2010 News and Press Releases

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team came out of their week and a half Christmas break and didn’t look like the Fighting Owl squad that won 12 of their first 13 contests in 2010. The Fighting Owls didn’t attack the basket instead settling for jumpers against the LA Harbor zone, and shot just 40.3% from the floor for the game and even more atrocious 47.4% from the charity stripe in their 69-77 loss on Tuesday evening to the Seahawks.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Freshman Men’s Basketball player Garrett Jefferson was named this week’s Western State Conference South Player of the Week this week. Jefferson is the third Fighting Owl this year to earn the honor.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team drilled nine of their 10 free-throw attempts in the final minute and 30 seconds of their contest with State #11 Ventura College. The Fighting Owls were able to stave off a furious Pirate rally thanks to their clutch shooting from the charity stripe as they picked up a 77-74 victory.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For five years, the second week in December has been a thorn in Citrus’ side. The Wells Fargo Tournament, usually hosted by Riverside Community College but instead hosted by the Fighting Owls this year, has always been the place where Citrus usually trips up and experiences that sinking feeling of a loss. This year was no different as the...

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team ran their record to 11-0 on Saturday evening with a 95-81 victory over San Bernardino Valley College in their semi-final match-up at the 2010 Wells Fargo Tournament. The Fighting Owls were led by sophomore point guard Donnel Phifer who gave and took away with a team high 18 points to go along with a game high six assists and game high three steals.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- After an exciting day of basketball at day one of the 2010 Wells Fargo Tournament hosted by Citrus College, there remained just one undefeated team in Southern California. That team was the host Fighting Owls as they played the only game that was decided by more than a point in regulation in their hard fought 87-78 victory over Fullerton.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the second time in three weeks a Citrus College Men’s Basketball player has been named the WSC South Player of the Week. After Lateef McMullan earned the honor two weeks ago, fellow sophomore guard Hakeem Washington got the nod this week.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) – For the third time in four years the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team won their home hosted tournament the Neil Edwards Classic, as the Fighting Owls knocked off El Camino 89-74 on Sunday evening. That’s a good sign for Citrus, as the previous two times that Citrus has started off the season by winning the Knight’s Invitational and the Neil Edwards Classic, they have gone on to make at least the State Final Four.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Freshman DJ Shelton recorded his first double-double of the year, and the Fighting Owls finally shook off a pesky East LA squad late, as Citrus advanced to its second straight Neil Edwards Classic Championship Game with a 93-69 victory on Saturday evening.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Sophomore guard Hakeem Washington scored a career and game high 18 points, and recorded four assists and four steals as he helped lead Citrus College to a impressive start in the opening round of the 2010 Neil Edwards Classic. The Fighting Owls had few problems on Friday afternoon, as they cruised to an 89-62 victory.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Citrus College sophomore guard Lateef McMullan was named the Western State Conference South Division Player of the Week on Wednesday morning...

San Diego, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team won the Knight’s Invitational hosted by San Diego City College for the fourth straight year on Sunday evening. The Fighting Owls dominated Cypress College 96-66 in the Championship Game, in what is almost becoming tradition for Citrus College.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team took their first steps in their 2010-2011 campaign and it was a big one as the Fighting Owls, ranked #10 in the State Coaches Pre-Season Poll, drubbed #9 LA Trade Tech, 102-83...

