 For
the second year in a row, a member of the Cerritos
College women's basketball team has been honored by
being named the Co-Most Valuable Player of the South
Coast Conference South Division. Last season,
sophomore Mercedes Lewis was named
the Co-MVP, while this season, sophomore guard Adria
Jackson (Lynwood HS) has
received the honor. Jackson and the rest of her team
will be opening the Southern California Regional
Playoffs on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Riverside
College.
Last year, Jackson missed most of the season with an
injury, but was healthy enough to play in 27 of the
team's 29 games thus far. She was second on the team
in scoring (13.8) and rebounding (8.4) during the
abbreviated divisional season, and has averages a
team-leading 15.2 points a game throughout the
season. A solid all-around player, Jackson is second
on the team in season rebounding (6.6), while she
also leads the squad with 48 steals and averages two
assists a game.
Joining her on the
1st Team are freshman forward
Rose Boatner
(Centennial HS), freshman guard
April Perry
(Cabrillo HS) and sophomore guard Maleta Daughtery
(Redondo Union HS). Boatner has been a
force on the boards, as she averaged 13.8 in
divisional play. That includes a 25-rebound
performance against El Camino College, which was two
shy of the single-game school record. Boatner
averaged 12 points a game in the division, while she
averages 6.6 points and 10.6 rebounds a game over
the course of the season. As for Perry, she led the
team with a 16.0 scoring average in the division and
is third on the team in scoring (11.8) and assists
(2.7) on the year. With Daughtery, the team received
7.2 points and 4.4 assists in the division, while
she accounts for 10.2 points and three assists a
game.
Freshman guard Jazlyn Afusia
(St. Paul HS) was a 2nd Team all-conference
pick and averaged 8.8 points a game in the division.
Along with several others on the team, she is a
three-point shooting threat, as she netted 39
three-pointers on the year and averages 7.3 points a
game on the year.
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