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Women’s Basketball: Long Beach cruises to 77-40 non-conference win at Oxnard

Sophomore Darshana Taafua and freshman Lupe Cruz both had double-doubles in the win at Oxnard College
Sophomore Darshana Taafua and freshman Lupe Cruz both had double-doubles in the win at Oxnard College

Game Leaders

Long Beach
Pts: Darshana Taafua - 17
Reb: Lupe Cruz - 15
Ast: 3 Players (#11, #23, #33) - 3
Oxnard
Pts: Juliette Marquez - 14
Reb: Jenny Lopez - 5
Ast: 2 Players (#14, #23) - 1

Team Stats

Long Beach
Oxnard

Field Goals

(31-76)
(14-49)

Field Goal %

40.8%
28.6%

Rebounds

69
28

Assists

16
2

Turnovers

19
40
full stats
Posted: Dec 06, 2014

Double-doubles by sophomore Darshana Taafua (Western HS) and freshman Lupe Cruz (South East HS) helped lead the Long Beach City College women's basketball team to a 77-40 rout at Oxnard College on Saturday.

The non-conference win improved the Vikings to 4-2 overall this season. Long Beach is back in action on Thursday (Dec. 11) at 2 p.m. against Rio Hondo College to open the three-day Irvine Valley College tournament.

Taafua posted her second consecutive double-double, leading the Vikings with 17 points to go along with 10 rebounds while Cruz added 13 points with a team-best 15 boards. Sophomore Janissa Zagal (Kennedy HS) came off the bench to score nine points and freshman Kayla Sii (Lakewood HS) added six points.

Long Beach led 44-26 at halftime before allowing just 14 points in the second. The Viking defense forced 40 turnovers and held Oxnard (0-5) to 14 of 49 field goal shooting for the contest.

LBCC is currently ranked No. 13 in Southern California in the December 8 California Community College Women's Basketball Coaches Association regional poll.