Long Beach City College Vikings end their season with a 30 point win over visiting team L.A. Southwest with a score of 81-51 on Feb 22.
The Vikings went into the half up by 13 points with a score of 40-27 taking the lead the entire game.
Cougars only having five players on the team, and no reserves on the bench, at the fourth quarter they played three on five as Diamond Mims and Jada Tamez both fouled out for Los Angeles.
Consecutive fouls were called on the Cougars giving the Vikings to be at the line and making 72.7% of free throws.
Although the ladies had a rough season, they pushed through the last game of the season finishing off with 27 assists as a team.
All five starters of the Vikings finished off in double digits.
Naomi Winston-Ellis with 24, Rosalinda Taosoga with 20, Taja Ward with 14, Kaylin Brown with 11, and De’Brianna Hampton with 10 points.
“I played the best of my ability, I even got hurt but I pushed through it and didn’t take a seat, and I’m glad it’s over,” said forward De’Brianna Hampton, who finished off the game with 10 points nine rebounds and eight assists.
“This season was not easy it definitely was hard for all of us but at the end, we all learned how to work together,” Hampton added.
Assistant coach Ollie Brent stepped in as head coach Michael Anderson was absent a lot and did the coaching.
Returning for his eighth season, it was hard for Brent and the team not making it to the playoffs.
“This is the first season in eight that we didn’t make it, and our numbers had a lot to do with it,” said Brent.
“We couldn’t give them much of a break with only one player on the bench during the game to sub, or even help during plays at practice.”
Guard Rosalinda Taosoga finished the game with 20 points six rebounds and two assists.
“It was an odd year, we struggled with almost everything,” said Taosoga
“We built the main thing which friendship, but it’s time to hopefully move on to a four year.”