Garey heats up for Bucs

Sophomore guard Jason Garey tied a career-high with nine

three-pointers to lead all scorers with 29 points as host Orange

Coast College posted a 63-57 nonconference win over Oxnard Friday.

Garey, who also connected nine times from behind the arc against

Los Angeles Trade Tech last season, converted 6 of 9 shots from

three-point range in the second half to help the Bucs (2-4) hold off

the Condors (1-6).

Coast shot 50% (10 of 20) in the second half, but was still

outscored, 41-36.

Freshman guard Jibri Taylor finished with 11 points while center

Matt Hatch tallied eight with Micah Young and Aaron Bobik each

scoring four points for the Pirates.

Jason Sanford added three points while Wes Terry tallied two.

A 16-5 spurt by Oxnard to start the second half brought the Coast

lead down to 32-31 with 12 minutes, 26 seconds left, but Garey

answered with his second long-range bomb of the half on the ensuing

possession to stop the bleeding.

The Bucs outscored the visitors, 13-6, in a five-minute span in

the second half to regain an 11-point lead.

Taylor converted 6 of 8 free throws in the final 1:31 to ice the

game.

Bobik led Coast with seven rebounds and four assists.

Coast returns to action at 3 p.m. Dec. 19 against Porterville in

the opening round of the Cuyamaca Classic.

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Nonconference

Orange Coast 63, Oxnard 57

Oxnard -- McCoy 0, Robinson 6, Hudson 20, Tibbs 9, Hardy 6, Moss 5, J. Scott 5, A. Scott 3, Soria 3, Martin 0. 3-pt. goals -- Hardy 1, A. Scott 1, J. Scott 1. Fouled out -- Hardy. Technicals -- None.

OCC -- Garey 29, Taylor 11, Hatch 8, Young 4, Bobik 4, Sanford 3, Terry 2, Bailey 2, Hunter 0, Fincham 0, Seifert 0, Chester 0, Shaheim 0. 3-pt. goals -- Garey 9. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Halftime -- OCC, 27-16.

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