Griffins Basketball Wins Santa Barbara Tournament

Grossmont's men's basketball team has won five of their last six games including the Santa Barbara City College Tournament Championship this past weekend.  The Griffins began the tourney on Thursday with a 65-61 win over Columbia College.  The Griffins would once again prevail on Friday night beating College of the Desert 78-66.  The tournament came to a close on Saturday evening with Grossmont versus Bakersfield.  This was Grossmont's second trip to a tournament championship game in less than two weeks.  The Griffins won a hard fought close battle 67-65 thus finishing the weekend with three consecutive wins and the tournament championship.  6'5 freshman Ronald Blain was named as the tournament's Most Valuable Player - while sophomore guard Daniel McCowen from Palm Desert, CA was selected to the All Tournament Team.