2015-16 LBCC Women's Basketball News

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Kayla Sii, Miranda Martinez, and Sopavy Seng battle for possession of the ball in LBCC's playoff loss to Irvine Valley. (Photo by John Fajardo)
Women's Basketball: Long Beach season ends with 45-39 playoff loss to Irvine Valley

Long Beach City College's goal of reaching the State Championships Final Four for the first time since 1988 came up two games short as the fourth-seeded Vikings suffered a 45-39 loss to No. 5 Irvine Valley College on Wednesday night in a third-round Southern California Regional playoff game at the LBCC Hall of Champions Gym.

Sophomore Christiana Layne had five rebounds off the bench for LBCC in the playoff win over Riverside. (Photo by John Fajardo)
Women’s Basketball: No. 4 LBCC set to host No. 5 Irvine Valley in third-round playoff game

Thanks to its 64-51 playoff win over No. 13 Riverside City College on Saturday night, the No. 4 seeded Long Beach City College Vikings have advanced to Round 3 of the Southern California Regional Playoffs and will host the No. 5 Irvine Valley College Lasers on Wednesday (Mar. 2) at 7 p.m. at the LBCC Hall of Champions Gym.

Sophomore Lupe Cruz led LBCC with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and five blocks in the playoff win over Riverside. (Photo by John Fajardo)
Women’s Basketball: No. 4 Long Beach advances with 62-51 playoff win over No. 13 Riverside

Sophomore Lupe Cruz (pictured) posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds to help lead the No. 4-seeded Long Beach City College Vikings to a 62-51 win over No. 13 Riverside City College in a second-round game of the 2016 Southern California Regional Playoffs.

Women’s Basketball: No. 4 Long Beach set to open playoff run Saturday vs. No. 13 Riverside
Women’s Basketball: No. 4 Long Beach set to open playoff run Saturday vs. No. 13 Riverside

Long Beach City College will begin its run towards its first women’s basketball state championship on Saturday when the No. 4 seeded Vikings host No. 13 Riverside City College in Round 2 of the 2016 Southern California Regional Playoffs. Game time is 7 p.m. at the LBCC Hall of Champions Gym.

Sopavy Seng was named SCC South Division Player of the Year and second-team All-State, Lupe Cruz was a third team All-State and first-team All-SCC South selection, and Michael Anderson was named SCC South Coach of the Year for the second time. (Photos by John Fajardo)
Women's Basketball: Vikings total nine postseason honors, get No. 4 seed for SoCal Playoffs

The impressive 2015-16 season for the Long Beach City College women's basketball team will extend to the postseason as the Vikings were named the No. 4 seed for the upcoming Southern California Regional Playoffs. Also on Monday, LBCC racked up the honors, earning a pair of All-State accolades and seven all-conference awards.

Women's Basketball: Vikings beat Cerritos 56-46 to take sole possession of first in SCC South
Women's Basketball: Vikings beat Cerritos 56-46 to take sole possession of first in SCC South

Freshman Miranda Martinez (pictured) scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help lead Long Beach City College to a 56-46 win over visiting Cerritos College at the LBCC Hall of Champions Gym on Wednesday.

Sophomore Lupe Cruz had 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win at El Camino on Wednesday. (File photo by John Fajardo)
Women’s Basketball: Vikings win third straight, beat El Camino 61-44

Sophomore Lupe Cruz (pictured) posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds to help lead Long Beach City College to a 61-44 South Coast Conference South Division win at El Camino College on Wednesday night.

Freshman Paris Lucci led LBCC with 13 points in the win at L.A. Trade-Tech. (File photo by John Fajardo)
Women’s Basketball: Vikings pull out 60-55 SCC crossover win at L.A. Trade-Tech

Freshman Paris Lucci (pictured) came off the bench to score a team-high 13 points to help lead Long Beach City College to a narrow 60-55 South Coast Conference interdivision victory at Los Angeles Trade-Tech College on Friday night.

