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Photo by
Juan Velez.
Sophomore guard Maleta Daughtery scored
with :04 seconds left to beat Cypress
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Sophomore guard Maleta Daughtery
(Redondo Union HS) drove toward the basket
with time running out and her team down by a point.
Upon reaching the free throw line, she stopped to
look for someone to pass the ball to. Not finding
anyone, she calmly drained a jumper with :04 seconds
left in the second half to give the Cerritos College
women's basketball team a 79-78 non-conference win
at The Aviary on Wednesday night against Cypress
College. The Chargers (5-3) had one last chance to
score, but their desperation pass was intercepted by
freshman guard Montanique
Washington (Long Beach Jordan HS)
and the Falcons (4-4) survived with the win.
Leading by as many
as nine points (46-37) in the second half, Cerritos
was victimized by 23 second-half points from Cypress
forward Quortlyn O'Neal, who scored 17 of the
Chargers final 19 points in the game. In fact, it
was O'Neal who tied the game twice in the final
minute with a free throw, while her second visit
gave Cypress a 78-77 lead with 16 seconds left,
setting up the final shot by Daughtery.
Cerritos started
the game slowly and fell behind early, 12-5. But
their fast break offense enabled them to push the
ball and eventually allowed them to score 10
straight points for a 15-12 advantage with 12:49
left in the first half. The lead swelled to 34-27
after a three-pointer from freshman
Naomi
Perkins (Artesia HS) and a
basket by Washington (10 points).
But it was all
O'Neal in the second half, after sitting out the
first 20 minutes. She converted 9-of-14 shots and
pulled down eight rebounds to lead all scorers,
while Daughtery accounted for 20 points (8-of-11
field goals) and four caroms off the bench for the
Falcons.
Freshman forward
Rose Boatner (Centennial HS)
hauled down a career-high 19 rebounds, which helped
ignite the offense, while she also finished with
four assists, sharing the team lead with three
others. Freshman
April Perry
(Cabrillo HS) contributed 18 points and
four assists, with freshman Johnina
Wright (Dominguez HS) scoring
nine points and passing out four assists off the
bench. Ciarra Ford checked in with 18 points, four
rebounds, four assists and three steals for the
Chargers.
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