10th in MD JUCO)

LEADING SEASON SCORER: Harford – Malik Jones 13.3 ppg.; Montgomery – Collin Turner 29.3 ppg. (1st in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Harford – DeZ Brown 7.9 rpg. (8th in MD JUCO); Montgomery – Freddie Harris 12.7 rpg. (2nd in MD JUCO)