The Torch

Issue date: 3/4/10 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Javier Magallanes With a final record of 10-15 The Titan men had a bumpy season full of games like the one this scoreboard shows, which was an all too common story this season. In this game against Chemeketa the Titans went on to lose the game 78-93. [Click to enlarge]

The Titans men's basketball team has reached the end of the road this season with a victory at home over the Panthers of Portland Community College on Saturday, Feb. 27, with a final score of 96-85.

Though the season doesn't end in the Northwestern Athletic Association of Community Colleges tournament, the Titans still deserve recognition for all the grueling practices and tough road games that have plagued them this season.

LCC started the game slow and cautious, as if remembering the defeat suffered by this same team a month ago in Portland.

The first half ended with PCC on top by two. The Titans launched an all out offensive in the second that left the Panther defense reeling.

Freshman guard Aric Wright was quick to capitalize on every hole that the staggering PCC left open and put 21 points on the scoreboard for LCC.

Dominique Watson blasted down the court creating holes where there weren't any and making each shot count. The sophomore guard scored 35 points in the game to keep his seat as king of the NWAACC scoring hill.

"The game against Portland went the way I thought it would go," Watson said. "We went into the locker room with a winning attitude and we came out the locker room winners.

"I realized that Saturday was the last time I would play here as a Titan. It was very emotional for me but at the same I realized that I am going to cherish this forever."

Watson was named first-team, all-league for the NWAACC conference while freshman forward Brandon Durham and Wright earned honorable mentions.

Watson and Wright have been invited to play in the NWAACC all-star game March 14, at Pierce College in Tacoma, Wash.

Head coach Bruce Chavka was disappointed, but hopeful for next year. "It was an up and down season," he said. "We beat some of the better teams in the NWAACCs and lost to some of the not so good ones.

"We didn't have a true point guard to lead us and settle things down and that hurt. "Adding three players at winter term was not as easy as I had hoped. Players had to learn different roles.

"Our goal was to make the NWAACC tournament and that was disappointing not to see that goal realized. We had a great group of young men. We will be back at it for next year."

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