Long Beach City College sophomore guard Brandon Cerda scored a total of 16 points and eight assists to lead the men’s basketball team but it was not enough as the Vikings lost 93-87 to Cerritos on Friday.
The men’s basketball team’s chance for the playoffs was cut short after their last game of the season not going in their favor.
“I feel good about my performance today, I wish we could have won. Knowing this might be the last game of the season, I just wanted to go out there and play hard,” Cerda said.
Cerda is hoping to take the skills he learned at LBCC and see what’s available for him at the next level.
Along with Cerda, freshman guard Franklyn Chambers played 24 minutes scoring a total of 16 points and five rebounds.
Despite the effort, the Vikings gave up many fouls throughout both halves of the game, surrendering numerous easy points to Cerritos.
The Vikings were down points most of the game, creeping up to almost tie at the beginning of the second half and suddenly giving it all away with missed shots and turnovers.
Going into the end of the second half, head coach Barry Barnes decided to call a timeout to get his team back in focus after being down ten points.
When asked what their mentality going into this game was, Barnes said, “We wanted to get payback on Cerritos because they beat us pretty bad the first home game.”
The team is full of freshman players that are eager to grow together and work on their skills for next season.
“We’ll be back. We have a great young team. We’re going to keep playing together, competing together and put in the work this summer,” Barnes said.
Men’s basketball ended the season at 11-17 overall record and 4-6 conference record.