Oxnard used a 19-5 run to take the lead Wednesday night, then held on to edge SBCC 70-68 in a WSC North men’s basketball game at Oxnard.
The first-place Condors improved to 12-6 and 4-0 while the Vaqueros fell to 6-13 and 2-2.
Steven Saenz hit 5-9 from 3-point country and led SBCC with 17 points. Chris Vines scored 12. Tony Hawley, Richard Somdah and Josh Guild had seven rebounds each while Eric Becker collected six.
Santa Barbara led 35-32 at the half and was up by nine (58-49) with nine minutes to play before Oxnard went on its run. SBCC shaved a 68-63 deficit to 69-68 with 16 seconds to go but turned it over on a shot-clock violation.
SBCC shot 38 percent and had 21 turnovers, leading to 18 Oxnard points.
“We had a lot of opportunities that we didn’t take advantage of,” said coach Morris Hodges. “We had some crucial turnovers at key times.”
The Vaqueros travel to Santa Maria to take on Hancock on Saturday at 5 p.m.
