Yuba College opens Kris Kringle Tournament at No. 5 in state poll
Dec. 13—The Yuba College men's basketball team enters its final tournament before the start of Bay Valley Conference play Thursday when it opens up the Santa Rosa-hosted bracket against Copper Mountain out of Joshua Tree.
The 49ers (7-2) slipped this week one spot to No. 5 in the California Community College Men's Basketball Coaches Association weekly poll. San Diego City College took over the fourth spot after taking down Doug Cornelius's squad, 71-69 in the finals of the Grossmont Invitational on Dec. 3.
Yuba's other loss came the following week when it fell at Butte College. The Roadrunners were a preseason top-25 team in the CCCMBCA North Regional poll. However, Yuba would bounceback on Dec. 9 with a win over Sierra College, 63-40, earning Cornelius' 498th career win as head coach of Yuba College.
Cornelius tries for No. 499 today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. against Copper Mountain (4-5). CMC freshman point guard DJ Ralston is among the leaders in the state in 3-point field goal percentage, converting at a 10th-best 52 percent rate.
