Share: After only having eight players last year and having to play some players almost 40 minutes a game, Pasadena City College women’s basketball head coach Joe Peron knew he had to make it a priority to recruit heavy this offseason to make sure he has the depth to avoid a repeat. Follow:
Lancers look to turn season around
Share: Following a disappointing 1-2 record in the We Play Hard Tournament, the Lancers redeemed themselves by placing second in the annual Skip Robinson Classic Tournament while debuting their 2018-19 squad at home. The Lancers faced LA Pierce in the first round where they won 83-66. Starting off slow, the Lancers finished the first half 35-25 but gave up that lead in the second half. Sophomore center Ivan Egbunike brought the Lancers out of a 50-50 deficit with a sudden 10 point surge, locking in …
23 years and counting: Basketball coach not retiring any time soon
Share: “Nope, I’ll never coach.” Those were the words Joe Peron echoed to George Terzian, his former coach at PCC, when Terzian told him that he would make an incredible coach one day. As to why Peron never entertained the possibility of coaching when he was younger, he said he had seen other coaches embarrass their players, something he would never want to do. “They humiliate them, they spit on ‘em, and I thought I’d never coach,” Peron said. After transferring from PCC and graduating …
New year, new team
Share: Beginning with an abysmal 1-2 record in the “We Play Hard” tournament, Lancers have seemed to turn a corner, winning their first official preseason with an impressive 90-63 score against El Camino. Follow:
Women’s basketball bounce back in tale of two halves
Share: After a slow start Thursday night, P women’s basketball came back to defeat San Diego city college 66-60. Follow:
No sub, no problem for women’s basketball
Share: The women’s basketball team plays from start to finish in a ‘no-sub’ spell due to dwindling numbers, pushing them to the brink in the 41st Gilcrest tournament. They finished in sixth place despite losing half their games, and they continue their fight today at the College of the Desert Winter Classic against Fullerton College. Follow:
Second half redemption leads to three game winning streak
Share: Lancers men’s basketball defeated crosstown rivals the Glendale Community College Vaqueros 82-73 last Tuesday. Follow: