Aztecs Men's Basketball completes flawless regular season at 30-0 after beating Scottsdale CC

The Pima Community College men's basketball team (30-0, 18-0 in ACCAC) closed out the regular season on Saturday as it hosted Scottsdale Community College (10-18, 7-11).

• The No. 1 ranked Aztecs defeated the Artichokes 122-57 completing the program's first undefeated regular season and undefeated ACCAC conference schedule.
• The Aztecs dominated from the start as they opened a 26-4 lead in the first 7:29 of the game. They hit seven of their first 10 shots. Pima held the Artichokes to 18 points, which is the second-lowest point total in a half the Aztecs have surrendered this season. The lowest was 16 points to South Mountain Community College on Feb. 15.
• The Aztecs continued to pour it on as they started the second half on an 18-2 run to make it 82-20 in the first four and a half minutes. The Aztecs led by as much as 71 points and outscored Scottsdale 58-39 in the second half.
• Sophomore Cohenj Gonzales (Mesquite HS) finished with a game-high 19 points as he went 3 for 6 from three-point range.
• Sophomore Kota Benson (Mesa HS) scored 14 points on 5 for 7 shooting and 3 for 3 from downtown as he added seven rebounds and five assists.
• Sophomore Max Majerle (Arcadia HS) also went 5 for 7 from the field with 12 points. He also had six assists, three rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Freshman Brock Mendoza scored 12 points off the bench on 4 for 6 shooting. He also posted three rebounds and two blocks.
• Sophomores Wes Ball (Marana HS) and Gabe Oldham each contributed with 10 points.
• Freshmen Isaac Johnson, Aidan Schmidt (Casteel HS), Cooper Jones (Buena HS) and Brigg Wolfe (Mesa Mountain View HS) all scored eight points off the bench.
• The Aztecs shot 64 percent from the field (45 for 70) and 50 percent from beyond the arc (16 for 32).

The No. 1 seeded Aztecs will host No. 4 South Mountain Community College in the Region I, Division II Tournament Semifinals on Wednesday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.

SCC   18   39    57
PCC   64   58   122