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Men's Basketball: Home campaign ends with loss to Fullerton
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team closed out its home schedule with an 80-62 Orange Empire Conference loss to visiting Fullerton College on Friday night.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates come up short against Cypress
 
COSTA MESA -- Playing without standout forward Martin Whitmore (ankle sprain), the shorthanded Orange Coast College men's basketball team put up a strong fight, but came up short against visiting Cypress, 84-77, on Wednesday night at the Peterson Gym.
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Men's Basketball: Late rally comes up short for the Pirates
 
MISSION VIEJO -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team nearly came all the way back from a late double-digit deficit, but fell just short to Saddleback College, 79-78, on Friday night.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates tagged by Lasers, 85-73
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team watched the visiting Irvine Valley College Lasers put on a shooting display in the Pirates' 85-73 Orange Empire Conference loss on Wednesday night.
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Men's Basketball: Whitmore, Hellmuth lead Pirates past Santa Ana
 
COSTA MESA -- In a game that saw 11 lead changes, the 11th and final advantage went to the Orange Coast College men's basketball team as the Pirates held on for a 68-65 Orange Empire Conference win over visiting Santa Ana on Wednesday.
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Men's Basketball: Riverside cruises past Pirates
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team did everything it could to stay close with powerhouse Riverside College, but in the end, the Tigers prevailed, 84-64, on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates watch Hornets come alive in second half
 
FULLERTON -- A hard-fought first half of basketball was lost in the second half as the Orange Coast College men's basketball team fell to Fullerton, 79-64, on Wednesday at Fullerton College's Hornets' Nest.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates struggle early, fall to Cypress
 
CYPRESS -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team fell behind early and could never recover as the Pirates fell to host Cypress College, 109-82, on Friday.
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Men's Baseketball: Pirates come close, but Gauchos prevail
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball gave the No. 4 ranked Saddleback Gauchos all they could handle on Wednesday, but the visiting Gauchos managed to slip out of the Peterson Gym with a 68-65 Orange Empire Conference win over the Pirates.
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Men's Basketball: Second-half surge lifts Pirates past Lasers
 
IRVINE -- An impressive shooting night from Martin Whitmore helped the Orange Coast College men's basketball team open its Orange Empire Conference schedule on a winning note.
 
Whitmore's 27 points (10-of-15 shooting), eight rebounds and six steals helped the visiting Pirates topple Irvine Valley, 86-83 on Friday night.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates go 1-3 to end nonconference
 
COSTA MESA -- After an 83-80 win against Monterey Peninsula, the Orange Coast College men's basketball team closed out the San Jose Tournament with losses to Consumnes River 83-79 and Santa Rosa 73-71 before falling to West Los Angeles 79-68 on Friday in a nonconference matchup.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates drop 2-of-3 at Glendale Tournament
 
GLENDALE -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team went 1-2 over the weekend at the Vaquero Classic, held at Glendale College, losing to College of the Canyons, 99-90, topping Cerritos 77-60 and falling to host Glendale, 87-81.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates split pair at LASW tourney
 
LOS ANGELES -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team split a pair of games at the Intensity Classic last weekend, topping host L.A. Southwest College, 77-71, on Friday, before falling to El Camino, 75-67, on Saturday.
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Men's Basketball: Strong second half propels Pirates past Jaguars
 
COSTA MESA -- A 15-2 run in the game's final four minutes of play was the difference-maker for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team in Wednesday's 72-62 nonconference win over visiting Southwestern College.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates drop a pair to Miramar, Pasadena
 
COSTA MESA -- There was no "home cooking" for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team after the Pirates dropped back-to-back home games to Miramar on Thursday (96-70) and Pasadena (64-56) on Friday.
 
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Men's Basketball: Pirates top Victor Valley, 77-66
 
GLENDORA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team wrapped up the Neil Edwards Classic on the right foot, posting a 77-66 win over Victor Valley on Sunday at Citrus College.
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Men's Basketball: Hellmuth's bucket at the buzzer lifts OCC past Cuyamaca
 
GLENDORA -- Sophomore Brian Helmuth's three-pointer at the buzzer helped lift the Orange Coast College men's basketball team past Cuyamaca 79-77 on Saturday in the consolation round of the Neil Edwards Classic, held at Citrus College.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates fall in Citrus Tournament opener
 
GLENDORA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball gave the 12th ranked San Diego City Knights all they could handle on Friday night, but the Pirates came up just short, 74-70, in the opening game of the Neil Edwards Classic, at Citrus College.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates start hot, topple L.A. Harbor
 
COSTA MESA -- Some familiar rims made for some hot shooters for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team as the Pirates cruised past L.A. Harbor 91-70 on Wednesday at OCC's Peterson Gym.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates drop opening pair in Ventura
 
VENTURA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team lost its opening two games at the 2008 We Play Hard Tip-Off Tournament, held at Ventura College last weekend.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates end season with win over Santa Ana
 
