The Cerritos College men's basketball team pushed host Irvine Valley College to double-overtime in their tournament championship game, but eventually suffered an 83-77 loss. The Falcons (2-3) reached the championship game against the host Lasers after recording wins over College of the Canyons (81-74) and Cuyamaca College (87-50). The team will now take a little time off until they enter the Grossmont Tournament and open on December 6 at 2:00 p.m. against Southwestern College.

Cerritos vs. College of the Canyons: The Falcons were led by freshman Anthony January (Taft HS) with 17 points off the bench in his first game of the season, while sophomore guard Kevin Conrad (Buena Park HS) added 15 points, while freshman forward Josh Bell (Long Beach Wilson HS) accounted for 10 rebounds. Cerritos trailed 43-36 at halftime, but turned things around with the emergence of January, while sophomore forward Jarion Henry (Kimball, TX HS/Trinity Valley CC, TX) played an exceptional all-round game off the bench with 11 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and three blocked shots.

Cerritos vs. Cuyamaca: The big win allowed the bench to make another major impact, as January led the way with 21 points, four rebounds and four assists in just 16 minutes of play. Freshman guard Usama Zaid (Taft HS) recorded a season-high 12 points and three assists in 15 minutes, with sophomore guard Victor Jones (Lakewood HS) being the only starter in double-figures with 16 points and three steals in 16 minutes.

Cerritos vs. Irvine Valley: The Falcons led until the final minute and held a 63-57 lead after a steal and layup by Bell with 42 seconds left. But IVC's Jimmy Golden nailed a three-pointer to make it a 63-60 game with 30 seconds left. And after January missed two free throws with 20 seconds to play, the Lasers got within a point at 63-62 on two free throws by Jalen Hall with nine seconds left. Conrad split free throws for Cerritos with five seconds to go to make it a 64-62 game and after Hall was fouled with three seconds left, he converted both free throws to tie it at 64-64 and send the game to overtime. Neither team led by more than three points in the first overtime. Shaquille Hunter made two free throws to give Irvine Valley a 70-68 lead with 1:07 left in the first OT. and then a jumper by freshman Micah Winn (Crenshaw HS) tied the game for Cerritos at 70-70 with 51 seconds to go. In the second overtime, January, who was named to the All-Tournament team, put Cerritos up, 75-74 with a basket with 2:31 left. But Irvine Valley got five straight points from Austin Priest to take the lead for good. January led all scorers with 23 points and 12 rebounds, while Conrad (14 points), all-tournament selection Jones (13 points) and Henry (11 points) helped the Falcons on the night.