Men’s Basketball: Vikings hold off Chaffey 53-50 to open Southern California Playoffs

Sophomore guard Elijah Gaines (San Pedro HS) and Brandon Staton (Poly HS) both scored 11 points to lead Long Beach City College to a 53-50 win over Chaffey College at LBCC's Hall of Champions Gym in a second-round game of the 2015 Southern California Regional Playoffs.

With the win, No. 8 seeded Long Beach improved to 22-6 overall while No. 9 Chaffey saw its season end with a 20-11 record.

The Vikings led 29-23 at the break while the second half was just as tight. With 1:46 to play, Chaffey got within four points at 47-43 before Long Beach rallied for six straight points to give the Vikings a 10-point lead (53-43) and put the game out of reach.  

Freshman Davarrus Bryant (Venice HS) nearly had a double-double with nine points and eight rebounds while sophomore Chris Spencer (Jordan HS) had a game-high 10 rebounds to go with four points.

Long Beach advances to Round 4 of the regional playoffs and will travel to No. 1 seed Mt. San Antonio College for a 5 p.m. game on March 4.