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s the hope around the Citrus College Men’s Basketball program which is coming off its best three year stint in program history. In that span, Citrus has been the premiere program in the State winning more games and moving on more players and coaches than any other school.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team will start out their 2010-2011 campaign ranked #10 in the State. The California Community College Athletic Association State Coaches Poll came out early Tuesday morning, and it’s the fourth straight year that the Fighting Owls have been ranked in the pre-season poll.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball)-- Pat Johnson, who played four seasons for the Duke University Blue Devils and Coach Mike Krzyewski, has joined the Citrus College Men’s Basketball staff. Johnson, who originally attended Duke on a baseball scholarship, was a walk-on his first few years for the Blue Devils before earning a scholarship his senior season.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Former Citrus College Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Victor will take over the Citrus College Men’s Basketball Program. Victor takes the reigns from Rick Croy who left recently to take a position on the staff of the St. Mary’s Men’s Basketball team.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Citrus College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Rick Croy has stepped down from his post a top the Fighting Owl’s program and has accepted a position on the staff of the NCAA Division I St. Mary’s Men’s Basketball team. Croy leaves Citrus as arguably its most successful coach in the programs history, and did it in a short amount of time.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Form Citrus College Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Hardy Asprilla has accepted a position as the top assistant at NCAA Division II Humboldt State. Asprilla who has spent the last two seasons with the Fighting Owls, joins new Head Coach Steve Kinder who takes over the program after spending the last 19 years as the top assistant for the Lumberjacks.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach Josh Dunaj has accepted a position with the Cal State San Marcos Men’s Basketball staff. Dunaj will serve as the top assistant for former Fighting Owl Jim Saia who became the first head coach in the programs history last week.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Four more sophomores and a freshman from the 2009-2010 edition of the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team have signed scholarship offers. That brings the season total to 10 Fighting Owls who have signed scholarship offers, easily the highest number in the State, and the most of any program in recent memory.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The 6th Annual Citrus College Basketball is set for late June and early July. The camp will be run by the 2008 State Champion and 2010 Final Four representative Citrus College Men’s Basketball team. The camp is boys and girls ages 6-14 and will have five weeklong sessions.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the third straight year, Citrus College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Ricky Croy has been named the WSC South Coach of the Year. Croy led his charges to its third straight conference title and to the CCCAA Final Four during the 2009-2010 season.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Just two weeks after concluding what is arguably the second most successful season in the programs history, post-season awards have begun to roll in for the Fighting Owls. Sophomore Jose Rivera leads the way as he was named the WSC South Player of the Year and earned 1st team All-State honors.

Throughout the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team’s journey in the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs, Citrus College Sophomore De’Andre Haskins will give the Fighting Owl faithful periodic insight into what is going on with him and the team. Today’s blog is the seventh and final installment of The Basketball Blog.

Thousand Oaks, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team, led #4 Saddleback for 39 minutes and 46 seconds in the CCCAA State Semi-Finals. Just like that though, in the blink of an eye, that lead was gone, as Saddleback’s Kyle Wallace hit the back end of a pair of free-throws with 14 seconds left in the game, that gave the Gauchos a 55-54 win over Citrus, ending the Fighting Owls’ season.

Thousand Oaks, CA (Men's Basketball) -- Live updates of #2 Citrus vs #4 Saddleback in the 2010 CCCAA State Semi-Finals.

A preview of today's CCCAA State Semi-Finals match-up between #2 from the South Citrus College and #4 from the South Saddleback College.

Throughout the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team’s journey in the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs, Citrus College Sophomore De’Andre Haskins will give the Fighting Owl faithful periodic insight into what is going on with him and the team. Today’s blog is the sixth installment of The Basketball Blog.

Thousand Oaks, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team, the #2 seed in the South, left no doubt about who was the better team on the floor tonight in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center on the campus of California Lutheran University. The Fighting Owls led North #3 San Jose City from start to finish, and it was never really close as they advanced to the Final Four with an impressive 74-53 victory.

Thousand Oaks, CA (Men's Basketball) -- Live updates of #2 Citrus vs #3 San Jose City in the 2010 CCCAA State Quarterfinals.

A preview of today's CCCAA State Quarterfinals match-up between #2 from the South Citrus College and #3 from the North San Jose City College.

Throughout the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team’s journey in the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs, Citrus College Sophomore De’Andre Haskins will give the Fighting Owl faithful periodic insight into what is going on with him and the team. Today’s blog is the fifth installment of The Basketball Blog.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the second time in three seasons the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team is headed to the CCCAA State Championships. The Championships, which will take place this weekend at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA, can be followed via the Citrus College Web-Site on a number of different platforms.

Throughout the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team’s journey in the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs, Citrus College Sophomore De’Andre Haskins will give the Fighting Owl faithful periodic insight into what is going on with him and the team. Today’s blog is the fourth installment of The Basketball Blog.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the second time in three seasons, the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team is headed to the CCCAA State Championships. After falling by a single point to the eventual State Champion Riverside at home in the Regional Finals last season, Citrus took care of business this year with a hard fought 82-80 victory over Cuesta College.

Throughout the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team’s journey in the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs, Citrus College Sophomore De’Andre Haskins will give the Fighting Owl faithful periodic insight into what is going on with him and the team. Today’s blog is the third installment of The Basketball Blog.

Former Citrus College Men's Basketball teammates J.R. Buensuceso and Stephen Bennett were both recently featured on the PacWest Magazine show produced by the Pacific West Conference.

