Box Score

BALTIMORE, MD. – Sophomore Brian Kelley (Lanham, Md./Atlantic Shores) of the Baltimore City Community College men's basketball team recorded his first career triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to help propel his team to a 75-59 victory over Hagerstown Community College on Saturday in the P.E. Center.
 
The Panthers were locked into a dog fight with the Hawks (8-12, 5-5) early on holding a brief 12-9 lead before falling behind 29-14.
 
The Panthers cut the deficit to 10 going into the break 37-27 by using a 13-8 run.
 
In the second half, the Panthers (11-10, 7-4) looked to be hitting on all cylinders outscoring the Hawks 48-22.
 
BCCC made a 14-4 run to tie the game at 41 apiece with pressure defense and forcing a litany of turnovers. BCCC took a 43-41 lead on a jumper by reserve DaJuan Dent (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills HS) and would not relinquish the lead for the remainder of the game.
 
The Panthers bench outscored the Hawks bench 28-10, points in the paint 42-22 and the Panthers defense was able to force 22 turnovers and score 21 points off of those mistakes.
 
The suffocating defense held Hagerstown to 7-of-25 (28%), shooting from the field and 16-of-53 (30.2%), for the game.
 
Devin Smith finished the game with team-high 16 points. Brandon Better and Victor Blakey both had 11 points and Devin Moore ended the game with 10 points.


John Majors (Upper Marlboro, Md./Largo HS) scored a game-high 16 points for the game and also hauled in seven rebounds. Dent contributed with 13 points.
 
The Panthers will travel to Takoma Park, Md. on Wednesday, January 28^th to face Montgomery College at 5:30 p.m.
 
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