OCC men fall, 86-55

Orange Coast College dropped an 86-55 men’s basketball decision to

Long Beach City College Friday night in the semifinals of the Orange

Coast Tournament.

The loss drops the Pirates into today’s third-place game at 5 p.m.

Brice Buchanan (14) and Rich Oliver (10) scored in double figures for

the Pirates, but Long Beach had too much firepower with four players in

double figures, including Terry Hosendove and Donald Jones, each with 17.

ORANGE COAST TOURNAMENT

Long Beach 86, Orange Coast 55

Long Beach - Hosendove 17, Wright 10, Curry 8, Jones 17, Williams 12, Sargent 5, James 8, Phillips 1, Lee 2, Sahagun 6.

3-pt. goals - Wright 2, Hosendove 1, Sargent 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - Jones.

Orange Coast - Retzlaff 0, Wade 4, Williams 0, Seales 6, Oliver 10,

Brown 4, Briggs 6, Webster 3, Tran 2, Garey 0, Denson 0, Meyers 3,

Chambers 3, Buchanan 14, Ventimiglia 0, Taylor 0, Barfield 0.

3-pt. goals - Webster 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Halftime - Long Beach, 43-33.