Rio Hondo College Dean of Kinesiology, Dance, and Athletics Steve Hebert has announced that Mike Lowe has stepped down as head coach of the Roadrunners' men's basketball program. To fill the position, Hebert has named women's head coach Steve Johnson as his replacement.
Rio Hondo College freshman Derek Ohara scored a season-high 25 points but it wasn't enough as the Roadrunners fell to visiting Mt. San Antonio College 76-68 on Friday night in Whittier.
Freshman Jr. Hernandez exploded for a season-high 26 points, but his big night wasn't enough as Rio Hondo College couldn't hold a halftime lead and ultimately lost by a final score of 80-66 to No. 8 state-ranked East Los Angeles College on Friday night in Whittier.
A second-half surge for the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners wasn't enough as they came up short in a 70-65 loss to No. 14-state-ranked Chaffey College on Wednesday in both teams' South Coast Conference North Division opener in Whittier.
DeShaun Carr came off the bench to score a team-high 14 points but Rio Hondo College couldn't overcome a slow start and dropped a 75-53 non-conference game at No. 17 state-ranked Citrus College on Tuesday night.
The Rio Hondo College men's basketball team closed out the 2016 portion of its winter schedule on a winning note as the Roadrunners beat Santa Barbara City College 76-67 on Saturday at the final day of the LA Southwest College Tournament.
Sophomore Angelo Sandoval and freshman DeShaun Carr both scored 17 points to help lead the Rio Hondo College men's basketball team to an 83-71 win over Southwestern College on Thursday in an opening-round game of the Don Johnson Classic at Cypress College.
The Rio Hondo College men's basketball team had its four-game winning streak come to end after consecutive losses at the 65th Gregg Anderson Memorial Tournament at Antelope Valley College.
The Rio Hondo College men's basketball team continued its hot start to open the season as the Roadrunners won their fourth straight with a 73-65 non-conference victory over visiting Cypress College on Tuesday.
Rio Hondo College picked up two more wins to cap a perfect weekend at the El Camino College Tournament of Champions. Following their win over MiraCosta on Thursday, the Roadrunners closed out the tourney with victories against Moorpark on Friday and Santa Ana on Saturday.
Freshman DeShaun Carr led Rio Hondo College with 24 points as the Roadrunners downed the MiraCosta College Spartans 68-64 in an opening-day game at the El Camino College Tournament of Champions in Torrance on Thursday.
Rio Hondo College freshmen Trevon Welch and Josiah Sotomayor both scored 15 points each but it wasn't enough as the Roadrunners suffered an 81-70 loss to MiraCosta College in their 2016-17 home opener on Thursday in Whittier.
Freshman guard DeShaun Carr scored a team-high 19 points in his Rio Hondo College debut, but the Roadrunners couldn't hold a halftime lead and lost 76-71 to Cerritos College on Thursday in their season-opener at the Fifth Annual Don Gehler Memorial Tournament hosted by San Diego Miramar College.