Men's Basketball Starts With A Bang
Caitlyn Kern
Issue date: 11/23/09 Section: News
Monday, November 16th the College of the Desert Men's basketball team had their first home game against El Camino Compton Center. Going into the game people were excited to see their Roadrunners play at home after their not-so-spectacular show in Arizona. We took the floor at 7pm on Monday, and it was obvious from the beginning the Roadrunners had both an advantage in size and in numbers. Our bench almost doubled the Compton bench, and the COD post players were mostly several inches taller. Starters for the night were guard Antoine Davis, guard Nico Matthews, Guard Prince Newman, Forward DeJuan Lewis, and center Connor Madden.
The game started out roughly even score wise with the Roadrunners ahead only by a few points. Although the momentum seemed to favor COD, Compton held their own against them and stayed right on their tails the entire first half. The intensity COD played with was, to say the least, intimidating. With many intense games such as this, there tends to be some serious spectacles made throughout the game. Coming off the bench for COD, Deonte Taylor caught the Compton offense off guard as he came in and almost instantly had an earth-shattering block on the 3-point line, sending the COD crowd and bench alike into a frenzy. But it didn't stop there. This blocked shot seemed to send an adrenaline rush through every Roadrunner, beginning a chain reaction of incredible defense. It didn't stop at just defense though; the COD offense began to pick up the pace greatly and displayed their raw power by dunking on Compton, hard! Whether it was an alley-oop or a well executed play to the basket, COD was getting very many high-percentage looks at the basket.
When games start going south for one team, the violence and scrappiness of the losing team seems to escalate. During a change in possession in COD's favor, Connor Madden went face-to-head with a Compton player, leaving him on the ground holding his face for nearly 10 minutes. Once he finally arose it was made evident to everyone in the gymnasium that Connor had severely broken his nose. Connor walked himself to the sideline, cleaned himself up, and stood behind the bench ready to cheer on his team. It was truly awesome to see him cheering on his team despite his major injury; foregoing a hospital visit to ensure a victory.
The game started out roughly even score wise with the Roadrunners ahead only by a few points. Although the momentum seemed to favor COD, Compton held their own against them and stayed right on their tails the entire first half. The intensity COD played with was, to say the least, intimidating. With many intense games such as this, there tends to be some serious spectacles made throughout the game. Coming off the bench for COD, Deonte Taylor caught the Compton offense off guard as he came in and almost instantly had an earth-shattering block on the 3-point line, sending the COD crowd and bench alike into a frenzy. But it didn't stop there. This blocked shot seemed to send an adrenaline rush through every Roadrunner, beginning a chain reaction of incredible defense. It didn't stop at just defense though; the COD offense began to pick up the pace greatly and displayed their raw power by dunking on Compton, hard! Whether it was an alley-oop or a well executed play to the basket, COD was getting very many high-percentage looks at the basket.
When games start going south for one team, the violence and scrappiness of the losing team seems to escalate. During a change in possession in COD's favor, Connor Madden went face-to-head with a Compton player, leaving him on the ground holding his face for nearly 10 minutes. Once he finally arose it was made evident to everyone in the gymnasium that Connor had severely broken his nose. Connor walked himself to the sideline, cleaned himself up, and stood behind the bench ready to cheer on his team. It was truly awesome to see him cheering on his team despite his major injury; foregoing a hospital visit to ensure a victory.
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