Jamestown Community College (JCC) men’s basketball was in need of a confidence boost heading into the Thanksgiving break, and they found it through hot shooting in a 112-50 win over Onondaga Community College.

JCC opened up a quick 10-point lead behind the slick scoring of freshman Marcus Wynter, whose fastbreak layup made it 19-9. Wynter led all scorers with 22.

Halfway through the half, Jamestown saw its edge swell to 30-15 behind another transition layup, this one by Federico Foddai, who dropped 21 points on the day.

Onondaga would cut the deficit down to nine at the 3:07 mark, with JCC up 36-27 there, but the Jayhawks answered with another run.

Foddai buried a pair of threes, then Tamir Barrant picked the pocket of a Blazer and finished with a bucket to make it 45-27 JCC. Barrant had 14 on the afternoon.

Jamestown took a 45-29 advantage to the break.

In the second, it was more of the same for JCC; Travis Castro opened the second stanza with back-to-back threes. He also finished the day with 21 points.

In all, Jamestown had five players reach double- digits, with Joey Valerio joining the fun with ten points.

As a team, JCC shot 14-31 for three, 45.2% in the game, which propelled the 62-point win.

JCC is now 2-8 on the year with the win.

They’re back on the home court on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 when Lakeland Community College visits Jamestown.

SATURDAY

JAYHAWKS FALL TO GARRETT COLLEGE

Jamestown Community College (JCC) men’s basketball opened their home schedule with undefeated Garrett College coming to town, and a slow start stymied any chance JCC had in the 89-66 loss.

The Jayhawks found themselves in a quick 10-2 hole before Robert Russel stopped the bleeding with a layup to make it 10-4.

The Lakers kept the pressure up, taking a 25-4 advantage to the midway point of the first half.

JCC started to claw back thanks to the shooting and passing of Marcus Wynter. The freshman scored five points with two assists in a 10-0 Jamestown run to make it 25-14. He finished the game with 13 points, eight assists, and eight rebounds.

Garrett closed the half strong as the Jayhawks went to the break trailing 49-29.

The second half was more of the same, with the JCC deficit ballooning to 67-40.

Jamestown closed the gap late to make it a 23-point loss behind some shooting from Federico Foddia, who scored 13, Travis Castro had a team-high 15, and Ilyass Kaichi added 12 off the bench.