2023-24 LCCC Men's Basketball News

Commodores Miss Chance At Region Championship 3-Peat vs. Owens
Commodores Miss Chance At Region Championship 3-Peat vs. Owens

February 24, 2024

February 24, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team’s bid for a third consecutive NJCAA DIII Region 12 title was ended Saturday afternoon in Perrysburg, Ohio as the Owens Community College Express took an 11-point lead into halftime and eventually pulled away, 90-77.

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Commodores Go For Third Straight Regional Title Vs. Owens

February 23, 2024

The Lorain County Community College men's basketball team will look to win its third straight Regional title game on Saturday against the Owens Community College Express.

Commodores End Regular Season With Loss At Hocking; Region 12 Title Game Awaits On Saturday at Owens
Commodores End Regular Season With Loss At Hocking; Region 12 Title Game Awaits On Saturday at Owens

February 21, 2024

February 21, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team held on tough in the first half against the first place Hocking College Hawks Wednesday but a slow start to the second half doomed the Commodores as they fell in their regular season finale, 109-74.

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Men's Basketball Tavion Pride Win OCCAC Player of the Week

February 21, 2024

February 21, 2024 - - Tavion Pride’s performance against the Owens Community College Express last week earned him recognition from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference as their Player of the Week (February 12-18) thanks to his 18-point, 13-rebound performance that helped men’s basketball to a 86-83 win on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.

Jayden Maxwell
Commodores Hold On To Defeat Region XII Rival Owens At Home, 86-83

February 14, 2024

February 14, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team picked up a much needed win against the Owens Community College Express at home on Wednesday, 86-83.  A back and forth affair that saw the lead change 14 times, LCCC denied the Express at the buzzer thanks to a Tiyorne Coleman block on Owens 3-point attempt to secure the win.

Tiyorne Coleman
CCAC Wildcats Beat Commodores On 3-Pt Basket At The Buzzer

February 10, 2024

February 10, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team lost on a last second 3-point shot made by non-conference foe Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Saturday afternoon after they erased a seven point deficit to tie the game in the final seconds hoping to force overtime.

Deonte Benejan
Commodores Fall To Cuyahoga CC, 111-83

February 07, 2024

February 7, 2024 - -  Lorain County Community College men’s basketball lost to Cuyahoga Community College Wednesday evening, 111-83.  The Commodores we anchored by the scoring of Deonte Benejan and Tavion Pride who led LCCC in scoring with 32 and 24 respectively.

Maxwell and Benejan Each Score 30 In Loss To Hocking College
Maxwell and Benejan Each Score 30 In Loss To Hocking College

February 03, 2024

February 3, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team fell to Hocking College inside the Ewing Activities Center Gymnasium Saturday afternoon despite a valiant effort from two Commodore starters—Freshmen Deonte Benejan and Jayden Maxwell--who dropped 30 points each.

Deonte Benejan
Commodores Fall On The Road To Titans, 94-78

February 02, 2024

February 2, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team lost to Terra State Community College Friday evening, 94-78, in a make-up game rescheduled from January 20, 2024 due to hazardous weather.

Tavion Pride
Three Commodores Score In Double Figures In Loss To Miami-Hamilton

January 31, 2024

January 31, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team lost to Miami University-Hamilton on Wednesday, 82-32. The Commodores (4-17, 1-9) were looking to get the season sweep of the Harriers after defeating them to open the season on November 4, 2023, 62-56, but Miami got off to an early lead and held on to even the season series.

Tavion Pride
Pride, Coleman, and Sesay Hit Career Marks In Loss To Edison

January 27, 2024

January 27, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team fell to Edison State Community College, 91-65, coming after a 10-day layoff due to the Commodores previous two games getting postponed.

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OCCAC All-Academic and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll Announced

January 22, 2024

January 22, 2024 - - Fall semesters across the conference have officially wrapped up and 28 of Lorain County Community College’s student-athletes have received Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) All-Academic and LCCC Honor Roll awards.

LCCC Falls To Terra State Community College, 104-85
LCCC Falls To Terra State Community College, 104-85

January 17, 2024

January 17, 2024 - - Lorain County Community College men’s basketball lost to Terra State Community College Wednesday evening, 104-85.

Commodores Fall To Community Christian College
Commodores Fall To Community Christian College

January 13, 2024

January 15, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team lost to Community Christian College on Saturday, January 13, 2024, 78-66.

Deonte Benejan Shot Attempt
Commodores Nearly Nip No. 11 Lakeland CC, Fall in OT 94-90

January 10, 2024

January 10, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team battled No. 11 Lakeland Community College and had a chance to defeat the Lakers in regulation but Deonte Benejan’s contested layup didn’t fall and the Commodores came up short in overtime, 94-90.

Eagles Edge Commodores In First Game of 2024
Eagles Edge Commodores In First Game of 2024

January 06, 2024

January 6, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College men’s basketball team had three players show out against the Clark State Community College Eagles Saturday afternoon but it wasn’t enough as the Commodores fell 111-106.