After
sweeping through the South Coast
Conference South Division, the Cerritos
College women’s basketball team earned
themselves a bye in the play-in round of
the Southern California Regional
Playoffs. The Falcons, (24-8) were
seeded #8 in the playoffs and will host
#9 Chaffey College (24-7) at 7:00 p.m.
on Friday. The Panthers tied for third
place in the Foothill Conference. The
winner of the game will play March 1 at
7:00 p.m. against the winner of the
#1-seeded Orange Coast (29-3) game, who
play
against an opponent to be determined.
This will be the second time the Falcons and Panthers will be
facing each other, with Cerritos posting
a 71-61 overtime win in the first round
of the Orange Coast Tournament back in
December. In that game, Falcon sophomore
forward
Maltresa Neely (Paramount HS)
drained a three-pointer with 1:37
remaining to give Cerritos a 56-54 lead.
But after the Panthers went up by one on
a trey of their own, freshman guard
Arielle McClellan (Paramount
HS) drained one of two free throws
with 24 seconds left to tie the game and
send it to overtime. Chaffey had a
chance to win in regulation, but missed
three shots in the final three seconds.
In the extra stanza, McClellan gave
the Falcons a 62-58 lead when she hit a
three-pointer and went on to score eight
of the team’s 14 points. She finished
the night with a season-high 17 points,
while adding six rebounds off the bench,
while freshman forward
Mercedes Taylor (Gahr HS)
hauled down a season-high 17 rebounds to
go along with her 14 points. Sophomore
guard
Tiffany Wilson (Mayfair HS)
finished with 13 points, eight rebounds
and five assists, with Neely checking in
with eight points and seven rebounds.
For the Panthers, they relied on the
scoring of Christina Warren, who led all
scorers with 23 points, with Tamesha
Jackson adding 18 points. Chaffey also
received 15 rebounds from Johnshunay
Parson.
Ticket prices for the
game are $8 for general admission, while
students, faculty, staff, senior
citizens and children 12 and under are
$6.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Wednesday, February 27
No. 17 Antelope Valley
(18-13) at No. 16 Santa Monica (18-11)
No. 18 Cuesta (21-9) at No. 15 Santa Ana
(17-13)
Friday, February 29
No. 9 Chaffey ( 24-7) at No.
8 Cerritos (24-8)
No. 13 Irvine Valley (18-12) at No. 4
Ventura (27-5)
No. 10 Fullerton (20-13) at No. 7 San
Bernardino Valley (26-5)
No. 14 Santa Barbara City (17-13) at No.
3 Pasadena City (26-5)
Saturday, March 1
Antelope Valley-Santa Monica
Winner at No. 1 Orange Coast (29-3)
No. 12 College of the Canyons (20-9) at
No. 5 Saddleback (23-7)
No. 11 Mt. San Jacinto (21-10) at No. 6
Palomar (26-5)
Cuesta-Santa Ana Winner vs. No. 2 Mt.
San Antonio (32-1)
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