The Vikings defeated Compton College in their last home game of the season 66-43 on Wednesday as wing player Kyla Sawall scored the last two points via a layup.
Before the game started the Vikings honored all the sophomore players as the team celebrated sophomore night.
The players were joined with their families and were given flowers, balloons, and gift baskets as the announcer read their names aloud.
“It was a huge honor, especially playing for LBCC. Right now we’re close to getting to playoffs, so right now we’re going to focus more and be a little better in practice,” point guard Kimberly Cruz-Martinez said.
In the first quarter the Vikings started the scoring off with a two point jump shot from forward Brillana Boyd however Compton would later tie the game with a two point jump shot of their own.
The first quarter continued to go back and forth between both teams until wing player Yesenia Garcia scored two points on a defensive rebound to tie the game at 8-8, and Brillana Boyd made another two point jump shot as the Vikings took the first quarter 15-10.
Compton started off the second quarter with a two point jump shot of their own until center, Taylah Paepule, scored two points to give the Vikings a five point lead, making the score 15-12.
“They’re not getting any points and to block every single one of them and just to play hard and go straight up,” center Taylah Paepule said.
The Vikings took over for most of the quarter as they scored 21 points and only allowed Compton to score 13 points and went into halftime with a score of 36-25.
The Vikings scored 14 points in the third quarter while Compton had only 8 points with a score of 50-33.
The fourth quarter continued in their take over as the team scored 16 points while Compton only scored 10 points which led to the Vikings to win the game 66-43.
The Vikings had 43 rebounds, made 20% of their 3 pointers, made 36.8% of their free throws, had 22 assists, and nine turnovers.
“Defense. Defense and decision making, we will work on that. We’re coming up on the playoffs soon, so we got to really tighten up on some things execution wise, on offense and on defense but we will be ready to go,” said head coach Dominic Freeman when asked about what the team needs to work on.
After this win, the Vikings advanced their overall record to 19-7, and their conference record to 6-0 with hopes of making it to the playoffs.
The team’s last two games of the season are away against Cerritos and L.A. Harbor on Feb. 19 and Feb. 21 at 5 p.m.