COSTA MESA -- Playing hard and coaching hard right down to the final whistle, the Orange Coast College men's basketball team ended the 2007-08 season with a solid 75-65 Orange Empire Conference win over Santa Ana on Friday at the Peterson Gym.
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Men's Basketball: Second-half surge lifts Pirates past Gauchos
 
MISSION VIEJO -- Thanks to a long-range shooting display in the second half, the Orange Coast College men's basketball team broke away from host Saddleback and defeated the Gauchos 94-70 on Wednesday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates fall to Riverside
 
RIVERSIDE -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team gave host Riverside all it could handle on Friday night, but in the end, it was the Tigers who prevailed, 81-72.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates run into hot Hornets, fall 86-59
 
COSTA MESA -- While the Orange Coast College men's basketball team did a good job at limiting the number of shots taken by visiting Fullerton, the Hornets simply solved that problem by making nearly everything they threw towards the basket.
 
Hitting 73.9 percent of their shots (17-of-23), the Hornets jumped ahead and cruised to an 86-59 Orange Empire Conference win over the host Pirates on Friday night at the Peterson Gym.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates fall to Cypress
 
CYPRESS -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team dropped a 73-69 decision to host Cypress on Wednesday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates fall to Irvine Valley
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team watched the visiting Irvine Valley College Lasers scorch the nets as the Pirates fell 89-62 on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's Basketball: Helmuth, Pirates topple Santa Ana
 
SANTA ANA - Brian Hellmuth had 28 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Orange Coast College men's basketball team to a 79-69 Orange Empire Conference road win over Santa Ana on Wednesday.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates gain extra win after L.A. Southwest announces five forfeits
 
The South Coast Conference announced today that Los Angeles Southwest will forfeit 5 games due to a clerical error on its Form 1. Los Angeles Southwest self-reported the infraction, and plans to appeal the forfeits. Included in those five forfeits is a game against Orange Coast College back on Dec. 8.
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Men's basketball: Shorthanded Pirates fall short to Riverside
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team put up a strong fight against bigger and deeper Riverside, but in the end, it was the visiting Tigers who left the Peterson Gym with an 84-76 win over the shorthanded Pirates on Monday night.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates' snap skid by stopping Gauchos
 
COSTA MESA -- Much like the Durham Bulls in the movie "Bull Durham", all the Orange Coast College men's basketball team needed to snap their losing streak was a rainout -- not an easy task to accomplish inside a gymnasium.
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Basketball: Wednesday games with Riverside postponed
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's and women's basketball teams had to postpone their games against Riverside on Wednesday night due to a leaky roof in the Peterson Gym.
 
The Pirates and Tigers have agreed to reschedule their games for Monday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m. (men's) and 7:30 p.m. (women's).
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Men's Basketball: Pirates fall to Hornets
 
FULLERTON -- Another hot-shooting first half by the opposition helped keep the Orange Coast College men's basketball team on the wrong end of Wednesday's 92-61 loss to host Fullerton College.
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White-hot Chargers zap Pirates, 97-72
 
COSTA MESA -- It may have been Orange Coast's home court, but it was the Cypress College men's basketball team who felt right at home early on in Friday's 97-72 conference win over the Pirates.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates lose OEC opener at Irvine Valley
 
IRVINE -- An icy-cold night of shooting in the second half turned a close game into a blowout as the Orange Coast College men's basketball team fell to host Irvine Valley 72-39 on Wednesday night.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates fall at Pasadena
 
PASADENA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team opened the 2008 calendar year with an 82-78 nonconference road loss to host Pasadena City College on Friday night.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates drop pair at L.A. Southwest Tournament
 
LOS ANGELES -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team went 0-2 at the L.A. Southwest Intensity Classic, losing to El Camino 80-65 on Friday and host L.A. Southwest 68-59 on Saturday.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates fall to Chaffey in tournament finals
 
GLENDORA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team advanced to the championship game of the Neil Edwards Tournament last weekend at Citrus College with wins over Cuyamaca (82-77) and Chaffey (98-87).
 
But in the title game, the Pirates were topped by the host Owls, 114-92, ending their modest two-game winning streak.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates go cold in loss to West L.A.
 
COSTA MESA -- The Peterson Gym rims were not friendly to the hosts as Orange Coast College lost to visiting West Los Angeles, 64-59 on Friday in nonconference action.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates come up short against Moorpark
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's basketball team fell to 0-3 on the season with an 87-81 nonconference loss to visiting Moorpark on Tuesday in the Pirates' home opener.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates drop pair at Ventura Tournament
 
VENTURA - Nothing like jumping right into the deep end of the pool if you're the Orange Coast College men's basketball team.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates top L.A. Southwest in Regional opener
 
COSTA MESA - The last time the Orange Coast College men's basketball team won a playoff game, Def Leppard's "Hysteria" was soaring up the charts, "Dirty Dancing" was making the world sweaty and the American League Rookie of the Year went to a skinny, but powerful slugger named Mark McGwire.
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Men's Basketball: Coast to host L.A. Southwest in playoff opener
 