Throughout the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team’s journey in the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs, Citrus College Sophomore De’Andre Haskins will give the Fighting Owl faithful periodic insight into what is going on with him and the team. Today’s blog is the second installment of The Basketball Blog.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- At times this season, the #2 seeded Citrus College Men’s Basketball team has had two very different sides to them. In the beginning when they were still trying to find their identity they were very much like The Ugly Duckling. They knew there was a beautiful swan waiting to develop, and in the middle of the season Citrus played as such. Lately though, the Ugly Duckling has been rearing its ugly head again, including in tonight’s 81-65 win over #18 Santa Ana College.

Throughout the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team’s journey in the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs, Citrus College Sophomore De’Andre Haskins will give the Fighting Owl faithful periodic insight into what is going on with him and the team. Today’s blog is the first installment of The Basketball Blog.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Athletics web-site is pleased to announce a number of different platforms for the Fighting Owl faithful to follow the Men’s Basketball team as it beings its journey into the 2010 CCCAA State Playoffs.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the second year in a row, the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team has been tabbed as the #2 seed in the South heading into the 2010 California Community College Athletic Association playoffs. The Fighting Owls will take on the winner of Wednesday night’s game between #18 Santa Ana and #15 LA Trade Tech on Saturday.

Santa Clarita, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the second time in three seasons the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team has capped a perfect conference schedule. Over the last three WSC South season’s Citrus has gone an unprecedented 35-1 for a winning percentage of .972. The Fighting Owls capped their 2010 perfect conference slate with a 73-66 victory at Canyons College on Saturday night.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball, ranked #3 in the State and #2 in SoCal, continued to impress on Wednesday night as they absolutely dismantled West Los Angeles College. The Fighting Owls did it on both ends of the floor, shooting 48.6% from the floor, all the while holding the Wildcats to a season low 39 points, in an 88-39 victory for Citrus.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Citrus College sophomore De’Andre Haskins was named the WSC South Player of the Week for his effort against Glendale College in Citrus’ lone contest last week. Haskins scored 13 points against the Vaqueros, grabbing seven rebounds and recording an assist and steal in the process. It’s the fourth time a Fighting Owl has been named Player of the Week this year.

Glendale, CA (Men’s Basketball) – There's a saying in athletic circles that “big players make big plays.” In Wednesday’s night’s game at Glendale College, there was no bigger player, literally, on the floor than the Fighting Owls’

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Ever since the Fighting Owl faithful learned of the addition of De’Andre Haskins to the Citrus College Men’s Basketball roster, they’ve been waiting for him to bust out and have a game...

Valley Glen, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team is on a roll. You can tell they are on a roll because despite shooting a season low 27.4% from the field and 20.0% from the 3-point line all while their opponent...

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the second time this season and the third time in his career, Citrus College sophomore Jose Rivera was named the WSC South Player of the Week.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- With #3 Citrus College leading #17 Bakersfield College by just one point and 25 seconds left on the clock, it was an unlikely hero that rose to the occasion for the Fighting Owls...

Glendora CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Sophomores Keith Thompson and Jose Rivera combined for 36 points on 13 for 21 shooting (61.9%) as they helped lead the Fighting Owls to an 18-point 94-76 win over Canyons College on Wednesday night.

Culver City, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- After scoring a season high 14 points against Glendale last Saturday, sophomore Darin Stewart followed it up with a team high 11 points and six rebounds in Citrus’ 85-58 rout at West Los Angeles College...

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- For the third straight year the Citrus Men’s Basketball team has been ranked the #1 team in the State. After sitting in third the past couple of weeks, the Fighting Owls moved into the first...

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Freshman Donell Phifier played the role of Pied Piper on Saturday night, lulling his defender to sleep before driving to the basket where he went 5 of 5 from the floor on his way to scoring a team high...

Santa Monica, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Freshman Derrick Rodgers grew up in nearby Alta Loma, but judging by the way he played in Santa Monica on Wednesday night that might as well have been his neighborhood.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Citrus College sophomore Jose Rivera was named the Western State Conference South Player of the Week for his play last week.

Glendora, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- If there’s been one chink in the armor of the #3 ranked team in the State, Citrus College, it’s been their inability to hang on to a large lead.

Bakersfield, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- Trailing by three points with under a minute left, the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team proved why they are ranked #3 in the State. The Owls didn’t panic and pulled off a stunning...

Los Angeles, CA (Men’s Basketball) -- The Citrus College Men’s Basketball team (ranked #3 in the State) held off a late LA Trade Tech run to pick up their 14th win of the season on Saturday night...