Brahmas win final season game Basketball ends season with a win over Santa Monica College

Men’s basketball fires back up for their last game of the season battling it out with the Santa Monica College Corsairs, winning the game 10391.

Early in the first quarter, The Brahmas and Corsairs were going back forth putting points on the board, both teams started out with a strong defense as well as offense. There were a hefty amount of personal fouls from both teams.

Pierce early on was demonstrating their proficient team chemistry, all players moved the ball around the court consistently.

However this wouldn’t stop the Corsairs from staying on top of the Brahmas by applying a trap defense throughout the game.

Santa Monica pulled a slight lead on Pierce.

“They had a chance to go to the playoffs so it was important that they stepped up because they were eligible to go,” said Charles White, men’s basketball head coach. “Our record doesn’t reflect our talent and capabilities, but overall I’m happy with the season.”

The pressure that Santa Monica was applying lit a fire under Pierce, they seemed to wake up for the late end of the first half. Key steals by players like Jordan Newt and Chance Cole helped even out the score.

Jordan Newt asserted his presence on the court through both halves, at the end of the first half made a steal and got back to back lay-ups followed by a three pointer. Putting a total of 30 points up for the game.

“We told ourselves we gotta start playing harder, we were playing lazy a little tired a beat up from our last game,” said Jordan Newt, team captain and point guard/ shooting guard. “This is probably my last game of junior college basketball so I just had to go hard and do what I can my last game.”

Pierce ended the first half, Santa Monica maintaining the lead over Pierce.

The Brahmas came back the second half ready to take back the lead, presenting a strong defensive attendance on the court, taking it back early in the second.

Chance Cole also put up a grip of points throughout both halves for a total of 22, Cole is followed by Randle Lacey (15 pts.) and Christian Guillory (14 pts.) for top scorers of the game.

“We are always a better second half team, so once coach talked to us we did what we had to do, stayed aggressive, trusted the system and stuck with it” said Chance Cole, small foward/ shooting guard.

The rest of the second half consisted of the Corsairs trying to keep up with the Brahmas, but around the four minute mark with Pierce up 92-80, Corsairs started to fall back.

TheBrahmas broke 100 points and and maintained their cushion lead until ending the game with a final score of 103-91.

The Brahmas end the 20172018 season with a 10-16 season record. Pierce had a young team this year with five sophomores and eight freshman.

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Men’s volleyball face the El Camino College Warriors after losing in straight sets to the Long Beach City College Vikings.

The Warriors are 3-2 after defeating Fullerton College in five sets.

The game begins at 6 p.m.

After getting enough players, the softball team will have their first game of the season when they face the Moorpark College Raiders.

The Raiders come into the game with a 10-4 overall record. The game begins at 2:30 p.m. on the softball field.

Baseball (2-9) looks to get back to it’s winning ways when they face the Oxnard College Condors.

The Condors come into the game with a 4-7 overall record. The game begins at 2 p.m. at Oxnard.

Men’s volleyball host the Santa Monica College Corsairs looking to improve on their 2-3 overall record.

The Corsairs won their previous game against Grossmont College in straight sets.

The game begins at 6 p.m.

Baseball (2-9) is on the road when they travel to Bakersfield College.

The Renegades come into the game with a 5-9 overall record.

Bakersfield lost their previous game against Golden West College by a score of 3-1. The game starts at 12 p.m.