Copper Mountain College Men's basketball team dropped a tough one Wednesday night in their first game at the Riverside City College Classic.
CMC started off playing well behind the stellar play of Sophomore Dillon Voyles. Hot shooting from Demarcus King and 3 first half blocked shots from Hyking Brisbon helped give CMC the Lead at the half 36-29.

Head Coach Walter Parham consistently preaches to his team that a game is decided by the "tale of two half's" hopefully reminding them to play with consistent effort and energy throughout the entire 40 min game. The Fighting Cacti have had some trouble closing out games and Wednesday would prove to be another Lesson on the learning curve for CMC. Associate Head Coach Britain Kelly says,"Losses are Lessons".  He has a saying that's goes, "we are never as good as we think we are when we win! & we are never as bad as we think we are when we lose". Despite missing two out of their last four free throws, CMC fought to the end but would ultimately fall short 69-67.

Dillon Voyles led CMC in Scoring with 22 points.
Sophomore Guard Will Valsien had 13 points and Freshman Tyler Hudson chipped in 12 points in the loss for the Cacti. Copper Mountain Is 4-4 on the season and will turn around in less than 24 hours to take on Cerritos College. Day two of the Riverside City College Classic picks back up Thursday 12/5 the action is set to start at 3pm.