Long Beach City College men’s basketball sophomore Brandon Cerda would score the game clinching free throw on sophomore night to help give the Vikings a 85-79 victory over LA Southwest on Wednesday.
Cerda, the only sophomore on the men’s team was honored before the game with balloons and a framed jersey as this would also be his last home before regionals.
“It feels good. The last two years I have been really fine. A lot of good memories, so it’s good to end it that way,” Cerda said.
The Vikings would take the first half with a score of 47-40, but LA Southwest would take the second half 39-38.
The team’s offense had 13 offensive rebounds, and 17 assists during the game.
Cerda scored a total of 19 points and made all nine of his free throws for the vikings.
“Been a stand out player for us the whole year [Cerda], being categories in all the conference. He’s top ten in scoring in the state and he’s been our leader. He’s been our only sophomore on the team and we got a lot of young freshmen guys and he’s been our leader and just happy to have him,” head coach Barry Barnes said.
Two of Cerda’s teammate’s would also have a high scoring night with both freshman guards Franklin Chambers and Kane Young scoring 25 and 19 points.
Ultimately the Vikings would extend their win streak to two games, their home record to 4-4 and their overall record to 11-16.
The men’s team lost against Cerritos in the following game on Friday.
“Cerritos beat us by 26 last time, so now we gotta go over to Cerritos and try to go get this win and we want to finish strong,” Barnes said.
The Vikings played their last game before regionals against Cerritos on Friday and lost but now will look to compete in Regionals which begin in March.