2023-24 COD Men's Basketball News
Under the tutelage of third-year head coach Robert Romero, Desert finished the regular season with a record of 12-16 overall and 7-9 in conference. The Roadrunners placed 5th in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference (IEAC).
COD (12-16; 7-9) closed out the 2024 season with multiple players either setting or tying career highs on Sophomore Night, as the Roadrunners grabbed a double overtime win over the Victor Valley Rams of Victorville (7-21; 2-14), 120-115.
COD (10-13; 5-6) had two players combine for 52 of their 87 points on the night, as the Roadrunners pulled out a close one in overtime, knocking off the Copper Mountain Fighting Cacti of Joshua Tree (7-16; 3-8), 87-86.
COD (8-8; 3-1) moved back to .500 on the season as Jermayn Baxter led the way with the Roadrunners first triple-double in over a decade, as Desert sank the Barstow Vikings (2-12; 1-3), 98-83.
COD (6-7; 1-0) opened up Conference play with another come-from-behind win, using a career night from Joseph Rojas, scoring 25 points on seven 3-point shots off of the bench, as the Roadrunners sank the Palo Verde Pirates of Blythe (7-7; 0-3), 77-75.
COD (5-7) used a 14-5 run over the final 5 minutes, capped off with a buzzer beating layup by Jamerson McClendon to grab a road win over the Glendale Vaqueros (4-5), 69-68.
COD (4-7) traveled to Santa Barbara for the SBCC Holiday Classic, where the Roadrunners dropped game one, then fought back to win game two and fell in the Consolation Final.
COD (3-5) grabbed their second consecutive win, this time with an explosive second half on the road, as the Roadrunners used a career high 29-points from Isaiah Goad off of the bench to defeat the Imperial Valley Desert Warriors (0-6), 85-62.
COD (2-5) grabbed a much-needed win on the road, with three starters scoring in double figures which led to the first double-double of the season for Jermayn Baxter, as the Roadrunners held off the Golden West Rustlers of Huntington Beach (1-6), 82-73.
COD (1-1) kicked off the 2023-24 season with the annual Frank Garcia Classic, knocking off a Bakersfield Renegade (0-2) squad and then falling in a close game with a very tough Los Angeles Southwest Cougars (2-0) team.