Although the Fresno City College men’s basketball team defeated Santa Rosa College in the second game of the season, winning 70 – 57, the rematch to go to the Final Four was a different story. Santa Rosa used their length to defeat the Rams 83 – 72.

Santa Rosa jumped out to a 20-1 lead on the No.2 seeded Rams. The Rams got their first field goal of the game at  12:12. They made a run toward the end of the first half. The halftime score was 37 – 18.

In the second half, the Rams made a run, getting within 5 points, 48 – 53, with about 7 minutes to go. Santa Rosa ended the run with threes by Alec Kobre and Matthew Hayes that put the game back up to double digits. Santa Rosa closed the game out at the free throw line and won 83 – 72.

FCC finished the season 30 – 3, winning their 12th straight CVC title. They will lose three sophomores of this year’s squad, and will bring back 11 players from this year’s team.