2023-24 Huskies Men's Basketball Headlines
Huskies Hit Stride in Second Half, Beat San Diego Miramar in Opening Round of Playoffs
February 28, 2024
A defensive struggle saw San Diego Miramar with a three-point lead over East LA at half of a low-scoring game. But the Huskies were able to figure things out offensively in the second half as they won going away.
Huskies' Last-Minute Comeback Upends Trade Tech on Sophomore Night
February 21, 2024
In the battle for second-place in the SCC-North, East LA College Men's Basketball overcame a 10-point halftime deficit with defense and clutch free-throw shooting late in the second half.
Huskies Grind Past Rio Hondo, Sets Up Big Matchup Next Week
February 16, 2024
East LA College Men's Basketball takes care of Rio Hondo to set up a rematch with LA Trade Tech on Sophomore Night next Wednesday. Trade, ELAC and Pasadena City are tied for 2nd place in conference standings at 5-3.
Huskies Split Return Bout with Pasadena City
February 10, 2024
ELAC Men's Basketball was able to square up with PCC with a win tonight. However, fourth quarter woes kept the ELAC women's team from doing the same
Big Second Half Leads to Huskies Rout of Rebooted LA City
February 07, 2024
LA City College, winners of two state titles in 1997 and 2003, have not fielded a team in many years. This is their first season back in action, but the Huskies weren't going to go easy on them. A 48-25 second half advantage blew open what was a close game at halftime.
Eurobasket Update: Joe Hampton Shines in Austria
February 06, 2024
Eurobasket brings us another monthly update on our former Huskies that are playing professionally across the globe.
East LA Keeps Win Streak Going, Downs LA Harbor
January 19, 2024
ELAC turned down a pesky LA Harbor team en route to their 10th straight win.
Second-Half Defense Helps Huskies Pull Away from El Camino
January 12, 2024
The Huskies knew they had to find a way to cool off El Camino's hot first half shooting, where the Warriors shot better than 50% from the field and behind the arc. With renewed focus in the latter period, ELAC ramped up their defense, gumming up El Camino's shooting and eventually pulled away late
Huskies Hold off Tenacious Compton
January 03, 2024
East LA College Men's Basketball took an 11 point lead into the second half and made it stand despite Compton closing with four points late in the second half.
Pro Ball Update: Huskies Check-In
December 28, 2023
Thanks to our new friends at EuroBasket, we have a link to former Husky players performing at the professional level overseas and in the US.
Strong Bounce Back Win for ELAC Over #25 Santa Monica
December 20, 2023
After last week's nail-biting loss to Fullerton, East LA left nothing to chance tonight as they led the Santa Monica College Corsairs wire-to-wire
Huskies' Battle with Defending Champs Falls a Point (and Toe) Short.
December 14, 2023
With 1.5 seconds left, ELAC F Gregory Melvin in-bounded the ball to G Jalai Okeith who rose, shot and drained what looked like a game-tying three-pointer as time expired. But the refs convened after the shot and said his foot was on the three-point line as he took his shot. The 3 became a 2, and the Huskies would get nipped by Fullerton, 70-69
Defense Fuels Big Second-Half, Huskies Rout
November 17, 2023
Leading 33-25 at halftime, East LA - fueled mostly by tenacious defense - put the screws to Porterville by outscoring the Pirates 51-17 in the second half to win in dominant form 84-42.