Women's Basketball: Vikings let second-half lead slip in 52-44 loss to Cerritos
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11:18am | The No. 13 state-ranked Long Beach City College women's basketball team lost its second straight contest, falling 52-44 to No. 12 state-ranked Cerritos College on Wednesday night at the LBCC Hall of Champions Gym.
The loss dropped the Vikings to 10-4 overall and 2-3 in the South Coast Conference, while Cerritos moved to 14-4 and 4-1 in the SCC.
Despite a poor shooting night (16 of 57, 28 percent) and being outrebounded 64-40, the Vikings held a 32-29 lead with 12:00 to go in the second half. But the Falcons rallied with a 11-0 run to go ahead 40-32. Sophomore guard Keshonda Moore finally broke the string with a layup with 4:45 remaining.
Following a layup by Cerritos' Regina English, Moore went on to score the next five points, including a three-pointer that got LBCC within three points with 3:25 to go. A layup by freshman Tiffany Taylor cut the Falcons' lead to just one point at 42-41 at the 3:06 mark, but the Vikings would not get any closer.
Cerritos pulled down 28 offensive rebounds and converted those into 26 second-chance points. The Falcons actually shot worse than the Vikings, making 17 of 63 (27 percent) field goals for the game.
Moore led Long Beach with 15 points and five steals. Freshman Joanna Jaramillo had seven points and freshman Kaaron King posted six points and a team-best seven rebounds.
English (13 points, 12 rebounds) and Talor Hixon (12 points, 11 rebounds) both totaled double-doubles in the win for Cerritos.
The LBCC women return to action on Friday (Jan. 6) when they travel to face LA Southwest College in a 5 p.m. SCC game.
