Maryland JUCO Championship Games Set For Novak Field House On Sunday
LARGO, Md. – The Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference (MD JUCO) Men's And Women's Basketball Championship Games are set for Sunday at Prince George's Community College and Novak Field House. On the women's side, top seed Harford Community College will battle No. 2 Baltimore City Community College at 12 p.m. and on the men's side No. 6 Cecil College faces top seed Harford Community College at 3 p.m. Tickets are $8.
Prince George's will be providing live statistics for both title bouts while PGCCTV will broadcast the championship game on its YouTube channel.
Harford advanced to the women's basketball championship game thanks to a 130-40 win against No. 8 Allegany College of Maryland in the quarterfinals and No. 4 Cecil College in the semifinals 81-64 on Saturday.
Baltimore City defeated No. 7 Hagerstown Community College 118-37 in the quarterfinals and No, 6 Chesapeake College 83-55 in the semifinals on Friday.
The Fighting Owls swept through the MD JUCO regular season while the lone Panthers loss in the conference regular season was a 79-71 decision on Dec. 13 at the hands of the Fighting Owls. Ryan Holder paced Harford with 16 points while Tyana Custus had a team-high 15 points.
On the men's side, top seed Harford used a 90-78 win against No. 8 Prince George's Community College on Friday and a 74-70 victory against Montgomery College in the semifinals on Saturday.
Cecil advanced to the title bout after defeating No. 3 Frederick Community College 78-76 in double overtime and then took down No. 7 College of Southern Maryland 91-86 in overtime on Saturday.
The Fighting Owls downed the Seahawks 85-59 on Jan. 10. Martin Kelly, Jr. and Evanson Ogbonna paced Harford with 13 points each while Cornell Cobin powered the Seahawks with 18 points in the regular season meeting.
Women's Basketball: MD JUCO Championship Game | Sunday, February 18, 2018 | 12 p.m.
#2 Baltimore City (21-5) vs. #1 Harford (24-2)
LAST MEETING: Dec. 13, 2017 | Harford 79, Baltimore City 71
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Harford – Ryan Holder 16; Baltimore City – Tyana Custis 15
SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Harford 93.5 (1st in MD JUCO); Baltimore City 85.4 (2nd in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Harford 51.1 (2nd in MD JUCO); Baltimore City 50.3 (1st in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON SCORER: Harford – Ryan Holder 13.3 ppg.; Baltimore City – Dony'e Moses 11.5 ppg.
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Harford – Destinee McQueen 7.8 rpg., Ryan Holder 7.8 rpg.; Baltimore City – Dony'e Moses 9.3 rpg.
Men's Basketball: MD JUCO Championship Game| Sunday, February 18, 2018 | 3 p.m.
#6 Cecil (12-13) vs. #1 Harford (19-6)
LAST MEETING: Jan. 10, 2018 | Harford 85, Cecil 59
TOP SCORERS IN GAME: Harord – Martin Kelly, Jr. 13, Evanson Ogbonna 13; Cecil – Cornell Corbin 18
SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Harford 81.6 (2nd in MD JUCO); Cecil 79.1
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Harford 74.0 (7th in MD JUCO); Cecil 75.4 (9th in MD JUCO)
LEADING SEASON SCORER: Harford – Malik Jones 13.7 ppg.; Cecil – Jordan Griggs 14.0 ppg.
LEADING SEASON REBOUNDER: Harford – DeZ Brown 7.7 rpg. (8th in MD JUCO); Cecil – Cornell Corbin 7.9 (9th in MD JUCO)
