Conference honors Jaguars' Sutton, Knights' Iglehart

JAN. 23, 2012 - Basketball players Ian Sutton from Southwestern College and Devyn Iglehart of San Diego City College are the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference's Men's Athletes of the Week.

Sutton, a 6-foot-5 sophomore forward from Independence High School in Glendale, AZ, grabbed 22 rebounds last week as the two-time defending champion Jaguars took home back-to-back PCAC victories.

Sutton scored 11 points and also had 11 rebounds and five steals as Southwestern defeated Cuyamaca 72-63.

He came back two days later with 12 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in a 69-47 win over San Diego Mesa.

Iglehart, a 5-foot-10 freshman guard from Horizon High School, contributed 16 points, six rebounds and five assists, including the game-winning assist with 0.1 seconds left, in a 76-75 win over MiraCosta.

Iglehart then played an integral role in helping lead the Knights to an 87-68 victory over Grossmont with 17 points, two rebounds, three assists, three blocks and a steal.

Honorable mention was awarded to Imperial Valley's Travis Alexander, and Palomar's Chris Gorman and Chamron Morgan.

Alexander, a 6-foot-1 freshman shooting guard from West Valley High School in Hemet, played a starring role as IVC drew away in the latter part of the second half to beat Palomar 61-45. He went 5-for-6 from behind the 3-point arc and scoring 17 points.

Gorman, a 5-foot-10 freshman guard out of El Camino High School, pumped in 33 points and also had five assists and three steals in the Comets' 96-89 victory over Miramar. Earlier in the week, he scored 21 points vs. Imperial Valley.

Morgan, a 6-foot-5 sophomore wing from Jarupa Valley High School, contributed a double-double in the victory over the Jets with 15 points and 15 rebounds. He tallied 12 points two nights earlier against IVC.

Gorman shared PCAC Athlete of the Week honors for the week ending Jan. 8. An athlete may be recognized as Athlete of the Week only once in his season of sports, but may receive honorable mention an unlimited number of times.

PCAC 2011-2012 MEN'S ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Grossmont's Cooper is PCAC Women's Athlete of Week

JAN. 23, 2012 - The Pacific Coast Athletic Conference has selected Grossmont College basketball player Stevi Cooper as its Women's Athlete of the Week.

Cooper, a 5-foot-7 sophomore guard / forward out of Reno (NV) High School, scored 10 points and blocked two shots as the Griffins turned back Southwestern 58-53 in a match-up of the two defending conference co-champions.

She also played a key role in a 74-41 victory over San Diego City College with 22 points, nine rebounds and three steals.

Honorable mention went to San Diego Mesa's Chanel Putras and Stevi Hall, Imperial Valley's Jocelyn Riley and Palomar's Alliya Pinckney.

Putras, a 5-foot-5 sophomore and Grossmont High School product, led the first-place Olympians past MiraCosta 64-57 with 21 points and three steals. She had four steals in a 55-50 win against Imperial Valley, Mesa's ninth straight win.

Hall, a 5-foot-7 freshman guard from Harrisburg (PA) High School, contributed 13 points, six rebounds, four assists and five steals vs. MiraCosta. She had 16 points, 12 rebounds and five steals against IVC.

Riley, a 5-foot-10 freshman forward from Imperial High School, helped lead the Arabs past City College with 17 points, six rebounds and three steals.

Pinckney, a 5-foot-3 freshman guard from Mt. Carmel High School, iced the Comets' 63-60 over North County rival MiraCosta. With the Spartans down by a point and working the ball for what would have been a game-winning shot, Pinckney stole the ball and took it in for a lay-in with 10 seconds left. Pinckney scored 10 points in the game.

PCAC 2011-2012 WOMEN'S ATHLETES OF THE WEEK