Sophomore Christiana Layne came off the bench to score a team-high 14 points in LBCC's win over L.A. Southwest. (File photo by John Fajardo)
Women’s Basketball: Vikings open SCC South schedule with 108-43 rout of L.A. Southwest

Long Beach City College got offensive, scoring a season-high 108 points in a 108-43 rout of Los Angeles Southwest College in both teams’ South Coast Conference South Division opener on Wednesday night at the Hall of Champions Gym. With the victory, Long Beach improved to 16-4 overall and 1-0 in SCC South play.

Freshman Ayerjenee Jeanmard led the Vikings with 15 points in the loss at Mt. SAC. (File photo by John Fajardo)
Women's Basketball: No. 3 Long Beach suffers third loss to No. 2 Mt. SAC

Long Beach City College has lost just four games this season, unfortunately three of them have come against South Coast Conference rival Mt. San Antonio College. LBCC couldn't hold a first-half lead and fell 61-50 on Friday to the Mounties in Walnut in a SCC interdivision game.

Sophomore Imani Johnson posted a triple-double with 16 points, 14 steals, and 10 assists in the win over Compton. (File photo by John Fajardo)
Women’s Basketball: Johnson triple-double leads No. 6 Vikings to 86-32 win over Compton

Sophomore Imani Johnson posted a triple-double with 16 points, 14 steals, and 10 assists to help lead the No. 6 state-ranked Long Beach City College women’s basketball team to an 86-32 South Coast Conference interdivision win over visiting El Camino College Compton Center on Wednesday.

Freshman Sopavy Seng nailed a pair of big fourth-quarter three-pointers to help lead LBCC to the win over Pasadena. (File photo by John Fajardo)
Women's Basketball: No. 5 Long Beach rallies late for 47-43 win over Pasadena

No. 5 state-ranked Long Beach City College erased a four-point, fourth-quarter deficit to pull out a 47-43 South Coast Conference interdivision win over visiting Pasadena City College on Wednesday night at the Hall of Champions Gym.

Freshman Ayerjenee Jeanmard had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists in the Vikings' win over West LA. (Photo by John Fajardo)
Women's Basketball: No. 6 Long Beach improves to 10-1 with 86-56 rout over West LA

Freshman Ayerjenee Jeanmard (pictured) nearly had a triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists while sophomore Lupe Cruz scored a team-high 17 points to help lead No. 6 state-ranked Long Beach City College to an 86-56 non-conference win over visiting West Los Angeles College on Tuesday in the Vikings' home opener at the Hall of Champions Gym.

The LBCC defense held No. 15 state-ranked Irvine Valley to just 40 points in the championship final on Saturday. (Photo by Toni Lavacot)
Women’s Basketball: Long Beach claims second tournament championship, beat IVC 46-40 in final

The Long Beach City College women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to seven games after going 3-0 over the weekend to capture the Irvine Valley College Tournament championship. The Vikings defeated host Irvine Valley in Saturday’s tourney final to earn their second tournament championship of the season.

Women's Basketball: Long Beach improves to 6-1 after 78-57 win at Santa Ana
Women's Basketball: Long Beach improves to 6-1 after 78-57 win at Santa Ana

Freshman Paris Lucci came off the bench to score a team-high 14 points to help lead the Long Beach City College women's basketball team to a 78-57 non-conference win at Santa Ana College on Friday. With the victory, the Vikings improved to 6-1 overall.

Long Beach defeated host PCC 62-57 to capture the 2nd Honda of Pasadena Classic championship. (Photo courtesy Richard Quinton, PCC Sports Information)
Women’s Basketball: LBCC caps 3-0 weekend with 62-57 win over Pasadena in tourney final

The Long Beach City College women’s basketball team continued its promising start to the 2015-16 season as the Vikings went 3-0 and defeated host Pasadena City College on Sunday 62-57 in the championship final of the 2nd Honda of Pasadena Classic.