West Los Angeles 100, at Bakersfield 97

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Interstat) — In a chaotic and offensively explosive California junior college men’s basketball game that required overtime to decide, West Los Angeles outlasted Bakersfield 100-97 on Saturday night. The game’s defining and most important sequence was a staggering collapse and recovery by the visiting Wildcats. After building a 93-40 lead by halftime behind a torrid first-half shooting performance, West Los Angeles suffered a monumental offensive drought in the third quarter, scoring only seven points. Bakersfield’s Renegades capitalized with a 53-point second quarter to erase the entire deficit, setting the stage for a frantic finish tied at 97 through… Read more...