SMCC Men's Basketball Travels to GCC for Wednesday Night Match-Up

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The South Mountain Community College men's basketball team (8-1, 1-0 ACCAC Division II) travels to Glendale Community College for an ACCAC Division II contest on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. 

Game No. 10 

South Mountain Community College (8-1, 1-0 ACCAC)

@ Glendale Community College (9-1, 1-0 ACCAC)

December 3, 2025 | 7:30 PM PST | Glendale, AZ | Glendale Gym

Media: CLICK HERE for the free live video stream 

South Mountain CC Projected Starters (8-1)

G – I'yar Shadowvine, 5-8, FR., Tacoma, WA

G – Parker Escalante, 6-0, RS SO., Mesa, AZ

G – Travis Vasquez, 6-3, RS FR., Glendale, AZ

W – Jadden Jones, 6-2, FR., Glendale, AZ

F – Gak Kueth, 6-6, FR., Peoria, AZ

Glendale Community College Projected Starters (9-1, 1-0)

G – Ty Gibbs, 5'8, RS SO., Waddell, AZ

G – Kenny White, 5'11, SO., Phoenix, AZ

G – Malaki Garnica, 6'2, FR., Phoenix, AZ

G – Stephan Miller, 6'6, FR., Surprise, AZ

F – Kaleb Conley, 6'7, FR., Anthem, AZ

Up Next: Home vs. Phoenix College| Saturday, December 6 | 4 p.m. MST | Phoenix, AZ | The Cougar Den

Last Time Out

The Cougars defeated Chandler-Gilbert CC 65-56 in an ACCAC Division II road contest on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Freshman I'yar Shadowvine led SMCC with 21 points and five 3-pointers while sophomore Blake Carabio added 15 off the bench as the Cougars posted an impressive road victory over the Coyotes to open their league slate. 

CLICK HERE for the complete recap and box score. 

The Coaches

Cory Hoff enters his first season at the helm of the Cougar program. Hoff takes over the program after serving the past two years as Associate Head Coach at New Mexico Military Institute, a NJCAA DI program located in Roswell, New Mexico. During Hoff's Career, his programs have achieved a NAIA DI National Championship, two Conference Tournament Championships, one Regular Season Championship, seven Playoff Appearances, 23 Top 25 wins, four All-Americans, 19 All-Conference awards and 14 professionals.

Ken Carrillo is 91-70 in his seventh year at Glendale Community College with a 50-55 record in ACCAC play. Carrillo is 8-3 against South Mountain CC. 

About the Cougars

South Mountain CC is 8-1, 1-0 in the ACCAC.

Points: I'yar Shadowvine (15.6 PPG), Blake Carabio (15.2 PPG), Travis Vasquez (13.1 PPG)

Rebounds: Jadden Jones (8.0 RPG), Semajay James (6.7 RPG), Devone Pless (5.0 RPG)

Assists: Travis Vasquez (4.4 APG), I'yar Shadowvine (2.7 APG), Semajay James & Jadden Jones (2.3 APG)

About the Gauchos

Glendale is 9-1, 1-0 in the ACCAC.

Points: Stephan Miller (19.8 PPG), Kenny White (19.2 PPG), Yual Lam (11.0 PPG)

Rebounds: Stephan Miller (7.2 RPG), Kaleb Conley (6.1 RPG), Arteus Jefferson (5.3 RPG)

Assists: Ty Gibbs (7.9 APG), Kenny White (4.3 APG), Kaleb Conley & Yual Lam (2.2 APG)

Watch Live & Stats

Video webcasts for all of SMCC's home games are available at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/southmountaincc/ on Game Day. Game Previews will be posted prior to game day & Game Recaps will be posted after the conclusion of each contest on www.SMCCCougars.com.

Tough Scheduling

SMCC MBB will play 18 conference games against ACCAC opponents, which is one of the toughest conferences in the country. Additionally, SMCC has scheduled five non-conference games against NJCAA DI opponents with College of Southern Nevada, Community Christian College (twice), Miles Community College, and Yavapai College on the schedule.

ACCAC Play

The ACCAC Division II is made of seven  programs. Each team plays 18 conference games during the season. Last season saw Pima Community College take home the ACCAC Regular Season & Region 1 Championships. Chandler-Gilbert CC, Glendale CC and South Mountain CC joined them in qualifying for the Region I Playoffs.

SMCC Men's Basketball Notes 

As of Dec. 2, 2025, the Cougars lead all ACCAC schools in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 31.2 percent shooting (96 of 308) in nine games ... SMCC ranks third in 3-point field goal percentage defense at 24.4 percent (32 of 131) ... Offensively, SMCC ranks third among all ACCAC schools in team 3-point percentage at 39.8 percent (88 of 221) and third in steals per game (11.3) ... Individually, I'yar Shadowvine is 12th in scoring among all ACCAC players at 15.6 points per game, while Blake Carabio is 14th at 15.2 ppg ... Jadden Jones ranks sixth in the conference in rebounds per game (8.0) and 10th in steals per game (2.0) ... Travis Vasquez is ninth among all league players at 4.4 assists per game ... Parker Escalante ranks seventh among all ACCAC players at 2.1 steals per game.