SMCC Men's Basketball Closes Out 2025 with Non-Conference Tilt Against Miles CC

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The South Mountain Community College men's basketball team hosts Miles Community College (MT) inside the Cougar Den in a non-conference contest to wrap up 2025 on Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 1 p.m.

Game #14

South Mountain Community College (11-2, 3-1 ACCAC Division II)

vs. Miles Community College (7-10)

December 31, 2025 | 1 P.M. MST | Phoenix, AZ | The Cougar Den

Media: CLICK HERE for a link to the live video stream

Probable Starters:

South Mountain CC Projected Starters (11-2, 3-1 ACCAC Division II)

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

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

G – Blake Carabio, 6'1, SO., Peoria, AZ

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

F – Gak Kueth, 6'6, FR., Peoria, AZ

Miles Community College Projected Starters (7-10)

G – Jace Hill, 6'1, SO., Columbia Falls, MT

G – Azenio Cossa, 6'3, SO., Maputo, Mozambique

G – Donnie Harvey, 6'2, SO., Baton Rouge, LA

F – Uwami Chongo, 6'8, SO., Maputo, Mozambique

F – Shad Boyce, 6'8, RS FR., Winifred, MT

Up Next: Home vs. AZ Sol | Saturday, January 3 | 4 p.m. MST | Phoenix, AZ | The Cougar Den

Last Time Out

The SMCC men's basketball team (11-2) defeated Park-Gilbert (JV) 109-49 in a non-conference game at the SMCC Gym on Saturday, Dec. 13. Sophomore Blake Carabio scored a team-high 23 points, and four other Cougars reached double-figures as the Cougars led wire-to-wire over the Buccaneers.

CLICK HERE for the complete recap and box score from the victory. 

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.

Chase Tait is 159-197 since the 2014-15 season in his 18^th year at Miles Community College with a 77-104 record in Mon Dak play.

Cougar Stat Leaders

Points: Blake Carabio (14.5 PPG), I'yar Shadowvine (13.9 PPG), Travis Vasquez (13.1 PPG)

Rebounds: Jadden Jones (7.8 RPG), Semajay James (6.7 RPG), Devone Pless (4.3 RPG)

Assists: Travis Vasquez (4.3 APG), I'yar Shadowvine (2.5 APG), Semajay James (2.3 APG)

Pioneer Stat Leaders

Points: Azenio Cossa (20.6 PPG), Uwami Chongo (15.9 PPG), Shad Boyce (11.2 PPG)

Rebounds: Shad Boyce (8.5 RPG), Uwami Chongo (6.7 RPG), Azenio Cossa (6.1 RPG)

Assists: Azenio Cossa (3.1 APG), Jace Hill (3.0 APG), Donnie Harvey (1.1 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 (2x), Miles Community College and Yavapai College on the schedule.

ACCAC Play

The ACCAC DII is made up of 7 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 1 Playoffs.

South Mountain Community College Notes

SMCC is an NJCAA Division II member of the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC)…The Cougars concluded the 2024-25 season with a 12-19 overall record with a 7-11 record in ACCAC play…South Mountain CC qualified for the opening round of the NJCAA Region 1 DII playoffs as the #4 seed…The Cougars fell to #1 seed Pima Community College, 55-80…Season Highlights include sophomore guard Cash Callaway being named All-ACCAC DII 1^st Team and a season high of 129 points scored on Dec. 13 against Community Christian College…

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