The No. 1 Pima Community College men’s basketball team closed out the regular season 30-0 overall and 18-0 in the ACCAC on Saturday with a 122-57 rout of Scottsdale at the West Aztec Gym.
The Aztecs completed the program’s first undefeated regular season and undefeated ACCAC conference schedule in program history.
Pima will host No. 4 South Mountain (12-18) in the Region I, Division II semifinals on Wednesday at the West Campus Aztec Gym. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.
The Aztecs dominated from the start opening a 26-4 lead in the first 7:29 of the game.
They hit seven of their first 10 shots and 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 on Feb. 15.
Pima started the second half on an 18-2 run to make it 82-20. The Aztecs led by as many as 71 points and outscored Scottsdale 58-39 in the second half.
Sophomore Cohenj Gonzales, playing his last regular-season home game on Sophomore Day, finished with a game-high 19 points as he went 3 for 6 from 3-point range.
Sophomore Kota Benson (formerly of Baboquivari who graduated from Mesa) scored 14 points on 5-for-7 shooting and 3 for 3 from beyond the arc. He added seven rebounds and five assists.
Sophomore Max Majerle also went 5 for 7 from the field with 12 points. He 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) and Gabe Oldham each contributed with 10 points.
Freshmen Isaac Johnson, Aidan Schmidt, Cooper Jones (Buena) and Brigg Wolfe 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).
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