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Coyote shots don't fall in 71-44 loss to Eagles

By Cheeto Barrera, Sports Editor, The Daily Independent

“...Offensively we had some great cuts and some great looks, we just couldn't score."

It took a little while for Cerro Coso's offense to get rolling, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

Head Coach Tom Heck said despite losing to Mt. San Jacinto 71-44, it was one of the Lady Coyotes' best offensive nights.

“It didn't look like it the first half. We had some decent shots, we just didn't make them and we don't get many second chances - ever,” Heck said. “...Offensively we had some great cuts and some great looks, we just couldn't score. Our shot selection wasn't bad, just nothing would drop.”

At the 10 minute mark of the first half, Cerro Coso was still in single digits on the score board, falling 31-7.

Though the Coyotes more than doubled their score by the half, they were still trailing 41-16 at the break.
Both sides started making more shots in the second half, with Mt. San Jacinto - ranked No. 9 in Southern California - pulling ahead by 33 at the half way mark of the period.

But the Coyotes continued to battle. The longest scoring run the War Eagles managed was a 9-0 stretch, which came in the first half. The longest in the second was an 8-0 run, to put San Jacinto up 64-31.

“Defensively we played a lot better in that 2-3 zone in the last 10 minutes,” Heck said.
He added his players did well, considering his team just got through one of the toughest stretches on the schedule.

Including Mt. San Jacinto, the past three teams Cerro Coso has played have been ranked in the top 10 in Southern California, a first in the school's history Heck said.

From here, Cerro Coso will play a ranked team just once in the next four games - Antelope Valley - and that team is No. 13.
Lashonda Jones had a strong second half, scoring 12 of her team leading 18 points in the final frame. She also led the team in buckets from beyond the arc with three.

Behind her was Mariah Bomberry, who had 11 points, nine coming in the first half.

“Complement Mariah Bomberry,” Heck said. “(She) battled in there with four people around her.”
Rounding out the top three was Sheerena Gene with eight points.

“Sheerena Gene is playing with one leg,” Heck said. “She can't elevate. She goes up crooked; she can't go straight up. I mean, what can you say? She's just playing hard.”

Cerro Coso will next hit the road, to face College of the Desert in Barstow on Saturday starting at 6 p.m.
The Coyotes will remain on the road to face Antelope Valley College on Monday. They will return home on Feb. 6 to take on Southwestern College.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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