COSTA MESA - The Commission on Athletics announced the men's basketball playoff brackets and for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team, it's home sweet home in the first round.
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Men's Basketball: Cornett earns first-team, All-OEC honors
 
COSTA MESA - Steve Cornett, a sophomore center on the Orange Coast College men's basketball was a first-team selection on this year's All-Orange Empire Conference team.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates shock No. 2 Tigers in OEC finale
 
COSTA MESA - The playoff hopes for the Orange Coast College men's basketball got one gigantic boost in the right direction on Friday night as the Pirates stunned No. 2 Riverside 73-68 in the Orange Empire Conference finale.
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Men's Basketball: Pirates edged by Saddleback
 
MISSION VIEJO - A strong second-half surge gave the Orange Coast College men's basketball team an opportunity for another big-time road win, but down the stretch, the "big shot" could not be hit. 
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Men's Basketball: Pirates stun Dons on the road
 
SANTA ANA - Apparently, the Orange Coast College men's basketball team wasn't impressed with Santa Ana's big win on Wednesday against No. 3 Riverside.
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Pirates tagged by Toney, Lasers 77-71
 
COSTA MESA - The Irvine Valley Lasers found their hot hand in the second half and rode him all the way to the finish line.
 
Jason Toney scored 36 points, 26 in the second half as the Lasers defeated the host Pirates 77-71 in Orange Empire Conference action Wednesday night.
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Icy second half does in Pirate men, 89-75
 
COSTA MESA - Fifty percent from the field, 46 percent from 3-point land, 75 percent from the free-throw line. As good as those first-half numbers were for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team, the second half's numbers didn't quite carry over to that high a level on Friday night against Fullerton.
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Pirates snap losing streak with win over Cypress
 
CYPRESS - The Orange Coast College men's basketball team jumped out early, then held on for dear life as a late Cypress charge came up short in Wednesday's 70-64 conference win.
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Pirate men drop third straight, 70-59
 
RIVERSIDE - A tough first half on both sides of the court was too much to overcome as the Orange Coast College men's basketball team dropped its third straight, 70-59, at Riverside on Wednesday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Pesky Pirates hang tough, but fall to Gauchos
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College men's basketball overcame an early 13-point run by the Saddleback Gauchos to take a lead late in the first half.
 
It was the 13-point run in the second half that did them in as the bigger and vertically-gifted Gauchos used that last scoring outburst to outlast the pesky Pirates 75-61 on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Dons use second-half run to top Pirates, 99-93
 
COSTA MESA - With 15 minutes left in the game, the Orange Coast College men's basketball team held a 65-51 lead and appeared to be on its way to a 4-0 record in the Orange Empire Conference.
 
The Santa Ana Dons had other ideas.
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Relentless Pirates defense suffocates Irvine Valley 59-51
 
IRVINE - Orange Coast's gameplan is simple -- find the guy with the ball and make his life miserable until he gets rid of it. Then, find the next guy with the ball and make his life even worse.
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Men's hoops topple Hornets, 81-59
 
FULLERTON - Thanks to some hot shooting from the outside and some hard work down low, the Orange Coast College men's basketball team improved to 2-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with an 81-59 win over the host Fullerton Hornets on Wednesday night.
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Pirates open conference with win over Cypress
 
COSTA MESA - It wasn't the type of game that a coach would cram their highlight reel with, but for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team, every win is a thing of beauty.
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Pirates win third straight by topping L.A. Harbor
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College men's basketball team will head into holiday season extra cheerful following Thursday night's 85-59 nonconference win over L.A. Harbor at the Peterson Gym.
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Pirates drop pair at L.A. Southwest tourney
 
LOS ANGELES - The Orange Coast College men's basketball team expected some unpleasant "learning experiences" along the way as the young squad prepares for Orange Empire Conference play in a couple of weeks. 
Two such experiences took place this past weekend as the Pirates dropped a pair of heartbreaking games at the 2006 L.A. Southwest Intensity Classic.
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Pirates split two in weekend action
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College men's basketball team continued its nonconference action this past weekend, topping Miramar at home 85-69 before falling on the road against San Diego City, 66-62, on Saturday.
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Pirates split first two at Citrus Tournament
 
GLENDORA - The Orange Coast College men's basketball road show made its way to Glendora for the Neil Edwards Tournament, held at Citrus College.
 
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Men's basketball tops Moorpark, 79-67
 
MOORPARK - Steven Cornett scored a game-high 29 points to lead the Orange Coast College men's basketball team to its first win of the season -- a 79-67 road victory over Moorpark on Wednesday night.
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Davis set to attend Vanguard University in the fall
 
COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College sophomore standout Matt Davis will continue his athletic and academic careers at Vanguard University in the fall.
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OCC's Brown set to play at Cal State San Bernardino
 
COSTA MESA - Reggie Brown, sophomore guard for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team, will attend Cal State San Bernardino in the fall, according to Pirates' head coach Steve Spencer.
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