9:19 PM - Citrus misses two chances at the buzzer ... Citrus' season comes to an end.
9:18 PM - Wallace makes the second.
9:17 PM - Saddleback's Wallace misses the first. Time-out Citrus.
9:16 PM - Saddleback ties it up under a minute to go. Citrus blows a lay-up, fouls when Saddleback gets the rebound. 54-54 14 seconds left.
9:15 PM - Citrus comes down the floor and Derrick Rodgers jumper in the lane rims in and out. Curtis gets the rebound. Saddleback has the ball with 1:08 left. Gauchos call a time-out, and have one left.
9:14 PM - Saddleback comes down the floor and Curtis gets fouled. He hits one of two. Citrus still up by two with 1:35 to go.
9:12 PM - Citrus finally answers as Keith Thompson gets an and 1. Citrus 54 Saddleback 51. Just under two to go.
9:11 PM - The Fighting Owls just can't get a shot to fall, and Perry Webster hits a big trey for Saddleback. Tie ball game 51-51 with just over two minutes left.
9:09 PM - Curtis gets one from down low again, and Citrus' lead is just three. Time-out Fighting Owls. Citrus 51 Saddleback 48 ... 4:05 left in the contest
9:07 PM - Make that free-throws and Robert Curtis. Curtis gets an offensive board and a jumper in the paint, and Citrus gets whistled for an offensive foul. Citrus 51 Saddleback 46. 5:30 to go
9:04 PM - Free-throws are keepin Saddleback in this game. They hit two more and Citrus doesn't get anything out of their next posession. Citrus 50 Saddleback 44. 6:27 to go
9:01 PM - Keith Thompson has a chance to put Citrus' lead back to double-digits but misses two free-throw attempts. Saddleback responds with a put back by Curtis, and again its the Fighting Owls PG's. Hakeem Washington with a leaning floater from the right side. Citrus 50 Saddleback 42. 7:40 to go
8:58 PM - The Citrus point guards are picking up the load ... Hakeem Washington gets into the lane gets fouled and hits the floater. Hits his free-throw and Citrus' lead is back to 8 just over nine minute to go
8:57 PM - The Fighting Owls finally break their three minute drought with a driving lay-up by Donnel Phifer ... Citrus 45 Saddleback 40 9:55 left
8:55 PM - Citrus can't make a field goal, and Saddleback is charging ... After a free-throw and lay-up its Citrus 43 Saddleback 40 ... 10:42 left
8:51 PM - Coming out of the time-out Saddleback gets a jumper and a pair of free-throws ... Citrus 43 Saddleback 37 ... 11:45 to go
8:48 PM - Both teams trade more than a few possessions with no buckets until Derrick Rodgers gets a floater in the lane. Saddleback time-out, Citrus fans going crazy. Citrus 43 Saddleback 33 ... 13:14 to go
8:43 PM - Saddleback makes one of two from the line, and Keith Thompson comes back with a 3-point play ... Citrus 41 Saddleback 33 ... 14:48
8:39 PM - Jose River with a huge three!!! Citrus 38 Saddleback 32 ... Time-out Citrus with just under 17 minutes to play.
8:38 PM - The Owls force a turnover, and get a put back by Randy Hunter. Saddleback answers with a Perry Webster jumper just outside the lane and an alley-oop lay-up from Webster to Robert Curtis ... Citrus 35 Saddleback 32 ... 17:15 to go
8:34 PM - Citrus misses on their first attempt from the field, but so does Saddleback. On the next Citrus possession, Cameron Nettles gets to the line where he hits one of two. Citrus 33 Saddleback 28 ... 19:11
8:31 PM - Second half tipping off in the next minute
8:30 PM - Halftime Stats: Citrus shot 35.5% from the field, while Saddleback shot 34.6% from the field ... Citrus was led by Randy Hunter and Tom Granado who both had a team high 7 points ... Hunter also had a team high 6 rebounds and De'Andre Haskins was just behind him with 5. Perry Webster from Saddleback led all scorers with 9 points.
8:18 PM - Saddleback gets two from the free-throw line, but Granado answers with a pair of his own. Saddleback gets a trey, and Citrus' desperation attempt at the buzzer doesn't go. Halftime here in Thousand Oaks ... Citrus 32 Saddleback 28.
8:14 PM - Hakeem Washington gets a three-point play to push the lead back to seven ... Citrus 30 Saddleback 23 ... 1:06 left
8:12 PM - Randy Hunter banks home a shot just outside the paint, but Saddleback gets two free-throws and a put back ... Citrus 27 Saddleback 23 ... 1:32 to go
8:09 PM - Saddleback has a chance to tie the game up with a pair of free-throws, but they miss them both. Jose Rivera makes em pay with a deep (past NBA line deep) three ... Citrus 25 Saddleback 19 ... 2:57 left in the first.
8:06 PM - Randy Hunter gets one of two from the line and Thompson hits another deep jumper ... Citrus 22 Saddleback 18 ... 4:16 to go
8:03 PM - Not much offense happening ... Saddleback gets a jumper in the paint, and
7:59 PM - Tom Granado breaks up the mini-Gaucho run with a pair of free-throws, but are somewhat struggling from the field. Luckily so is Saddleback. Citrus 18 Saddleback 15 ... 7:06 to go
7:56 PM - Saddleback gets a runner from Tyler McManaman out of the time-out and back to back lay-ups by Robert Curtis on the next two possessions ... Citrus 16 Saddleback 15 ... 8:40 to go in the half
7:52 PM - Keith Thompson hits a deep two and Saddleback wants to talk it over ... Citrus 16 Saddleback 9 ... 10:!6
7:51 PM - Hakeem Washington with a high floating lay-up off the glass ... Citrus 14 Saddleback 9 ... 11:05 in the 1st
7:49 PM - Tom Granado's on the board with a lay-up and Haskins with a big trey from the right corner ... Citrus 12 Saddleback 7 ... 12:32 to go
7:47 PM - Haskins kisses the ball of the glass for two, and Webster gets a bucket and a free-throw ... Citrus 7 Saddleback 7 ... 13:55 to go ... Citrus time-out
7:45 PM - Randy Hunter gets a 10 footer to fall, and Saddleback gets a pair of Perry Webster free-throws ... Citrus 5 Saddleback 3 ... 14:32 to go in the first
7:41 PM - As stated in the game preview, tonight's game will be a battle of styles. Saddleback likes to take the air out of the ball, and really run down the clock.
7:40 PM - Both teams trade possessions with still no field goals, until Keith Thompson gets a baby hook in the lane. Citrus 3 Sadd 0, Gaucho time-out ... 17:07 to go
7:37 PM - Saddleback misses on their first attempt from the field, and Citrus comes back down and get one of two free-throws from De'Andre Haskins. Citrus 1 Saddleback 0 ... 19:28 to go in the 1st
7:35 PM - Tip-off is up and Saddleback wins it.
7:32 PM - Time for starting line-up announcements. The winner of today's game will play San Francisco City College tomorrow at 3:30 PM. SFCC upset South #1 San Bernardino Valley just moments ago.
7:23 PM - You can watch a live stream of the game here. Also don't forget to refresh the browser periodically for updates on this blog.
7:22 PM - #2 Citrus vs #4 Saddlebakc to get under way in just over 10 minutes.